“It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here.“ I… Read More »New Drawing, Encroachment (and an encouragement from Edward Abbey)
Well that was a shit election. I didn’t need to watch the needle – last evening’s downcast faces told me all I needed to know.… Read More »On Apocalypses
What is wisdom? How do we discern when we are receiving wisdom that will help us in our lives?
“Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain… Read More »A visitation from gentle water
“…always the question comes back to a central question: how is the Divine wooing us, calling us into deeper and deeper intimacy?”[1] John Mabry We… Read More »Spiritual Guidance – A Travelogue
Frederick Buechner, from Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation: “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom… Read More »All moments are key moments
Oil on canvas, 30” x 40” x 1.5”, completed in late 2020. The painting is my transformation; my listening companion. A frankenstein of my longings… Read More »A Roadmap of The Dying Self
I’ve been training for a couple of years in becoming a Facilitator in Interspiritual Meditation – a universal seven-step practice that was developed as a… Read More »Breath, Step, Draw, Repeat
This weekend I turned 42. On my birthday morning, after making coffee, I pulled up the New York Times. The zeitgeist is deeply troubled. The… Read More »Metanoia
above – detail from a commissioned artwork for Westminster Chapel, graphite on paper, 2017. Map drawing of Bellevue area, drawings of handwritten notes from participants… Read More »On Listening