"Pencil Magic"
Poem:
"Where is my Beloved Tonight?
A Sanctuary Bestowed
From a Vast Cool Height."
Poet known & unknown
Art:
"A Different Kind Of Voyage"
Graphite Drawing on Paper
CWolters 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Art Classes - still looking for a time ....
Opening a door to a possibility, an opportunity for participation: Let's have some fun growing our souls :) - please see this letter by Kurt Vonnegut to shed some light on this or the post on Art makes your Soul grow
I hope you could make it - and continue to explore
For the moment, and the next few weeks, you will still only need a pencil, a sharpener and paper. There is much magic to emerge with just those simple tools.
It seems that for me it is time to open up the part of Being that grows by doing art. Our online art class on Easter Friday worked well enough. I reviewed the archive and can see where I can make some improvements for the next class.This window is open - I hope you will join in.
You are welcome and invited to come to this class and grow your soul some more.
There is an aspect to this class that is aligned with group work. It takes a little team to actually make it possible to transmit this online - and it takes YOU to be there to make this class something I can't find the right works for atm. A group adventure aligned with the work we are doing.
Real roup work is the hardest thing to do ....say someone (me) who really is a hermit at heart.
Here are some glimpses of a workshop I am listening to online as I am writing: E.J. Gold on another project: "You have to learn to cooperate, work with the process ..... participate. ..... This is a form of investment - and there is benefit for you ...." Sounds good and true.
Namaste
and have a great day
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Poetry & Animals to awaken the soul
Most recently inspired by Kurt Vonnegut - specifically his words to some high school students - and gnosticman and the poet's reading circle in the Prosperity Virtual Ashram .... am starting to write things that rhyme - though my command of the language might not be sublime :)
Maybe it really will grow the soul - just another part of it in another way from the one you awake when you really love an animal.
For those who may not know the animal reference here it is - I share it because it is true:
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
– Anatole France
Do art - keep doing it - Love an animal - really ... heart emoticon here :)
Kurt Vonnegut letter to high school - inspiring
In 2006, a group of students at Xavier High School
in New York City were given
an assignment by their English teacher, Ms. Lockwood, that was to test
their persuasive writing skills: they were asked to write to their
favorite author and ask him or her to visit the school. Some of the students chose
Kurt Vonnegut. He was the only one to reply - and it is an inspiring letter. He died April 11, 2007. With much gratitude to all involved, there is the text:
November 5, 2006
Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and Congiusta:
I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer (84) in his sunset years. I don't make public appearances any more because I now resemble nothing so much as an iguana.
What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.
Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives. Draw a funny or nice picture of Ms. Lockwood, and give it to her. Dance home after school, and sing in the shower and on and on. Make a face in your mashed potatoes. Pretend you're Count Dracula.
Here's an assignment for tonight, and I hope Ms. Lockwood will flunk you if you don't do it: Write a six line poem, about anything, but rhymed. No fair tennis without a net. Make it as good as you possibly can. But don't tell anybody what you're doing. Don't show it or recite it to anybody, not even your girlfriend or parents or whatever, or Ms. Lockwood. OK?
Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash recepticals. You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what's inside you, and you have made your soul grow.
God bless you all!
Kurt Vonnegut
Now do some art
Addendum May 7, 2014
Hello again
Going with the theme of growing your soul, we begin "doing art" with the simple tools of pencil and paper during the
Free online art classes Fridays 10:30 am
on http://www.justin.tv/gorebaggtv
All are welcome - let's explore
Namaste
Kurt Vonnegut. He was the only one to reply - and it is an inspiring letter. He died April 11, 2007. With much gratitude to all involved, there is the text:
November 5, 2006
Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and Congiusta:
I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer (84) in his sunset years. I don't make public appearances any more because I now resemble nothing so much as an iguana.
What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.
Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives. Draw a funny or nice picture of Ms. Lockwood, and give it to her. Dance home after school, and sing in the shower and on and on. Make a face in your mashed potatoes. Pretend you're Count Dracula.
