Selection of prose and poetry
Prepare to meander along the rivers of paradox
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becoming
Outside in Funny You can’t really escape it The noise You thought you might come out To find peace But it seems the noise is out too Maybe it is inside out Maybe you can find the quiet in Even when it is loud out Some days you might need to accept It is loud…
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The beauty of a 10 min walk
Some beauty Some days you have time to read Some days you have words to write Some days you have eyes to see Life in all its beauty Gift Captures from the beauty of a simple 10 min walk
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Web of Patterns
Writing for remembering ‘You lay down a path in walking’. Antonio Machado I have just come out of an intense expedition into Jeremy Lent’s work, having devoured his incredibly well crafted books: The Patterning Instinct and The Web of Meaning over the past 5 days. I felt in such intense connection with the learning process…
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Inner Nature
From Nature to Inner Development Goals Last week, fascinated by the potential that becoming more aware about Nature’s ways of doing could teach us, I proposed a Nature-inspired project design framework, with the intention to help guide the ways in which we design, conduct and sustain projects. This week, I am reading about the Inner…
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Community
The spiral of connection Perched little mammal About to meet a friend She doesn’t know them yet But she can tell She can tell she is already connected to them Perhaps not a big gamble since we all are But she can tell They are closer than they know And as always there is no…
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Drawing your attention
Letter from Love Dear Love, what would you have me know today about ATTENTION? Nature is all around you, love It relaxes you and makes you smile when you spend time drawing your attention to its beauty and its intelligence There is so much we can learn from it, its symmetry and its unconditional love…
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Here and now
Raft Teaching as a raft taking people from the shore of suffering to the shore of freedom When you reach the other shore, you can leave the raft behind When we reach the other shore, we realise we never left the shore we started from There is only one shore and we are already there…
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Inspired by Nature
Nature as a Mentor Nature is so cool! Want an energy boost? Watch this awe-filling video in which Janine Benyus reminds us of life’s inspiring wonders and how much we could learn from Nature. Biomimicry aspires to emulate nature’s designs and processes to create a healthier, more sustainable planet. This is not a new concept…
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Poetry
WET PAIN Run, run darling Sometimes you cannot catch the train Wait, wait darling Sometimes you need to wipe away the rain Write, write darling Today what you need is to sit in the pain Free tree spiral The place you have in mind The mind you have in place Root tree branch Ground tree…
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Moving
Whirlpool The only way out is in Move in Only when you realise there is nowhere to go Nowhere to move on It is all there is You realise perhaps you didn’t need to do it alone You could have shared it The beauty of the shared experience It is all there is What moves…