tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1768660808556688072024-02-19T19:17:35.696+13:00MindpopsiclesWhere inspiration and whimsy meet on a lifestyle block.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-14059765594350026552016-09-28T12:03:00.002+13:002016-09-28T12:03:36.963+13:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Return</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After having been away for a long time, I decided it's time again to come back. You know how you can have times in your life you don't feel like talking? or sharing? Or saying much at all. I've been working the grind, as they say, for quite a while. Currently I'm working but working where I'd like to be makes the difference. I had forgotten I could write. Apparently my grammar can be imperfect, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still a goat herder, and I prefer to stay one for ever more. Goats never go out of fashion. They rule. #highooves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a fun day too, get some sun if you have access to the download.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-11089093216967426352013-11-25T16:43:00.003+13:002013-11-25T16:43:23.006+13:00for the love of goat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pace of life </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">moves along quickly. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before you know it things have happened. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If nothing has happened then it's time to revisit things. Why not have some fun? Things are serious enough as it is.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What are you up to right now?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my case: I have been working on a new project because I fell over it. It jumped out at me while I was working on a crazy lampshade with knitted stuff for an open day of my local craft group. I have been drawing on crockery ever since the 'aha' befell me. It's plates, tea cups, coffee mugs, espresso cups and even a teapot that I have doodled with my goaties. In case you missed it: I'm a goat herder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So after the goatie mayhem cranked up I sold all my ware on the open day! There were orders put in and I found myself drawing more crazy goaties. Knitting goaties, skipping rope goats, hugging goats, guitar playing goats; I decided the next step was a website and going to a market. The website will go live in the next few days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much to my surprise I will be having a stand at the next Milton Market which is Saturday the 7th of December. It's bound to be fun and busy! Come and see us and share a cup of tea.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-4921781003698899302013-06-06T13:56:00.001+12:002013-06-06T14:11:41.608+12:00Story telling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Midway through the story</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we pause.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try and rewind but no.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story stops for certain.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What continuation there is</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is simply what passes as time.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Segments. Phrases.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blobs of words. Appear. Die. Live.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's hard to say nowadays.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Letting words fall where they may.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silence is my better friend.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the shouting and screaming that went on</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">might as well have been in vain as the thoughts that raced before them.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Choosing the non-word seems sensible. Not even the visual,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not the sleep, not the sound. What remains, is. But what is it?</span></i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-38604349383761205952013-04-01T12:05:00.000+13:002016-09-28T11:45:27.409+13:00easter matter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>the refinement of existing in this place</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>is enough to move and be in joy.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The firmer the desire for anchoring</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Quietude is the only thing that really sustains.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The stardust that whispers sweet nothings.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>No easter egg can hold the richness</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>and the vastness of the Being discovered.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The easter bunny disappeared in the distance.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>as it newly takes shape in the soul right now.</i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-78103161607650432222013-03-09T11:36:00.001+13:002013-03-09T11:49:54.059+13:00today is the day<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When cuddling my cat I hear her musings of content.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She only cares to be loved, to be warm, to be fed.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simplicity and serenity lie in the arms of friendship. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and rejoicing the love that is with us, today.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some blessings are eternal, some are fleeting.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whether we can find a friend or not: remember to purr every day.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that might as well have been unspoken</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the story matters</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">more then the grammar.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have chosen to wait</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it can be more useful</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to not say anything</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but let the thought sit quietly</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then softly</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there's a breath of word released</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a sound of being expressed</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the tender unfolding of speech.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sentences become</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">loving in caress once more.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they prance and jest, they fluff and huff loudly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the lady turkeys</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are busy too, two are nesting,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one other is young and restless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and one is recovering from a ferret wound</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yet all reside in the green, looking happy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">being together</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the here and now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where food is abundant and company plentiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">peace reigns</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the male turkeys gobble</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">looking up at the sun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shaking their feathers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">poking up their fluffy bums to the sky</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-20572537235998292902012-10-29T14:44:00.000+13:002016-09-28T11:49:08.247+13:00memo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>Did you feel it?