Here's an assignment for tonight, and I hope Ms. Lockwood will flunk you if you don't do it: Write a six line poem, about anything, but rhymed. No fair tennis without a net. Make it as good as you possibly can. But don't tell anybody what you're doing. Don't show it or recite it to anybody, not even your girlfriend or parents or whatever, or Ms. Lockwood. OK?
Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash recepticals. You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what's inside you, and you have made your soul grow.
God bless you all!
Kurt Vonnegut
Now do some art
Addendum May 7, 2014
Hello again
Going with the theme of growing your soul, we begin "doing art" with the simple tools of pencil and paper during the
Free online art classes Fridays 10:30 am
on http://www.justin.tv/gorebaggtv
All are welcome - let's explore
Namaste
Art makes your soul grow
I don't consider myself an "artist" - and when you are surrounded by many good ones - even less so. However, there is something about doing art (and music) that seems to be invaluable to the Self...and I always feel it was a good thing to have done it when I take the time.
So keep coming back to it, as this coming Easter Friday, 2 days from now from 10 am to 12 noon.:
There is a free art class - "Pencil Magic" on gorebaggtv - bring your children and family and friends - Easter Friday, April 18, 10 am PST till noon.
Where? here - >>>> gorebaggtv http://www.justin.tv/gorebaggtv
All the materials you need you probably already have in the house:
- some pieces of paper,
- a soft pencil
- and a pencil sharpener.
Looking forward to doing some Art again with you - to becoming a little more - to grow our soul.
This class draws on the material presented in the DRAW GOOD NOW series.
Here is a fun video of student works the first time - House and Tree. (we won't be doing THAT one on Friday)
Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Purpose of Life
A long time ago, while doing a pediatric elective at John's Hopkins in Baltimore, I met a fellow student there - and he asked me what the meaning of life was - no idea what brought that on, though I am kinda weird with interest in such things or maybe he was thinking I'd have some smart answer, being from Germany and educated differently? He said, mentioning something about Kant, that everyone has to give their life its own meaning. I did not know what the meaning of life was, except, the meaning of my life was: to learn to Love. ..... and I meant REALLY love - not any of the things commonly called "LOVE". I was 28 when I realized this. It has not changed - only that a few years later, there were a few sub-goal and the realization that awakening is major part of that path - the Learning to Love.
Today I would say that your ability to love relates directly to the degree of your awakeness - and presence - and there are many levels of awakening. I almost don't count some peak experiences triggered by outside forces. Real transformation happens from the inside, through realizations and ahas. It is sometimes funny to realize who you were...looking back ....wow.
We all come from somewhere as humans, and presumably our soul-human combination is as it is because of an affinity - consciousness manifested....and soul flaws highlighted for those not yet perfected.
Someone slick and socially groomed may give the impression of being way more evolved - when in fact - that may have absolutely nothing to do with any degree of awareness, awakeness or Love.
Living in some kind of lala land never having faced one's own dark side - can't truly Love from that place.
But I digress - so back to the purpose of life. I asked someone at a party once what the purpose of her life was. The answer was clear and straight: To be a mother. And she was a mother and she was good at it - her 4 kids grown up ...but she was still being a mother. Loving to her would always mean something different than what I was looking for - and yet, when she dies - she would die knowing she had fulfilled her life's purpose....or so I think.
I find learning to love - very challening, especially when it comes to loving humans. I mean, let's face it: babies are amazing, children are too and I have loved being with them since I was 12 years old - at which point I started wondering what LOVE means. I was willing to give my arm if need be for my 9 month old cousin - and I concluded: This must mean that I loved her - which I did - only today, I am not that selfless, at least I hope I never get tested like that - and then there are those who have hurt you in ways you can't imagine, and then there is that Hoʻoponopono prayer, and Byron Katie and a bunch of other paths that pretty much say something like this: it is all a reflection of you. YOU are always responsible.
