| Life can be a series of beginnings, endings, and blurry in-betweens. |
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// Monday, March 15, 2010
Today's Tendril...
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// Saturday, March 13, 2010
Chance Encounter
Two old ghosts, who hadn't seen each other in many years, happened upon one another in the hallowed halls of the New York Public Library (late one evening in January).
For a few, long, silent moments, the old ghosts drifted into the solitary memories of their lives.
And the old ghosts went their separate ways, never to see each other again.
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| FRED | Hey, George, it's good to see you! | |
| GEORGE | You, too, Fred! Been a while. You're looking well. | |
| FRED | Thanks. So do you. | |
| GEORGE | So, tell me, what do you miss the most about the living world? | |
| FRED | [thoughtfully] Holding a book in my hands and turning its pages. I really miss that. A good book always felt great to have and to hold. | |
| GEORGE | [nodding] Yeah. I know what you mean. | |
| FRED | What about you? What do you miss the most? | |
| GEORGE | [without hesitation] Writing. The physical act of writing. I really miss the feel of pen on paper. And then holding the page—the written word—in my hands. | |
| FRED | Definitely. There was a special magic to gliding your thoughts across a page. | |
| GEORGE | [sullen] Yeah. | |
| FRED | [sighs] Yeah. |
| FRED | Well, I have to go, George. Good seeing you again. | |
| GEORGE | It was good seeing you, too, Fred. Take care of yourself. | |
| FRED | Thanks. You, too. |
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Another Cerebral Haunting
So tired of the "wait!"
So drained by the debate.
Sticky's the web of choice.
A thousand thoughts; no voice.
The blank page is daunting.
This, my cerebral haunting.
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So drained by the debate.
Sticky's the web of choice.
A thousand thoughts; no voice.
The blank page is daunting.
This, my cerebral haunting.
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// Friday, March 12, 2010
Said the Devil...
Oh little specklings,
so fraught with indecision,
so very frail,
so deluded in your exalted place in time and space,
you're unable to hoist
even a single
heavenly
sail.
Oh little ashlings,
rising from the embers of The Divine,
blown by the winds that you cannot tame;
so rife with pain,
your joy is to pine.
And whine.
Oh little dustlings,
so consumed by trivial things,
so amused by the simplest things,
and wistfully wrapped in daily drama,
so tortured by the here and now,
forever else,
and forever more.
Oh little meatlings,
blissfully ignorant of what you are—
in-sig-nificant,
a lightless star—
you're nothing else,
and nothing more.
Still. . .I want you,
Evermore.
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so fraught with indecision,
so very frail,
so deluded in your exalted place in time and space,
you're unable to hoist
even a single
heavenly
sail.
Oh little ashlings,
rising from the embers of The Divine,
blown by the winds that you cannot tame;
so rife with pain,
your joy is to pine.
And whine.
Oh little dustlings,
so consumed by trivial things,
so amused by the simplest things,
and wistfully wrapped in daily drama,
so tortured by the here and now,
forever else,
and forever more.
Oh little meatlings,
blissfully ignorant of what you are—
in-sig-nificant,
a lightless star—
you're nothing else,
and nothing more.
Still. . .I want you,
Evermore.
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Today's Tendril...
| To weave and to be woven, is the dream that is unfrozen. |
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// Monday, March 08, 2010
Today's Tendril...
Art folders.
Art fodder.
Idea boulders.
Idea prodder.
Pen the moment,
revise it thrice.
A choice to make:
fire or ice?
Art fodder.
Idea boulders.
Idea prodder.
Pen the moment,
revise it thrice.
A choice to make:
fire or ice?
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// Saturday, March 06, 2010
Today's Tendril...
| Sometimes you have to recognize the hammer in the message. |
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// Friday, March 05, 2010
Staring at the Ceiling
Staring at the ceiling in the dark is a lot like staring at the sun at noon.
At least that's what I whisper to the monsters under my bed, right before I throw a light on them and laugh in their faces.
And it scares the dickens out of them.
I love messing with them like that.
Good times.
Good times.
This is a true story.
At least the part about the ceiling.
And the dark.
And the dickens.
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At least that's what I whisper to the monsters under my bed, right before I throw a light on them and laugh in their faces.
And it scares the dickens out of them.
I love messing with them like that.
Good times.
Good times.
About
This is a true story.
At least the part about the ceiling.
And the dark.
And the dickens.
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Today's Tendril...
| The trouble with creature comforts is that they can turn into little monsters. |
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// Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Today's Tendril...
| Progress and futility all in one: Boiling the ocean one bucket at a time. |
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Today's Tendril...
| Life is a board the length of you. Nail it, plane it, and saw it with care. |
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// Sunday, February 21, 2010
Today's Tendril...
| Reality: One part complacency, one part ferocity, one part calamity, and one part TBD. |
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// Saturday, February 13, 2010
As Expected
"Every night, when the house is most quiet, green hands spider their way from my closet to my bed," said Milo.
