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• 10 guidelines for developing life!
  by adgray

  Remember to breathe! Stop and look at the sky, stars, sunrise, sunset, the flowers and the trees and your children laughing!

  Prompted by a spat of people I know having children and as I have 5 and am step mum/mom to 3 and adopted mother to everyones friends [Known as “Mumma Red” and “Mumma Rang” lol] they always ask me for help and advise so I wrote it down! I do have a bit of expertise to go with my experience / - 3 years education degree [admittedly still to be completed but passed not failed!], 20 years Scout Leadership, 2 years adult trainer, 4 years child care certified and mother for 25years. Ok it’s still a work in progress but it’s a beginning / anyone want to add to these I would most welcome helpful suggestions NB raising children can only be seen as the most valuable and important vocation in life for without the next generation what is all the rest for?

• fear strength love
  by Christopher Birtwistle-Smith

  break teeth cut jagged / soon you forgot I was human at all / spot weakness / crack ! / I wore your foot / your vicious words / your hand

  Number 2 the things i felt…....... Domestic violence, a dirty little secret and its very hard to escape. Society portrays DV to be something that happens to women, not men. It was definitely not something I was expecting to experience as a male. Shameful as society thinks it is to be a man and be a victim of DV, I am not the only man to experience it. In writing this, I risk people I dont even know, thinking that I am weak and less of a man than the next person on the bus! I need to say that gay men are not always faced with DV or other negative situations, I say good luck to those that have seen smooth sailing. However generally gay men are at risk of: family rejection, school beatings, ostracising by the community for misrepresenting the stronger sex, ha! / And alas, attempted and achieved suicide. Then to find your romantic ‘saviour’ to be as violent if not more so, than the enemies outside of your love relationship – you wonder if you are worth anything at all. This trilogy for me is cathartic I know, self indulgent probably, uncompromising I hope so, healing I pray so. . .

• ERASE
  by AQUALINA

  Boy and girl: / We existed in places wild, of moss and…green / We would turn to one another, and feel the difference that was really just…t…

  This was written to go with the photo Erase, but I may yet write another piece to go with it, and feel this piece is strong enough to stand on its own.

• A Nursery Crime
  by Christopher Birtwistle-Smith

  A pocket full of tissues / is what you said / Watch out little lady / or you’ll end up dead!

  what would be the subject matter of nursery rhymes today…. Domestic violence, a dirty little secret and its very hard to escape. Society portrays DV to be something that happens to women, not men. It was definitely not something I was expecting to experience as a male. Shameful as society thinks it is to be a man and be a victim of DV, I am not the only man to experience it. In writing this, I risk people I dont even know, thinking that I am weak and less of a man than the next person on the bus! I need to say that gay men are not always faced with DV or other negative situations, I say good luck to those that have seen smooth sailing. However generally gay men are at risk of: family rejection, school beatings, ostracising by the community for misrepresenting the stronger sex, ha! / And alas, attempted and achieved suicide. Then to find your romantic ‘saviour’ to be as violent if not more so, than the enemies outside of your love relationship – you wonder if you are worth anything at all. This trilogy for me is cathartic I know, self indulgent probably, uncompromising I hope so, healing I pray so. . .

• Manifesto For Pain Management and Self Healing
  by Charissa May Borroff

  My definition of pain is tortured nerves that deprive health and happiness e.g backache, depression, stress, tinnitus. There is physical…

  These implements of healing; ANIMAL RESCUE, CESSATION, IDENTIFY HARMFUL NEGATIVITY, RELAXATION, RESPECT FOR ONESELF, RESPECT FOR ALL LIVING THINGS, PUSHING ONESELF, TRUSTING ONESELF, / CONNECT WITH NATURE, CONNECT WITH POSITIVITY, POSITIVE SYMBOLIC MEANING, POSITIVE SYMBOLIC ACTIONS, CONSERVE ENERGY, RECORDING YOUR PROGRESS, when activated by meditation, creative work (all of the visual arts, drama, dance, writings, good food, and music) and also by incorperating these tools into everyday life. There is no going back once this journey is started. I need to shine the torch back through the tunnel of pain that I’ve been through.There is a way out. Based on my experience of emotions and health being linked. I have written this manifesto for many reasons. My Manifesto has elements of alternative practices for healing which I see as most benefical and relevent to my healing experience. A simple bit of information can solve a big problem sometimes. Just one little moment of connecting and thinking. As simple as that. It may be placebo but hey it works! In the last month I’ve attended some public talks and have taken notes from The Dalai Lama’s visit to Nottingham Arena. I’ve met life coach Fay Hartwell, sound therapist Nicola Kelshall, Mark Graham a druid, a Elaine Mein a hereditory witch, Robert Hawk and Anam Gemma both shamans. I can see that the essential part of healing is firstly about the power of thought and allowing the body to deeply relax to experience soothing sensations. Dealing effectively with negativity and embracing positivity as much as possible will strengthen the connection with the self,. Body and mind. When you suffer terribly it can make you desperatly want to leave the painful body behind to go somewhere peaceful. All of the genuine alternative healing practicioners work with the intention to get you to feel happy and safe in your own skin again. The experience of a painful illness is a traumatic and powerful thing. The mind is a powerful thing and needs powerful positive experiences to communicate the intention to heal. Nothing to do with hippy dippy mumbo jumbo but a practical intentional management of the mind and body. Things like sensation, visualization, compassion and intention are essential componants of a positive healing medicine. This manifesto works to supply some key suggestions of going about guiding the power of thought to concentrate on healing. This is the foundation of which I base my therapeutic creative artwork sessions on. But also to record what I have found useful to myself and act as a reminder. I hope you feel like printing this out and keeping as a guide so that you can find empowerment and help in this too. Please contact me if you have any questions.

