a synchronicity… bee and rose

Yes.... an image .....repetition... a song. is a good thing... if you have a message to share..

Tear: Sharing my experience, opinion my subconscious perspective.

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Conductor 71, professor Snape in Harry Potter 7, and President Obama recently came together for me via a tear. A film, a book and a real life happening. It could be life imitating art or art imitating life. All three made an impression of me within the last … Continue reading Tear: Sharing my experience, opinion my subconscious perspective.

Prepare my own paints

Hudley The Jester 2006 “I have a different idea of elegance. I don’t dress like a fop, it’s true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples, or an insult that I haven’t washed away. I’m always immaculately clean, adorned with independence and … Continue reading Prepare my own paints

Conductor 71

"I fell in love because of your mistake" A Matter between Life and Death is an excellent film from 1946. One I recommend for the holidays. This film has some strange and lovelorn characters, my favorite being Conductor 71. He is an angel or appointed heavenly being / worker who makes an error, or does … Continue reading Conductor 71

Ophiuchus’s Song

“those born between November 30 and December 17 fall under the sign of Ophiuchus.” ~ Dr. Jacqueline Mitton, from the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society “Every Time A Bell Rings An Angel Gets its Wings” I woke up with a treat this morning. I set the cell phone alarm for 7:30 AM. Time to get youngest … Continue reading Ophiuchus’s Song

Leaping times of resistance and change …

In the Creative Process: "Make your obstructions or limitations productive by stimulating greater intensity of thought and a deeper sense of spiritual freedom" ~ The William Blake Tarot Cards

SOYAL and Just Take Five….

SOYAL http://www.radioclash.com/archives/2005/12/19/bah-humbug/ Atheists, Winter Solstice celebrations, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Native Americans, Nova Romans, Wiccans, Neo-pagans, Zoroastrians... As a religious studies major the more, I study religions and their particular cultures the more I realize that the further back one goes in time to study these religions it all comes down to an image of … Continue reading SOYAL and Just Take Five….

Seldom Forgotten

"1940 is the year when we approach the meridian of the first star in Aquarius. It is the premonitory earthquake of the New Age." We see how Jung considered earthly occurrences in a cosmic context, with an eye toward the approach of the Age of Aquarius, which was supposed to come after the Age of … Continue reading Seldom Forgotten

Arthurian Knight

The word wonder as a verb or noun has a good feeling associated to it. The adventure while taking walks in the fog brings to my mind smells of the earth. A wonder of this is one wonder I crave. Walks down wild hills and up hills as a youth, pepper trees and mighty eucalypts … Continue reading Arthurian Knight

Kamakiri

“It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again.”John Steinbeck ~ The Log from the Sea of Cortez, Kamakiri praying mantis (Japanese) Viewing Before Cremation While cleaning the pool, brushing the autumn leaves away, I looked down to see Kamakiri ! Silently floating. Away to the … Continue reading Kamakiri

A Day of Courage

Feeling as powerful as an active volcano of accomplishment. Women gathered on the hill. Standing on the grass and dirt. They were silent in the breeze. Waiting. Dressing in gold, red and brown flowing dresses. A cotton scarf placed around her head. Thin material with sequins and graceful threads wrapped around a mummy enfolded. "Into … Continue reading A Day of Courage

Generation songs…

"Without the awareness of the archetypal in the behavior which gives meaning to the madness, there is nothing left but the secular nomina of psychiatry and comparative sociology" ~James Hillman Watercolor by Hudley If one is caught in the 'worlds woe' and madness remember the above quote. And try to find out what it means. … Continue reading Generation songs…

ritualistic gesture

As a ritualistic gesture eating ones power animal, or totem, is practiced globally around the world. I won’t even go down the pew aisle of what the body and blood of Christ is all about. It is an act that empowers us. At church, in the amazon jungle or …wherever the unconscious and the conscious dance … Continue reading ritualistic gesture

ridiculously real

Stock Market Now..."carnage and pain"..."something is very wrong"..."It spiked up...then dived back down"..."Chaos"..." Manic mood to the market... 1960-1970s...Nixon...social rebellion..."- Taken from on going quotes on the news. My Morning Glories wishing for The Pleiades Chaos is not the worst of things to happen. Out of chaos comes change and is a noticeable pattern in … Continue reading ridiculously real

Child in the Dark.

Questioning change and our contemporary world… I feel is a healthy thing to do. It may not be part of the Status quo to see through the eyes of my two friends here, but it is wonderfully real and takes me to many a dark midnight, lit by their friendly fires of wisdom. Unknown to … Continue reading Child in the Dark.

Dance of the Salamander

My totem This little creature has the power to sustain fire! Symbolically it is standing tall within the fires of life! As a totem symbol, that runs throughout many cultures, it is a remarkable one! Alchemically it is the power of fiery reactions and used with cool water to make steam! I captured this image … Continue reading Dance of the Salamander

Elderberry wine

Once while working as a Home Health Aide on the East coast, I did a nice thing for a wise old lady. She had grace, experience, and savvy. Her home was a grand home that had been in her family for generations. In my mind she seemed like Scarlett O'Hara. Now in a wheelchair most of … Continue reading Elderberry wine

Ideology that idealizes motherhood

June 7 2015 Lady Justice A new bookcase was moved into our living, entertainment, dining room. At times I look up to gaze at an old friendly book. Some from my university days and some from mom or a colorful rock & roll one. Today a shadow of mantis took my focus towards a book … Continue reading Ideology that idealizes motherhood

Random Pick day is Sunday !

Here at the office of The Seminary Of Praying Mantis are many many books. Mantis does more than, with silence and insightful grace, sit on a flower or leaf. Often Mantis is found engaged in a book. As this is a seminary of sorts, and today is under the wonderful magic of a waxing gibbous … Continue reading Random Pick day is Sunday !

Kachina Art

I created these images 1991 and was totally engulfed in the world of Hopi and Native American Kachinas. Greeting-cards. 6 by 6 inches. Kachina Planets ~ Holly Cornell 1991 The Winged Ones ~Holly Cornell 1991