</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>That I love you.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>Now and always.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>My heart is your heart.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>Our hearts are connected to the </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>Global Heart that is </em></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>beating. </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>Hurting. Crying. Celebrating. Growing. Expanding.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>A heart can do many things.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>It beats evermore. It remembers.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We are all humans and are more the same then we are different.</i></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">The heart is strong</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">The heart is wise.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">It will tell tales from truth</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">It will follow it's own strength</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">of you.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">Of me.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">Of all hearts. In time to come.</span></em></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-82826307821731064312012-09-07T16:08:00.002+12:002012-09-07T16:09:19.078+12:00the two brothers<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>the two brothers walked</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>the two brothers talked.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>there was silence.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>worry spread over their faces.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>one spoke the other listened.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>more silence.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>they changed positions so the other spoke</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>and the first one listened.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>heads put together.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>the sharing of nods and mood.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>assessment of the situation</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>that was very grave indeed.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>a conclusion was reached.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>a proposal forged.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>the moods lightened.</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">smiles came out as lunch was served.</span></em></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-40110530625724466322012-09-06T13:52:00.001+12:002012-09-06T13:52:09.385+12:00blessed be<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">(for Margreet)</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">departure time</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>and soulprints are left on this earth</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">stored as memories below </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">walking her story on her ground</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">it had reached the final paragraph</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">and today, the epitaph.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I remember.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I recall the days I stayed</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">at your farmhouse for a number of days</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">and we spoke most..</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">in silence. The days I see as sunny.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">You came to visit me today</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">and you looked well and are so happy.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now that you are reunited with your love</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">and can walk your dog in peace once more.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">And we weep not for those</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">who leave their bodies and continue</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">on the greatest marvel of a path</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">that stretches out in all directions. All at once.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Blessed be, lady of the woods.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I may see you again, another time.</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></em></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-60288725692526850212012-08-30T09:59:00.001+12:002012-08-30T09:59:33.886+12:00the sword<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>the sword of Damocles hangs over you</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">yet you do not know it's tale.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">What peril will befall you?</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Prevail again you shall regardless.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">beyond the sound of strife,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">of old opulence and decay lies</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">the shining horizon of freedom,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">thus hunger not to retain material gain.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">splendid is she who can release the bonds</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">of angst and need. As required they are not.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">He can speak the mind but needs to hold </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">the heart </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">close. W</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">ith your kin embraced.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">fear not as you shall be 'fine',</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">as they say in this new world of being.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Walk the earth and be free to sing</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">your new song. And reborn in kind you shall be.</span></em></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-85254786459344196142012-08-25T11:52:00.000+12:002012-08-25T11:53:52.974+12:00heart in my hand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's okay</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't have to do anything</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not say anything</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just be yourself with me.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am tidying up</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">old remnants from my past</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seeing glimpses of what might be ahead</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">carrying my heart in my hands.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many are afraid of pain</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the emotions raw and deep</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cutting and piercing the skin.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel them inside as old friends visiting.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's good to remember,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I have done before: that all things pass.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The experience is always released,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">old heartache transformed to joy once more</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I depend on myself for support</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hold my own heart in my hands</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel love is given to me</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and am strong. Every day.