Emily Dickinson

 

Featured image: Springtime Robin

Every once in awhile, wonderful things just seem to come out of the blue. They always lead me on a very special magical journey. Fresh, exciting ideas don’t pop into my head very often, but when they do I am ever so grateful. My blog, “Oh It’s Just,” has led me on a wonderful journey of exploring birds. I have been painting birds for quite some time now and the ideas keep flowing. I wonder if they will all become something other than a sketch.

But my heart is filled with hope – and I continue……….

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.” Emily Dickinson.

History

 Featured image: Scattering Seeds

I believe in history. I believe that we all have a unique one-of-a-kind history that influences who we are and what we do. So when you are reading a history about something, ask yourself, "Does this historian ask a how questions or why questions and write accordingly or does this historian ask why questions, causing them to come up with predetermined answers that follow a linear thought process?" Ask yourself, "Why are historical museums organized in a linear pattern rather that in a pattern that more resembles a rhizome?" There is the root and then branches of possibilities.

Let It Be

 Featured image: Travelers

there is a way of knowing

not mechanical

not taught

but flowing 

within us

we just need to

let it emerge

Simple Delights

 Featured image: Little Bird

Such a gift, 

the birds

A small reflection of

life.

Dancing about 

at the feeder

spontaneous then

gathering on the platform 

Like folks gather to have 

coffee together.

Such a simple delight.

Play

Featured image: Play Freckles Play

be an advocate for play

because play is how you

invent things

Tap Your Tambourine

 Featured image: Circus Lions and Acrobats

be a child
again
tap your
tambourine

Breath of the Wind

 Featured image: Her Cape Caught In The Wind

rhythms of nature
listen
the breath of the wind
waves hitting
the shore
speaking
do you listen
to the
music
?

sounds moving
energy
do you listen
do you feel
vibrations
?