WHEN to fly .....

How do they know...

What separates
one moment
to the next
of knowing
HOW ...
WHEN ...
WHERE ...to leap
and fly ....


I noticed the
cheering from
three ~ four
encouragements
on the
sidelines ...
it got louder
& louder ...
the nest stirred
more & more ...
each one popped up
taking the first flutter
of feathers ...
moving to the song
of the chorus outside
the nest ..... wake up,

it's time ...

come ... come

come with us !

JOY .... !!
the tribe
really matters
in times of
remembering for us
when we need to
spread
our wings
to fly ....

I am

now

forever

changed ...

I became

the witness

to a precious cycle ...

The miracle

of life ....

Photo & Prose by Kristi

Music : "The Prayer" by Rhema Marvanne (7 yrs.old)

Feel the Artistry . . observe the wonders

Observe the wonders,

as they occur around you.

Don't claim them.

Feel the artistry moving through.

And be silent.

~ Rumi ~

photos by kristi

(photographed at the EsalenResort, Big Sur, California)

Adversity CREATES a better World . . .

Adversity

is a strand
that mother nature

weaves
into
our lives

along with other strands
of various aspects
to create a
spectacular tapestry ...


reds for excitement and joy,
green for new growth and hope,
blue for calmness and meditation,
purples for higher spiritual self,
yellows for happiness and comfort
blacks for grief, sadness and trials.

But without the blacks and darker shades

there can be no depth and dimension in the pattern.

Being a Christian nun originally from India, I believe in the hand of God leading and guiding us all to our destiny. But we are all pilgrims and we cannot do it alone. We need one another especially in times of adversity.


It is at that time that God shows Himself/Herself to us in the form of friends, relatives, neighbours and people of good will, irrespective of Creed, Caste, Colour or beliefs. We need one another and we need to empower one another especially women where cultures and countries have shackled them.

Together we can make this a better world for all.

~ Sister Evelyn Cardoz -FSMA ~

http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/despite-adversity-indian-women-find-identity-in-art/

Art: Moonflower & Moth ~ Anita Munman ~

Photo: Pacific Sunset ~ Kristi ~

Photo: from Ashes & Snow ~ Gregory Colbert ~

MEDITATION ... an attentive Art

How can you even hope

to approach the Truth through words . . .

You approach the Truth

through the gateway

of the

stillness beyond All activity.

~ Chan Master Huang-po (died 850) ~
photo by ~ Kristi ~

EXACTLY what I need.....

i
just
had a
glimpse
of a
seed
thought ...

i
will always
have

everthing
i need
when
i have
need
of
it

Pencil Draft & Prose by ~ Kristi ~

FIRE in Creating....

Whatever comes
to you
can come
thru you
added with the fire
of creation...

borrowed or born
within

you

Art, Photo & Prose by ~ Kristi ~

IT IS ...WHAT IT IS...............

I am the mirror of my true self ....
that which I am
faces me
every day
when I look
at you

I see me

looking back

acting back

feeding back

to me

who

I have become,

who

I am

now

~

and sometimes

the tears will flow

from

the frustration

of seeing myself

in this

moment,

if what

I believe myself

to

BE

does not match

what

I am
seeing or feeling

by how

you

look & act

toward

me

in this

moment

of

now
~

i

am

now

aware

of knowing

it is

what it is

~

i have created my now

TO BE

WHAT

it is

~

hmph

!

!

!

( even Dr.Zuess knew about this one )

Photo & Prose by ~Kristi ~

POETS, SEERS and SAINTS....

The Souls of people, on their way to Earth-life,

pass through a room full of Lights;

Each takes a Taper

(often only a spark)

to guide it in the dim country of this world.

But some souls are rare fortune

they are detained longer and have time

to grab a handful of Tapers which they weave into a Torch.

These are the Torch-Bearers of humanity...

its Poets, Seers, and Saints,

who lead and lift the race out of darkness

towards the Light.

They are the lawgivers and the Saviors,

the Light-Bring..ers,

Way- Show..ers and

Truth-Tell..ers

and without them,

Humanity

would Loose its way in the Dark ....

Prose by “PLATO "

Artwork by ~ Scott Grimando ~