</span></em></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-47267347294474243312012-08-20T13:41:00.002+12:002012-08-20T13:41:30.464+12:00Goodbye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>You talk</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>yet there is nothing left to say</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Only things I have heard before</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Like a washing machine left on the same setting.</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I feel horrible for feeling it</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">but notice I haven't missed you. At all.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">And it makes me sad for what once was.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">But only for a moment.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I rather rejoice in what is, then what is in the past.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Everything has it's own time. This time is mine.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I wish you well and </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">am now saying goodbye.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Feeling blessed with everything given to me. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the grey mass</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">is not so grey after all</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">colour abounds there where neurons talk</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">spinning in a vast space of being</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">when it's hardly that. You do have vision,</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">in your head and in your heart.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">the grey matter and the red matter (nerd speak)</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">ignite thoughts again, connecting stories</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">into being</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial";">so was the thought first, or you?</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once the mojo is lost we are no better then zombies. Last Friday my mojo came back to me, they were drawing themselves bless them. They keep talking to me. It's a funny thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's very simple: inhale goats. Poop love. Voila.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(This is the real life Nerada by the way..)</span><br />
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anyway... more to come:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Relish the mojo, canoodle it with all your might. Then let it wonder the world.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Note: all drawings by me and only transmittable in public with prior written agreement. Thank you.</span></i><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I drown out my own trembling voice</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">My child listens</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">she hears my cries</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">in the night. In the day.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">And when the minutes slowly roll</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">by, the view turns a different shade</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I can't see.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I can't feel.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Any warmth seems to have left me.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">My heart has gone out.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Like the fire in the living room.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I poke around in the grey dead embers.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Where my vision once held me.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Comfort is now something of the past.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I close the curtains.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">And think of my mother. And the blanket I hold dear.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">How do we do it?</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">How do we cope with times like these?</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Darkness creaks. My child is silent.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">She brings me a drawing.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I look at a big yellow sun.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">A cow. and a dog.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">The pig roams the field happily.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">There is a horizon. And us.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I put that drawing in my heart.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I make a new fire for us all.</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Don't preach to me today.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">another energy will push against it</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yet duality is dissolving</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and more people are</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or why to yield to someone or something stronger then us</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">especially when we feel it's wrong</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we seriously don't want to. Not anymore.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">marching together and singing, of all ages.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Police officers were ordered</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are to be seen on social media their stories racing </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a story </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">only has meaning in the light</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of what meaning you assign to it.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">about the Chicago ProtesT; <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/201252182820759930.html">here</a> and <a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/middle-class-guy/2012/may/21/occupy-chicago-protests-boeing-and-president-obama/">here</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">after the NATO summit news: read <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2085053552">here</a></span><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8672705"></a></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's been a few times</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I had to eat humble pie.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I've grown accustomed to the idea that</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">what I seemed adamant about isn't important now.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>What do you base your life on</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>when there is no steady horizon?</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>when change is the only thing that's certain</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>and things can alter instantly.</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I cut myself another slice of humble pie</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">it looks like cheesecake with jelly. (Not my favorite.)</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Still I can eat it because I know I have to</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">and it doesn't affect my dna.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Humble pie.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">I appreciate your wisdom and calories.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>May you fill me up and keep me modest.</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">With a cherry on top.