Orpheus and Eurydice

November 17th, 2006

orpheus500.jpg

Flora’s Yearly Clock

November 17th, 2006

clock-copy.jpg

All Love Affairs

November 17th, 2006

The ultimate aim of all love affairs is more important than all other aims in man’s life; and therefore it is quite worthy of the profound seriousness with which everyone pursues it. What is decided by it is nothing less than the composition of the next generation.

Arthur Schopenhauer

the bird

November 16th, 2006

the bird
i thought
was making
funny noises
turns out
to be
a squirrel

suddenly i
recognise
the footprint of
my father
somewhere
behind
in the back of
my
mind

suddenly
i
fear
and
hope

everything
is
as it
is

i eat
“fruit,
nuts
and seeds”

an aeroplane
flies
over
me

(chew, write, think, breathe)
nothing much

i
miss
the sound
of her
voice

i
need
to learn
to live
with-out.

i
need
to learn
to feel
no-thing

Truth, Goodness and Beauty

November 16th, 2006

“Everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his endeavours and his judgements. In this sense I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty. The ordinary objects of human endeavour - property, outward success, luxury - have always seemed to me contemptible.”

Albert Einstein

Jigsaw

November 16th, 2006

A jigsaw, we
are all part
of a jigsaw

Little, individual pieces
we shall find
our perfect matches
to click with
and feel complete

No piece must
be lost, each
piece uniquely valuable
A single piece
goes missing, and
the jigsaw’s ruined

Mirror

November 16th, 2006

I need a
mirror, a big
full figure mirror
to see my
self, the good
and the bad

Churches & Pubs

November 16th, 2006

One will have
never visited too
many churches and
not enough pubs

Destiny

November 16th, 2006

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

Marcus Aurelius

Bare Attention

November 16th, 2006

The mind is deliberately kept at the level of bare attention, a detached observation of what is happening within us and around us in the present moment. In the practice of right mindfulness the mind is trained to remain in the present, open, quiet, and alert, contemplating the present event. All judgments and interpretations have to be suspended, or if they occur, just registered and dropped.

Bhikkhu Bodhi