my hurt WAS the definition of my life

silence mind ..
open heart ...
welcome home ....

 

 

 

The Dance ..... for Spencer

 

Music - Lyrics: GARTH BROOKS Photos: Kristi

Lyrics:
  Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars above.
For a moment all the world was right .
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye .
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance.
I could have missed the pain But I'd have had to miss the dance.
Holding you I held everything..
For a moment wasn't I a king.
But if I'd only known how the king would fall..
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all.
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance.
I could have missed the pain But I'd have had to miss the dance.
Yes my life is better left to chance.
I could have missed the pain but I'd have had to miss the dance.

AAhhhhh .... Divine Repose

Listening to my Soul

Resting into my Soul

Being held by my Soul with Love

Energy Healing Wolf (revised)

I am healed
as
I allow this
vision
to enter me

Thank you
to all the animal kingdom
and bravery& trust of "Apricot"

A Day with the Canvas of Life

O' to the Thrill of using a camera ...

Viewing Life thru another lens ....

The fun of seeing with New Eyes .....

YES !!!!!

Photos by : KRISTI
(Photo Shoot in Vintage Car Museum with 4 models)

Enter the Beauty ...

              Let the Beauty we love

                 BE what we do ....

                          ~ Rumi ~

Art by : Kristi

BEing Born again ....

Letting

the

stream

carry me

~.~





Photo & Prose by: Kristi

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)

I AM what I AM ....

The Warrior’s Prayer


I am what I am.

In having faith in the beauty within me,

I develop trust.

In softness I have strength.

In silence I walk with the gods.

In peace I understand myself and the world.

In conflict I walk away.

In detachment I am free.

In respecting all living things ,

I repeat myself.

In dedication I honor the courage

within me.

In eternity I have compassion

for the nature of all things.

In love I unconditionally accept

the evolution of others.

In freedom I have power.

In my individuality I express the God
within me.

In service I give of what I have become.

I am what I am,
Eternal, immortal, universal, and infinite.

Artwork : "Portal of the Exalted Wings" by Mykal Aubry

Prose: by Unknown Author

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)

BLOOM . . . where you are seeded

I believe that God is in me

as the sun

is in the color and fragrance

of a flower ~

the Light

in my darkness,

the Voice

in my silence

~ helen keller ~

photo by kristi

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 ~

Holiday Magic....

Christmas...
joins
elder
to
youth

ignorance
to
innocence

head
to
heart

~ photo and prose 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 ~

BECOMING ......

....... The Prospect of experiencing

a Brand New Life

It is never too late

to become

what you

might have

been

prose: kristi

music: katy perry

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 ~

THAT MOMENT....

~

~

~
the moment

you love

~

you are

unlimited

~

~

~

( so sayeth my tea bag tag on a string )

photos by : gregory colbert

LOOK DEEP ENOUGH.......

Let us live

for the grace beneath all we want,

let us see it in everything and everyone

till we admit to the mystery

that when I look deep enough into you

I find

me

and when you dare to hear my fear

in the recess of your heart

you recognize it as

your

secret

which you thought

no one else knew...

Poetry by ~ MARK NEPO ~ Photo by ~ GREGORY COLBERT ~

SAY WHAT YOU FEEL.....

Be who you are
and say
what you feel
because those
who mind don't matter
and those
who matter don't mind.

~ Dr. Seuss ~

Photo by ~ GREGORY COLBERT ~

NOTHING further to Seek....

Nothing is more precious

than to be (someone)

who has nothing further to seek

~ Lin Chi ~

Photo by:

~ Bob O'Hearn ~

http://www.pbase.com/1heart

ENTER into the Divine......

God enters by a private door

into every individual
~ ralph waldo emerson ~

Photo from
~Gregory Colbert ~
Creator of "Ashes and Snow"

THE DOOR ... into the realm of Spirit

...the excitement
we feel
when we hear
the drumbeat -
tells us
this is the
skeleton key
that opens
the door into
the realm
of spirit




quote: Mickey Hart
photo by: Kristi

RISK....to BLOSSOM

"...then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom..."

~ Anais Nin ~
Photo by: ~Kristi ~

CALM ... of Heart

peace.

it does not mean

to be
in a place
where there is

no noise,
trouble or
hard work.

it means to be
in the midst
of those things

and still be calm in your heart. ~ unknown ~

Photo by ~Kristi ~

THE QUICKENING

There has never been a time on Earth like we see today.

What we need are more ways to experience our interconnectedness ...

It is a

precursor to deep love.

So in this quickening light, with the dawn of each new day, let us look for love.

Let us no longer struggle.

Let us ever become

who we most want to be.

As we begin to be

who we truly are,

the world will be a better place.

~ John Denver ~
Photo by ~Kristi ~

BELIEVE ... in Angels

There are only two ways to live your life......

One is as though nothing is a miracle.....

The other is as if everything is a miracle......

~ Albert Einstein ~

What ONE can be...ONE MUST BE

Whatever

is
bringing you

down,

get rid of it.

you'll find

that when

you are free,

your true creativity,

your true self...

comes out

~Tina Turner~

TRUTH....

If you want the Truth,
I'll tell you the Truth,
Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.

~ KABIR ~

Recognize that you are the Truth....

(so says my morning tea bag tag on the string)

somewhere it was also said...

....and the TRUTH shall set you FREE...

so

I am

the Truth

therefore

I am

already

Free

(Winnie the Poo couldn't have said it better)

Photo & Prose by ~Kristi ~

TODAY...is enough

I don't know
how
tomorrow's going
to work....
I have enough
now
to be with today

just breathing

into
the
unknown........







Have you
EVER

tried to
HOLD
a sunset ....

it lives
IN you

after the sun sets.....


Photos & Prose by: ~Kristi ~

LOVE

......where there is love......there is no question

~Marianne Williamson~..just one sincere surrendered moment when love matters more than anything and we know that nothing else really matters at all.

We are so

lightly here

It is in love
that we are made

In love we disappear

~Leonard Cohen~

"To know love of another....

you must find it

within yourself.

You manifest only that

which reflects

from your heart"

~ RUMI ~

In order to create...

there must be

a dynamic force....

and what force

is more potent

than love?
~ Igor Stravinsky~

Photos by: ~Kristi ~