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>- Ode to Mientje -</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>dying can be done well</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>in peace and with a soft last breath</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>when we have the choice:</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>the time to depart</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>can be upon us all too soon</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>and when a friend leaves it's</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>both sad and a joy for they feel better</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>death is not an end</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>but a start of being free of burden</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>there's singing energy of light and friends</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>a bright coloured place awaits where play is joy</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>the golden light sits in our heart</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>and the returned knowing in our soul</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>if all death is, is simply changing form</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>then what is all the fuss about?</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I look upon my friends face</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>she is no longer there but she did return home</em></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-50682568071699876822012-05-15T13:22:00.001+12:002016-09-28T11:56:54.140+13:00Solitude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No room for usual babble.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I do not feel like catching up </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with people who are no longer my friends.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just leave me alone</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm not feeling overly friendly toward humans.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My solitude is</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one of kindness and sharing</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with my animal friends.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Who do not jabber about trivial things.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But silently chew their cud and simply live their being.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My sweet equally</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">let's me be, and treads more softly</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as he understands I have run out of social space.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just let me be babe..</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sitting in the grass looking at the stars, feeling happy.</span></em></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home is... where the heart is</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and blessed are we who can find peace again, amidst the ruckus, in ourselves.</span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-29244135913040754262012-04-12T15:59:00.000+12:002012-04-12T15:59:53.449+12:00Be<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-itDbWzAipi-HrNXAVcnpZ9U7ug1QVDoG8vASE0P95YrY58hC516_BoaX5kmCwdnDkHaevTryEhAnNZewDB-TngmBlb34XhiegQ-f8keSQOxNF6lYAuAq-AadGvFYuG0J3hsgZw1aUk/s1600/now_what_1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" qda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-itDbWzAipi-HrNXAVcnpZ9U7ug1QVDoG8vASE0P95YrY58hC516_BoaX5kmCwdnDkHaevTryEhAnNZewDB-TngmBlb34XhiegQ-f8keSQOxNF6lYAuAq-AadGvFYuG0J3hsgZw1aUk/s320/now_what_1.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>No idea.</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I have really no idea.</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Why there are more earthquakes</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>more angry confused people</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>more monetary problems</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>more governments collapsing</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>more people wanting their freedom</em></span></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">more people having enough of the old ways</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>All I know is that times are not changing</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>We are.</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>As we move with the new flow of life</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>the birthing of Gaia is the birthing of us</em></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Enough of all that speaking</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>if you don't know why say anything?</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Instead of watching try some doing</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>and if you don't "do" then at least be Peace.</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Be quiet for the other</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Be love for the other</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Be there for another</em></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Be you and peace and wisom will reign</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>In your hearts of heart</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>once again</em></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-34431724026196782722012-03-27T15:05:00.000+13:002012-03-27T15:05:23.559+13:00"in"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX8XeB7IqAhnDHCC4NrP0a79l_b80zzQl9povGfnqtay0kX7CFeBk86ShDrie9th-SvozQrCjW6Kdo5Cn4GWuLUMHXfubQ1wUphmxvXC2x-shEEWGxO797wHYzL88IVdS7kUC-vu3QHw/s1600/mirjampic2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicX8XeB7IqAhnDHCC4NrP0a79l_b80zzQl9povGfnqtay0kX7CFeBk86ShDrie9th-SvozQrCjW6Kdo5Cn4GWuLUMHXfubQ1wUphmxvXC2x-shEEWGxO797wHYzL88IVdS7kUC-vu3QHw/s1600/mirjampic2011.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My horse has shown me that my own vibe, thought patterns and worries quite literally influence her being. This teaches me to be more aware of cleaning up my own "in" as to address the "output" better. I see it as being responsible for what I let venture out into the world through me. The less I "dump" out "there" the better. The more lightness I sprinkle the more happy my life evolves and the nicer it is for others to be around me. What you have inside you encounter outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been suggested to me to meditate more. Again. I have found this hard in recent months as I usually race around from the time I get up, then get to work, then come home after a commute to race around again. Most of us call it the "rat-race", the term literally drips with unpleasantness. Time for an upgrade and a healing session. Beep. Beep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Do we have to make decisions all the time? Yep. Can we have a holiday? Perhaps. The point however is not to find an escape from our busy lives -maybe some reprieve can be useful to rethink our approach-, but more so to live life from a steady point of being, which in turn is always in motion. Life is change. There is no way we can remain the same, nor should we want to. I think once we feel at peace with where we are, how we feel and who we are, the easier things get every day (I have said this before so I feel like I keep repeating myself). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Usually when I figured something out, then there is something else to figure out. This will continue. I am happy about that. I think I have come to terms with the fact I will never grow up but will always develop. It's more like a re-aquainting sort of exercise. Like an oh yesssss that's right that's what it is. Only to find that the red has turned pink with orange hues which in turn has started to emit ferret noises attempting to sound like an opera. Fascinating. It's a change from the giraffe last week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So the bumper sticker may change every week and the whole car every year but the one driving the vehicle remains the everlasting driving force. Bonsai on! