the lavender here in this desert-like town is long and hard and spiny. its smell is harsher here, more pungent. and with the heat and the dry air comes a rising moon that lifts itself pure over the hills. pure, white, into the azure it emerges – and azure, really, that’s the only word for… Continue reading haibun: moon over kelowna
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
mad pride: salmon insanity at gallery gachet
are you in vancouver and looking for something to do on saturday? how about going to salmon insanity, run by gallery gachet apropos their mad pride events. gallery gachet is a collective of vancouver artists who have been affected by mental illness. i like how they make the connection between mental health and ecological health.… Continue reading mad pride: salmon insanity at gallery gachet
black icon on a wordless wednesday
image by jwinfred
mental health camp recap #2
here’s another report from mental health camp. for some reason, i just can’t bring myself to get all official about it and write it from the point of view of the organizer, so i’ll write it from my personal point of view. so here are a few fragments, which do not do justice to the… Continue reading mental health camp recap #2
inspired. for 40 days and 40 nights.
i had this idea today. how about dedicating each day to a delightful word (or two)? and how about doing this for 40 days and 40 nights? my words yesterday were: singular and wondrous. these words helped me follow my true work today. want to join me? what are YOUR words? image by stephen poff
monthly buddhist carnival – the weird and cranky edition
do not act from ego. it is a sticky little mouse trap that begins with a wheel running us in circles. get off. (from full on arrival) today is a weird day for me, completely, it seems, driven by ego. today is june 15, time for a buddhist carnival, like every 15th of the month. … Continue reading monthly buddhist carnival – the weird and cranky edition
recovery art on a wordless wednesday
image by my new blogging friend, alcoholic outsider artist
may 2010 buddhist carnival
it’s a day late but here it is: my monthly buddhist carnival, serving up interesting little tidbits from the buddhist blogosphere. we always start with a poem. how bitter, how blue is the anger! at the bottom of the light in april’s atmospheric strata, spitting, gnashing, pacing back and forth, i am asura incarnate this… Continue reading may 2010 buddhist carnival
bryan alexander improv
unable to hear internet legend’s bryan alexander’s keynote address at northern voice (the reverb was awful), i decided to turn it into an experiment. for about 15 minutes, i recorded the words i could hear (maybe every 10th word or so), then i categorized them and turned them into an improv style remix. here is… Continue reading bryan alexander improv
where is the “you”
there’s so much “me” in this head so much “i know” and “you don’t” – this gestalt, this entity they call “i” is full up, like a closet whose owner refuses to take those old rags to the sally ann. where is the “you”? where is “would you like?” not “but you should” where is… Continue reading where is the “you”