"And then what," asked Dr. Ni, a prominent psychiatrist specializing in adult sleep disorders.
"We shake hands," replied Milo, a grin awakening his face.
With a hint of disbelief in his voice, Dr. Ni says, "You shake hands?"
"Yes," Milo said, firmly and without hesitation.
"And then what happens?"
"We talk about — you," said Milo.
"Me?"
"Yes, you, Dr. Ni."
"Why me?"
"Because the thing attached to the green hands is very interested in you, Dr. Ni. Very interested. I've told it all about you and how you've been helping me with my nightmares and delusions. It wants to thank you for all that you've done. In fact, it's in the waiting room right now. It wants to shake your hands."
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"And then what," asked Dr. Ni, a prominent psychiatrist specializing in adult sleep disorders.
"We shake hands," replied Milo, a grin awakening his face.
With a hint of disbelief in his voice, Dr. Ni says, "You shake hands?"
"Yes," Milo said, firmly and without hesitation.
"And then what happens?"
"We talk about — you," said Milo.
"Me?"
"Yes, you, Dr. Ni."
"Why me?"
"Because the thing attached to the green hands is very interested in you, Dr. Ni. Very interested. I've told it all about you and how you've been helping me with my nightmares and delusions. It wants to thank you for all that you've done. In fact, it's in the waiting room right now. It wants to shake your hands."
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// Wednesday, February 10, 2010
I Iconified
I of the storm,
of the imperceptible,
of the imagination.
of the imperceptible,
of the imagination.
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// Monday, February 08, 2010
Tendrils 9: Context Sensitive
Trust is a matter of perception.
Commitment is relative to proximity.
Hope is magic dust — and should be sprinkled liberally.
Too often, morality is context sensitive.
Consumers and producers: The yin and yang of greed.
Repetition is an important part of learning, until it stifles creativity.
Your public face and your private face will be present when you face God.
I came up with this collection on my way to <location not important>.
I stopped to get a cup of coffee at <eatery not important>.
I scribbled an initial draft of the Tendrils on <surface not important>.
The loose theme to the collection: context sensitive.
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Commitment is relative to proximity.
Hope is magic dust — and should be sprinkled liberally.
Too often, morality is context sensitive.
Consumers and producers: The yin and yang of greed.
Repetition is an important part of learning, until it stifles creativity.
Alternate Version
Repetition is an important part of learning; an alchemy that turns difficult into "second nature."
Your public face and your private face will be present when you face God.
About
I came up with this collection on my way to <location not important>.
I stopped to get a cup of coffee at <eatery not important>.
I scribbled an initial draft of the Tendrils on <surface not important>.
The loose theme to the collection: context sensitive.
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// Saturday, January 30, 2010
Today's Tendril...
| Balance is precarious in a world rife with ethical, moral, and spiritual extremes. |
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Today's Tendril...
| A nightmare: Arriving at the plateau of complacency and then hunkering down. |
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// Sunday, January 24, 2010
Today's Tendril...
| To separate expectation from actuality is to live in the moment...is to be part of the ever present now. |
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// Sunday, January 03, 2010
Tendrils 8
You know it's quiet when you can hear the soft crackling of a bubble bath.
Beauty that does not inspire has either become commonplace or cruel.
10! - 9! - 8! - 7! ...
The seconds prior to midnight on New Year's Eve are no more or less precious than the seconds after midnight.
1 ··· 2 ··· 3 ··· 4 ...
To be a "giant among men" and a ghost or stranger to your family—to love—is failure.
Two paths in life, but never more.
Zero tolerance for mistakes.
One path leads to salvation, the other to damnation.
"Zero-to-hero" only takes a lifetime of choices...
Resolutions made on a whim break as easily as a glass (half full) shatters when it hits the floor.
This collection penned during the "in between moments" on New Year's Eve, 2009, and early AM 2010.
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Beauty that does not inspire has either become commonplace or cruel.
10! - 9! - 8! - 7! ...
The seconds prior to midnight on New Year's Eve are no more or less precious than the seconds after midnight.
1 ··· 2 ··· 3 ··· 4 ...
To be a "giant among men" and a ghost or stranger to your family—to love—is failure.
Two paths in life, but never more.
Zero tolerance for mistakes.
One path leads to salvation, the other to damnation.
"Zero-to-hero" only takes a lifetime of choices...
Resolutions made on a whim break as easily as a glass (half full) shatters when it hits the floor.
About
This collection penned during the "in between moments" on New Year's Eve, 2009, and early AM 2010.
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// Thursday, December 31, 2009
Today's Tendril...
Watching snow flakes paint the empty road white and coat the sky-facing sides of leafless branches.
A pine tree is illuminated with Christmas lights.