This is - challenging and requires an expansion of the YOU that is talked about - the SELF that is meant.
And pretty soon we are into the mystery section of any path - trying to get to the real "reality".
I always loved nature, and animals - but until 2010, I had not realized the truth of this:
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
– Anatole France
One of the hardest parts is recognizing and tolerating the extreme limitation one finds oneself in in this body-mind - especially when really wounded very early on. We all do the best we can with what we got - and even if not - to realize the beyond imagination limitlessness while grounded in this body - is like - mind boggling. Eventually sayings of saints and sages - make sense - or rather: are recognized as truth because you KNOW.
So then there is that loving again, and the heart and consciousness and electromagnetic fields and vibration and energy...and this precious human incarnation when you want to walk gently everywhere....alas .... you know what I mean.
So back to loving - and listening to your heart - and the silent pull to what you love .... and what is that, for me today, this week, in these years?
And there is a thing on that list that is incompatible with what I am committed to presently.
This is a dilemma - I need a year off - or at least a couple of months. At the same time, it is: you don't just take off from your motherhood either.
There can be a huge difference between realization and manifestation when the alchemical transformation had not yet completed. While purpose and temperament differ - mean-ness, vindictiveness, blaming, selfishness - you get the drift - are parts to accept and embrace, but they are not a higher state of beingness...of true presence, attention and love.
All this rambling to get to; what is it that I - this particular bodymindsoul - truly love, love to do and to be...and how much am I doing and being that where I am in my life? And is there any part - that I should be doing but that cannot be accomplished here? And what is it that I could already be doing where I am but that I am not? And how much is what I love - related to the purpose of my life?
So there.
One thing that is coming to the forefront is this: taking care of self - and with love.
Here is another take on the meaning of life - the Secret of Life whatever it may be - I can't tell
The Secret is there .....
Today I would say that your ability to love relates directly to the degree of your awakeness - and presence - and there are many levels of awakening. I almost don't count some peak experiences triggered by outside forces. Real transformation happens from the inside, through realizations and ahas. It is sometimes funny to realize who you were...looking back ....wow.
We all come from somewhere as humans, and presumably our soul-human combination is as it is because of an affinity - consciousness manifested....and soul flaws highlighted for those not yet perfected.
Someone slick and socially groomed may give the impression of being way more evolved - when in fact - that may have absolutely nothing to do with any degree of awareness, awakeness or Love.
Living in some kind of lala land never having faced one's own dark side - can't truly Love from that place.
But I digress - so back to the purpose of life. I asked someone at a party once what the purpose of her life was. The answer was clear and straight: To be a mother. And she was a mother and she was good at it - her 4 kids grown up ...but she was still being a mother. Loving to her would always mean something different than what I was looking for - and yet, when she dies - she would die knowing she had fulfilled her life's purpose....or so I think.
I find learning to love - very challening, especially when it comes to loving humans. I mean, let's face it: babies are amazing, children are too and I have loved being with them since I was 12 years old - at which point I started wondering what LOVE means. I was willing to give my arm if need be for my 9 month old cousin - and I concluded: This must mean that I loved her - which I did - only today, I am not that selfless, at least I hope I never get tested like that - and then there are those who have hurt you in ways you can't imagine, and then there is that Hoʻoponopono prayer, and Byron Katie and a bunch of other paths that pretty much say something like this: it is all a reflection of you. YOU are always responsible.
This is - challenging and requires an expansion of the YOU that is talked about - the SELF that is meant.
And pretty soon we are into the mystery section of any path - trying to get to the real "reality".
I always loved nature, and animals - but until 2010, I had not realized the truth of this:
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
– Anatole France
One of the hardest parts is recognizing and tolerating the extreme limitation one finds oneself in in this body-mind - especially when really wounded very early on. We all do the best we can with what we got - and even if not - to realize the beyond imagination limitlessness while grounded in this body - is like - mind boggling. Eventually sayings of saints and sages - make sense - or rather: are recognized as truth because you KNOW.