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-46242754578980840612012-03-16T15:39:00.000+13:002012-03-16T15:39:12.011+13:00bounce<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_skQCXizvLbzUFtfXEXWMZy5BjI1MSfKAvaTBEaoxoU0DWCKftvryZ2gUzvR-WckWMHjP_i1JnWF0kVgO7xhTEliuJ1Lr787UsGxCSvHn4SY7YBL1vPIaJhOM2QoKlbeepeIyy86Xs3s/s1600/Greta+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_skQCXizvLbzUFtfXEXWMZy5BjI1MSfKAvaTBEaoxoU0DWCKftvryZ2gUzvR-WckWMHjP_i1JnWF0kVgO7xhTEliuJ1Lr787UsGxCSvHn4SY7YBL1vPIaJhOM2QoKlbeepeIyy86Xs3s/s320/Greta+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We bounce</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">through life</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not always knowing</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where we land</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does it matter?</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turning off the headspace</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and opening the heart space</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shows us a new world of wonder</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Usually the hardest combat</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is not with a someone 'out there'</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but dealing with the turmoil inside</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that phases out when we focus again on love</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most uplifting times can be had</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after we have fallen smack bang on our face</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and in our despair realize</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That there is always more then that.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Make peace with it.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bounce.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There's no words anymore</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said: </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It's all been said anyway</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I don't feel respected anymore</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You don't have respect for me</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I wonder what else there is</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm too tired to think about anything</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I guess this is the end</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You said it.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why are we not really sad?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We have been over this so many times</span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I miss what I remember</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I remember what I miss</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Give me some space please</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm fully spaced out.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So now what do we do?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I want the stereo</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm staying here</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">That's fine I'm going away</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So that's how we stop?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">That's how we start again</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I like to believe it will stop hurting</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I hurt because I stopped believing</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Let's not talk later then</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Later has gone now too.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At least I'll have some peace</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He said:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At least there will be some quiet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She said:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">...</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176866080855668807.post-63193358299262191342012-03-01T16:53:00.000+13:002012-03-01T16:53:28.073+13:00movement alights<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loie Fuller, the once famous American dancer living in France in the 1900s who became an overnight success in 1892, was in fact: "<em>something of a paradox. A tall and lovely sylph in posters and sculptures, she was in reality a rather chubby woman with a fairly plain face. A dance innovator, she possessed no formal training in choreography. Eventually a cofounder of art museums, she had never even seen an art exhibit before going to Paris at the age of thirty."</em></span><br />
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It must have been a huge exercise in those days, over a century ago, to make one's living as a woman who's husband turned out not to be a bigamist, but a trigamist and she could only rely on herself. <em>"What she did have, in addition to her winning ways, was a dauntless will to get ahead, together with enough intelligence, resourcefulness, and ingenuity to give effect to that will. These qualities were not only recognized but often admired by others, including the prominent art critic Arsene Alexandre, who in 1900 lauded her vitality and positive drive and proclaimed her to be a very pushing woman in the best sense of the word. The strength of these traits enabled her to keep going in the face of repeated disappointments and disasters."</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>(source quotes <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/c/current-loie.html">NYTimes</a>)</em></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB53qMQjNkzM9W-qXMnHOHHtkhOSgxKX0xVD6K86vM6vi8_x58_pt6rUdZ6R307BMZ0vZKxMLxoK-cDdlcLhaL9qrfPKTjgHXk4kfA_VgNZ05XPhoLusGC4r49tWBVICo3Lmv4WfUFna8/s1600/tumblr_l70hwmggpn1qzdzano1_5003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB53qMQjNkzM9W-qXMnHOHHtkhOSgxKX0xVD6K86vM6vi8_x58_pt6rUdZ6R307BMZ0vZKxMLxoK-cDdlcLhaL9qrfPKTjgHXk4kfA_VgNZ05XPhoLusGC4r49tWBVICo3Lmv4WfUFna8/s320/tumblr_l70hwmggpn1qzdzano1_5003.jpg" uda="true" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial;">So how did Loie develop her unique form of dance?</span><br />
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<em>"Images were projected onto fabric through the use of calcium lights, drapery and magic lanterns (a type of early slide projector). Fountains lit with multi-coloured lights that she saw in Paris, as well as the skirt dances performed at London's Gaity Theatre all influenced her own presentations."</em><br />
<em>source: <a href="http://artsalive.ca/en/dan/meet/bios/artistDetail.asp?artistID=168">Artsalive</a></em><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBrwOSirxpoDbzV6WRSF8yTojfjHskwFVD0wIiW-xXUM_nGoxpTtOt738Tviwti37onPad1erBQk7q64KrcEevvilMsUeYVv37rLFICvGwve5fYaPijxzNsxRX5c5KnMl5gMwhbOKpjc/s1600/loie+fuller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBrwOSirxpoDbzV6WRSF8yTojfjHskwFVD0wIiW-xXUM_nGoxpTtOt738Tviwti37onPad1erBQk7q64KrcEevvilMsUeYVv37rLFICvGwve5fYaPijxzNsxRX5c5KnMl5gMwhbOKpjc/s1600/loie+fuller.jpg" uda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8U4rO2MjgWlg4Zsjwd3VQMfvvCeVmAfqwBOoGt3orbDL2LX7_s0-gX27STIuG_XXNIKThyphenhyphen234PDmKxM9yirShluAm9srwvqlLh5uWQMyJTES_6pNddH5vGqH6KM7-kjiOFutkBId0kU/s1600/wpid-1161029981greyart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8U4rO2MjgWlg4Zsjwd3VQMfvvCeVmAfqwBOoGt3orbDL2LX7_s0-gX27STIuG_XXNIKThyphenhyphen234PDmKxM9yirShluAm9srwvqlLh5uWQMyJTES_6pNddH5vGqH6KM7-kjiOFutkBId0kU/s320/wpid-1161029981greyart.jpg" uda="true" width="260" /></a></div>So the question becomes: do we create our best work because we get the idea while working away, or do we simply create it, because we have a strong urge to survive? This lady managed to stun everyone in her time period with something no one had ever seen by introducing new ways to light the dress, to move differently. She completely overhauled the concept of what dance was. Sadly the chemicals she used to light her theater work proved fatal for her health in the end, yet her beautiful legacy remains.<br />
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