A squirrel runs along a stone wall, stops, gets up on its hindquarters, and becomes a statue of light snow.
The New Year already looks promising...
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A pine tree is illuminated with Christmas lights.
A squirrel runs along a stone wall, stops, gets up on its hindquarters, and becomes a statue of light snow.
The New Year already looks promising...
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// Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tendrils 7: Fallen
If the possibilities are truly endless, then they're only gated by the locks of the mind.
Finished, complete, and done are merely states of relativity.
Tendrils of the imagination come and go like a ghost in the night; like a ghost in the mind.
Hope not only renews (the heart, mind, and soul), but it adapts to the world outside our windows — and to the worlds within our minds.
Passion becomes intensity. Intensity becomes rapture. Rapture becomes everything.
Sometimes all we need is the tranquility of solitude, found beneath the moonbeams of a cold winter night.
Evolution is a historical view.
Adaptation is the here and now.
Expectation is a burden to carry.
Anticipation is a double-edged sword.
Every Autumn leaf finds its own path to the earth.
Simplicity is like the beast waiting in the tall grass, or the creature with many tentacles lurking in the depths of a lake, or the red-eyed thing moving under the bed.
Intentions are like ghosts: They come and go in the blink of an eye.
Patience and perseverance go hand-in-hand.
And are often accompanied by frustration and iteration.
-Tendrils 1 and 2 are based on text in the About section of the image, "Fallen (Possibilities)."
-Tendrils 3 and 4 appear in Today's Tendril… posts (2009.11.09 and 2009.11.29).
-Tendril 5 is taken from the text in the About section of the image, "Fallen (I See Red)."
-Tendrils 6 is based on the text in the About section of the image, "Fallen (Blue Serenity)."
-All other Tendrils are exclusive to this collection.
Updated 20220725
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Finished, complete, and done are merely states of relativity.
Tendrils of the imagination come and go like a ghost in the night; like a ghost in the mind.
2022 Remix
Tendrils of the imagination come and go like the wisps of smoke that rise and vanish from the flame of the candle that’s illuminating the page — and the moment.
Hope not only renews (the heart, mind, and soul), but it adapts to the world outside our windows — and to the worlds within our minds.
2022 Remix
Adaptation and renewal work for nature and hope alike.
Passion becomes intensity. Intensity becomes rapture. Rapture becomes everything.
Sometimes all we need is the tranquility of solitude, found beneath the moonbeams of a cold winter night.
Evolution is a historical view.
Adaptation is the here and now.
Expectation is a burden to carry.
Anticipation is a double-edged sword.
Every Autumn leaf finds its own path to the earth.
Simplicity is like the beast waiting in the tall grass, or the creature with many tentacles lurking in the depths of a lake, or the red-eyed thing moving under the bed.
Intentions are like ghosts: They come and go in the blink of an eye.
Patience and perseverance go hand-in-hand.
And are often accompanied by frustration and iteration.
About
-Tendrils 1 and 2 are based on text in the About section of the image, "Fallen (Possibilities)."
-Tendrils 3 and 4 appear in Today's Tendril… posts (2009.11.09 and 2009.11.29).
-Tendril 5 is taken from the text in the About section of the image, "Fallen (I See Red)."
-Tendrils 6 is based on the text in the About section of the image, "Fallen (Blue Serenity)."
-All other Tendrils are exclusive to this collection.
Updated 20220725
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Fallen Series Image Collage
About
All of the images in the Fallen Series in a single eye full.
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// Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Today's Tendril...
| When the clouds thicken to green, Soon the wind will become mean. |
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// Monday, December 28, 2009
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// Saturday, December 26, 2009
Today's Tendril...
| I trust my soul to faith (in God, in Christ, in love). For everything else, I want to see the data (the facts, the figures, the processes — the proofs). |
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// Friday, December 25, 2009
Today's Tendril...
| Wisdom and perseverance are not the same things, though the former may come from surviving the latter, while the latter will only come from applying the former. |
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// Saturday, December 19, 2009
Today's Tendril...
| Fear not the gift, but the gift-giver. Then fear the gift. |
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// Saturday, December 12, 2009
Red Fir (Christmas Tree 2009)
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About
Red – a fitting color for this holiday season: Love, Santa, blood of the Savior, anger (the "Christmas crazies"), decorations, Rudolph's shiny nose, blinking lights, holly berries, and presents.
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// Monday, December 07, 2009
Three Tendrils for Today
If content is king, then context is queen, and subtext is the devil in disguise.
The fool and the wise man are the ears of interpretation.
A good life: Many blessings, few regrets, and your integrity whole.
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The fool and the wise man are the ears of interpretation.
A good life: Many blessings, few regrets, and your integrity whole.
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Today's Tendril...
| To question integrity—in yourself and in others—is to get to the heart of the matter; to get to the heart of what matters. |
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