• Unititled (For now)
  by Ash Laws

  As Yehani lay dying, he wondered where he went wrong. All his life he fought for justice, truth and honour.

  A collaborative RedBubble effort.

• Sky
  by LimeGreen

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  what a world we live in

• HE WOULD KINDLY UNDERSTAND
  by JaneAParis

  Above all, he would adore / Always wanting more and more / While he showered me with affection galore…

  The ideal mate… Written for Oh Love, Oh Mind Competition: “BCLW” Number 1) bcl11

• I'm on the LAN
  by Jason Laderoute

  Surf up I’m on the LAN / so glad to be / The first ride hurt

  I hope that my punctuation is at lest workable. I think it flows lol and it should. / This is to commemorate my newly secured Internet Connection. I guess my enthusiasm spilled forth literally and it’s a good thing because it’s 1:30 am.

• My Son's First Teacher
  by vanesse

  I am glad you are / my son’s first teacher / you are patient, warm, / gentle, and kind. / The kind of person / best suited for a / developi…

  This was written for / Mrs. Gurrolla in 1999 / she taught pre-school / and kindergarten / at Sunny Slope Elementary / in Riverside California. / She was my son’s first / school teacher!

• "Darkness WIthin" Chapter One--Installment Two
  by Timothy Goodwin

  “Don’t be bogartin’ that joint, man.”

  Second Installment of Chapter One “Darkness Within”; written with courtesy for those suffering from glaucoma, ADD, or merely have a short attention span…^V~

• "Darkness WIthin" Chapter Two--Installment One
  by Timothy Goodwin

  It’s up to the rose…

  Chapter Two—Installment One of “Darkness Within”; written with courtesy for those suffering from glaucoma, ADD, or merely have a short attention span… / ^V~

• The Artists Manifesto
  by Andy Mercer

  The idea behind the Artist Manifesto is that artists should be employed far more widely than they currently are in many areas of society

• Countryside Walk
  by Gretchen O'Donald

  Come swing on this branch love, come see how i flourished. / Come witness this sunset and view that i cherished.

  Hey my love, i know love, lets have a day away, / Let’s go love to where i grew love, you can see where i used to play. Gotta be quick love, better now than later on, / The place is being changed love and soon it will be gone….

• I am
  by React D

  Often human forgets that he is a part of humanity and potrays himself as greater than humanity. Analysing the diverse and complex human n…

  It is told in the bible that we are son of God, but rejected from heaven. Human defied the nature laws to gain knowledge. What kind of knowledge? Human still fights over religion, caste & creed, nationality and beliefs. He forgets the greater good in front of his self interests.He doesnot understand that he is powerless when alone but an energy when together. He is negligible creature, but a great entity when many spiritual selfs unites. In today’s world some innocent humans are devoid of rights of expresstion, however at the same time, great leaders are followed by the world. Sometimes humans are brutal and ruthless demon, at the same time they can be forgiving and kind angels. Human hold such a power to change everything worse into better, but he instead misutilises the powers and looses respect in the eyes of others. Human is modern in ideas yet still conservative. He betrays his dearer and praises the enemy for earthy pleasures. He is pure, but he is dirty. He is the messenger of death, but he may also be the saviour. Its the way human behaves that can change his life. He is created by God equal as the greatest gift of and for the nature. Humanity is the greatest religion one can practice.

• Where Whispers Walk
  by ArchieMoore

  Where Whispers Walk is an interactive video installation that responds to the changing landscape of the Brisbane River.

  Where Whispers Walk is an interactive video installation that responds to the changing landscape of the Brisbane River. Developed through a collaboration between Dennis Kratz and Archie Moore, the work uses emerging technologies to ‘imagine’ past, present and future visions of Brisbane’s central waterway.

• A Goblet Full Of Elixir - Tonic for the Human Soul
  by amar

  This book is about going down to the zero levels and making new thoughts hurl confusion in our minds. Not with the aim of confusing, bu…

  Man needs more than food, shelter or clothing. These are physical in nature and can easily be quantified and put to measure. Not so our emotional needs. These are intangibles and impossible to quantify. Do you know how much love is enough for you? Nevertheless our endeavors to acquire emotional bonds are a deep rooted instinct much the same as the tiger’s instinct to hunt. And the older we get the more desperate we become in our endeavors. For we do not have the faintest idea of how much is enough.

• Who Is It For?
  by Wairua

  I tidied the house / And arranged the garden / I planted nice flowers / I even colour coordinated them – for when they would blossom

  I think I wrote this in early 2004, originally in another language. Obviously the end of a 4 year process, but in a way just the beginning. You need to look at my “Lights Out” poem first, because this is like the happy ending that was missing from that one. But it came two years later. I really believe that “salvation comes from within”, but the catch is that you need to do it first before you can believe in it.