So then there is that loving again, and the heart and consciousness and electromagnetic fields and vibration and energy...and this precious human incarnation when you want to walk gently everywhere....alas .... you know what I mean.
So back to loving - and listening to your heart - and the silent pull to what you love .... and what is that, for me today, this week, in these years?
And there is a thing on that list that is incompatible with what I am committed to presently.
This is a dilemma - I need a year off - or at least a couple of months. At the same time, it is: you don't just take off from your motherhood either.
There can be a huge difference between realization and manifestation when the alchemical transformation had not yet completed. While purpose and temperament differ - mean-ness, vindictiveness, blaming, selfishness - you get the drift - are parts to accept and embrace, but they are not a higher state of beingness...of true presence, attention and love.
All this rambling to get to; what is it that I - this particular bodymindsoul - truly love, love to do and to be...and how much am I doing and being that where I am in my life? And is there any part - that I should be doing but that cannot be accomplished here? And what is it that I could already be doing where I am but that I am not? And how much is what I love - related to the purpose of my life?
So there.
One thing that is coming to the forefront is this: taking care of self - and with love.
Here is another take on the meaning of life - the Secret of Life whatever it may be - I can't tell
The Secret is there .....
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
What we Love
This is the longer version, for the short(er) one, please go here: What we Love on Lov3
My point really is to somehow get you to watch the video (see below) with awareness and Love.
Just a few minutes ago I marveled at the human body – watching a dance performance on youtube – at the same time aware of how the amazing technology of today has made possible for everyone everywhere to partake in communities, culture, beauty and wonder like at no other time in recent history – and that there is a side to humans that is truly amazing. Whether you love poetry enough that you would not want to live without it, or film, art, pottery, sports, dance or architecture, love good music or marvel at the amazing technology giving someone who needs it a 3D printed new skull – whether you just love love love your family, your friends or superbowl or the exploration of space in true science – or just love LIFE – consider this:
“Simply replanting trees, is not replanting communities.”
Yes, as much as we come together in groups, for communities, mutually supportive in when they work together … including the sangha of your spiritual path – consider what is said is this beautiful short film (just down below)
Maybe this IS the peak of human achievement we are experiencing at this time - and maybe the ONLY time in history of this planet EVER for events like healing circles in the Prosperity Ashram to be able to happen – because of the technology available to us today (oh – you too can request a healing at the Prosperity Path Forum here)
Our relatives, our family – Love – manifested – in the spirit of gratitude – for the Love of our earthly home. Without “nature” – flowers, trees, grasses, bubbling brooks, sound of ocean waves – and animals of all kinds – like the many songbirds in the spring – I would not even still be here.
I – the human and its resident soul - owe nature any life or worthwhile activity I can do today … and I love her – in all her beauty beyond words and AWESOMENESS – from gently spring rain, to the blade of grass or little bug right here in front of me – I have been blessed. Then, if you you add the exploration made possible by technology …beyond words – and then, once you relearn even a little bit of high sense perception – wow – and without her – you’d not do or feel any of what YOU love.
Being in nature – there is love – it is simply there.
In the end, it really is all about waking up and learning how to move, about wonder and gratitude - for what in some tradition is called: the precious human birth. To view the destruction of nature happening now with impartiality is difficult. It is what is happening however.
But this site is about what we love …and I love this earth home – I love nature – the birds and the bees and all that.
This is a good video – I do hope you watch it. I agree with the narrator: the earth will regenerate, re-green – we don’t have to be part of it.
….. and Love is going to bring forth another form that recognizes it – self as that.
Namaste and Be Blessed
My point really is to somehow get you to watch the video (see below) with awareness and Love.
