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Mystic art image of young women fused in nature. From Pinterest

'Everyplace is a soul-centric sacred space, comrades; when we live and move and breathe in the gentle embrace of blessed grace.'

So many of us !
So many of us !

We are shelves,we are
Tables,we are meek,
We are edible,

We shall by morning
Inherit the earth.
Our foot's in the door.

~Sylvia Plath

🎨 Doug West, “Hollyhock”

Photo: a laneway with blossoming trees, an overgrown road, and purple flowers in the fields beside it. Source: rinwashedsoul Tumblr www.ipinimg.com. Text: Albert Schweitzer, The Teaching of Reverence for Life, 1965, p.27.

Late in life, Albert Schweitzer came to an ethics of compassion.
He said that the fundamental principle of ethics is
"reverence for life."
This requires kindness toward all living beings.
By ethical conduct towards all beings
“we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.”

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“People are rivers, always ready to move from one state of being into another. It is not fair, to treat people as if they are finished beings. Everyone is always becoming & unbecoming.”

~ Kathleen Winter, ‘Annabel’ (2010)

#Photography, ‘Great Blue Herons on the Potomac River’ by David Castenson.

Multicolored red poppies and white daisy with purple and blue flowers

"Some days are grand and some not so much, so color your life with flowers!"

we rise together
at the tide's call

white-winged clouds
unbound—

in aimable peace
a hush of white unfolding;

a quieter breath
as shadows lifting
from behind our eyes

#photography #poetry

A goldfinch (chardonneret élégant) placed on the side of a thistle and looking to its left. 📸 : Mark A Jenkins.

💛🧡❤️

#bird
#Birdphotography
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography

The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.

— Philip K. Dick

Paolo Pagani

Wild flowers grow where no one has planted them, reminding us that beauty never asks permission to exist.

#Nature #Naturephotography
#Naturelovers #Photography
#Flowers #Wildflowers #Bloomscrolling
#Naturewisdom #Thoughts
#Positivevibes #Goodvibes

The duel
Mitchell P #art

Vasily Kandinsky, Landscape with Rain, 1913 Guggenheim Abstract Art Source : guggenheim.org

Vasily Kandinsky
Landscape with Rain, 1913
Guggenheim

Do Duy Tuan, Purple And Moon (oil on canvas, 2019)

Photo: A multi-hued Kea, an alpine parrot, in flight over Arthur's Pass mountains in New Zealand. Source: Karl Anderson, www.explore-new-zealand.com Text: The Prophet, Heineman, 1980, p.108.

That which is you dwells above the mountain
& roves with the wind.
It is not a thing that crawls into the sun for warmth
or digs holes into darkness for safety.
But a thing free, a spirit that envelops the earth
& moves in the ether.
If these be vague words
seek not to clear them.
Kahlil Gibran
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inner sanctuary it’s impossible to hear the spoken word when the rains fall so hard killing the song making good intentions just plain wrong these eyes find light in the strangest places sitting alone in the dark …

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INNER SANCTUARY

#poetry

<Apr-2017>

your hybrid ideas
unequal parts genius
and cruel

your willow child weeps
and your waspish woman stings
as crow-kid foretells

you will offer me
the rainbow-striped cat poet
for one drop of blood

#ScifaikuSaturday (hybrid)
#ThingsToWriteAbout
#inkMine

underneath
a weeping willow
flows a stream
gurgling laughter
as it passes
each daisies smile
until it reaches
the woodland pond
an elfland portal
where fairies
and fauns dance
in silvered moonlight

#unknownfairytales
#inkMine #poetry

Shadows cast
In darkness ink
Pouring
Blinding, painful light
Into my mind

Within me
Is a city of many voices

Their words
Spark
As stars
Upon my vision

Their magic
Is
My strength
I draw from the night

Which
I bring forth
In storm
A man on horseback
Galloping
On clouds, angry and blithe

Cluster of pink‑white daisies

Moments,
tiny gardens
in her palm.

#sixwordpoem
#poem
#poetry
#blueskypoets

📷 Pixabay

If we were meant to fly we would have been born with wings.
#DefyDogma

Small hillside church, France, surrounded by greenery, perfect for peaceful village life. 📷 https://www.pexels.com/@slimmars-13-197677686

In France, there is a place where water carves its path between limestone cliffs and green meadows, where the river winds like a silver ribbon through the heart of the valleys...

😊 #France

Another Time, Another Place

#buddha 💜

Swallowtail butterfly on a Buddleja, the plant commonly known as the “Butterfly Bush”

Popping in for Rina’s #ButterflyWeek with one of my few pictures!

Have a great week, everybody!

#ECK #Butterfly #Swallowtail #Buddleja

📝 Short #Poems

Eines ist gut an dieser Welt: Es wird immer wieder Frühling geben.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

over an image of spilling ink, this design states: Weekly Prompt: NIFTY, UPBEAT, OPTIMISTIC, CAUTION, TIRED, MANIPULATE use the prompt words, or their evocation in an original write please credit art & photos combo prompts welcome post with the hashtag #inkMine #inkMine

Mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Mon April 13, 2026

Weekly #Prompt - NIFTY UPBEAT OPTIMISTIC CAUTION TIRED MANIPULATE

** please! No AI **
**no AI words photos or art**

post with hashtag: #inkMine

Acrylic on board. One of a series of women and birds I did. Art to start the day.

One good square #BRFM #SCYM new meeting #Quilt 1986