Selection of prose and poetry
Prepare to meander along the rivers of paradox
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Perspective
Impressions Images pressing on us Unions of thoughts and feelings A fingerprint of our imagination Permanent print or invisible ink What is the impression made on or made of? Letters forming words in mind then paper or keyboard Bodily feelings in the other’s presence Solid as cliffs Impermanent waves crashing against the rocks Permeable as…
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We are nature
Curious about the stories we tell ourselves beyond the realm of words, I’m lightheartedly playing with bringing some of my poetry to life with visual imagery. It feels like adding other dimensions might help reflect some of the nuance and texture. Or maybe it is a clever trick to put less pressure on the words?…
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Light or wrong
Twinkle little light Why do you feel so tired, little one? You are not doing much Yet you feel there is rest you need to catch-up on Your body whispers in your ears “Rest, little one, even lights can’t shine all the time A little darkness does them good If there wasn’t darkness They could…
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Layers
Hungry Hungry for quiet For the gentle dance Of leaves in the wind Hungry for butter For the gentle pleasure Of doing nothing With a slice of buttered toast Hungry for life In a unrestrained way Impatient for it to Happen all at once Life is hungry for life Le Siècle des Lumières Perhaps we…
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we circle
Circling We love We care because we love We suffer because we care We love We care We suffer And love cares for us The keys We hold the keys in our hands Sometimes to be present We pass on the keys to another hand Because holding the keys Isn’t one lonely hand’s job Because…
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Little mammals
Dear little mammal, Remember that you are indeed just a little mammal Sometimes you forget that and then you remember again Sometimes you do things that don’t feel right, that don’t feel natural for a little mammal And then you feel tired wondering what went wrong Well, everything went exactly right Your body sent you…
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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…