Just a few minutes ago I marveled at the human body – watching a dance performance on youtube – at the same time aware of how the amazing technology of today has made possible for everyone everywhere to partake in communities, culture, beauty and wonder like at no other time in recent history – and that there is a side to humans that is truly amazing. Whether you love poetry enough that you would not want to live without it, or film, art, pottery, sports, dance or architecture, love good music or marvel at the amazing technology giving someone who needs it a 3D printed new skull – whether you just love love love your family, your friends or superbowl or the exploration of space in true science – or just love LIFE – consider this:
“Simply replanting trees, is not replanting communities.”
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| In the Zen Garden |
Yes, as much as we come together in groups, for communities, mutually supportive in when they work together … including the sangha of your spiritual path – consider what is said is this beautiful short film (just down below)
Maybe this IS the peak of human achievement we are experiencing at this time - and maybe the ONLY time in history of this planet EVER for events like healing circles in the Prosperity Ashram to be able to happen – because of the technology available to us today (oh – you too can request a healing at the Prosperity Path Forum here)
Our relatives, our family – Love – manifested – in the spirit of gratitude – for the Love of our earthly home. Without “nature” – flowers, trees, grasses, bubbling brooks, sound of ocean waves – and animals of all kinds – like the many songbirds in the spring – I would not even still be here.
I – the human and its resident soul - owe nature any life or worthwhile activity I can do today … and I love her – in all her beauty beyond words and AWESOMENESS – from gently spring rain, to the blade of grass or little bug right here in front of me – I have been blessed. Then, if you you add the exploration made possible by technology …beyond words – and then, once you relearn even a little bit of high sense perception – wow – and without her – you’d not do or feel any of what YOU love.
Being in nature – there is love – it is simply there.
In the end, it really is all about waking up and learning how to move, about wonder and gratitude - for what in some tradition is called: the precious human birth. To view the destruction of nature happening now with impartiality is difficult. It is what is happening however.
But this site is about what we love …and I love this earth home – I love nature – the birds and the bees and all that.
This is a good video – I do hope you watch it. I agree with the narrator: the earth will regenerate, re-green – we don’t have to be part of it.
….. and Love is going to bring forth another form that recognizes it – self as that.
Namaste and Be Blessed
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Free Art Class - gorebaggTV Friday Easter 2014
This morning I asked if the Art Class I am scheduled to give Friday before Easter and which is transmitted live could be opened to kids everywhere for free and be live on gorebaggtv.
And the answer is: YES, and not only to kids, but the art class is now open to everyone. So
here we go:
FREE ART CLASS Friday before Easter at 10am - noon - gorebaggtv.
You do not have to participate in the Easter Workshop to come to the art class ...
and of course you can bring friends too.
This Art Class will NOT be involving any eggs :) - but it WILL be involving pencil magic :)
I also will address it to children of all sizes, which may include any inner children.
on: Friday, April 18 2014 at 10am. Class will end at noon.
You do NOT need to have an account on Justin TV to see the class and participate - but you do need an account if you wish to comment or show your work online in the chat
Accounts are free.
Erasers are also not needed, and are in fact prohibited :)
Of all my scanned drawings - this is the only format this current computer could open ...oh well then
And the answer is: YES, and not only to kids, but the art class is now open to everyone. So
here we go:
FREE ART CLASS Friday before Easter at 10am - noon - gorebaggtv.
You do not have to participate in the Easter Workshop to come to the art class ...
and of course you can bring friends too.
I also will address it to children of all sizes, which may include any inner children.
Most likely you already have in the house what you will need in materials:.
- a soft pencil (9 B is best)
- a pencil sharpener
- blank sheets of plain white or whitish paper
on: Friday, April 18 2014 at 10am. Class will end at noon.
You do NOT need to have an account on Justin TV to see the class and participate - but you do need an account if you wish to comment or show your work online in the chat
Accounts are free.
Erasers are also not needed, and are in fact prohibited :)
Of all my scanned drawings - this is the only format this current computer could open ...oh well then
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