LIES PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEFS *BY RL HALL AND LINAJI...
LIES PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEFS BY RL HALL AND LINAJI A collaboration of loving work between rlhall & linaji – Webs & Layers Your Spiritual side is wise, intuitive, creative, loving, compassionate, peaceful, forgiving, always aspiring to truth and goodness – or – your life is lived in confusion, anger, and perhaps, even, layers of lies and deceit.” ~ Dr. John Sarno, The Divided Mind “If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” / ~ Dogen “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” ~ Antoine Saint-Exupéry “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” ~ William Blake _“Believe that your life is worth living, and your belief will create the fact.” ~ William James Acceptance ~ Robert Frost When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud / And goes down burning into the gulf below, / No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud / At what has happened. Birds, at least must know / It is the change to darkness in the sky. / Murmuring something quiet in her breast, / One bird begins to close a faded eye; / Or overtaken too far from his nest, / Hurrying low above the grove, some waif / Swoops just in time to his remembered tree. / At most he thinks or twitters softly, ‘Safe! / Now let the night be dark for all of me. / Let the night be too dark for me to see / Into the future. Let what will be, be.’_ _Layers of Beliefs I have unfurled my wisdom / And before me / I only know / Truths / That have been born and branded / By my hand / How can it be any other way? I have heard and have been told / Of / About / Yours… / But My core is the listener / The one who knew before the knowing / Or of the Telling We are parted now.. / maybe for 4 years or 10 / Maybe it is not again But the knowing you / Was like a root plant / Better left in the shade of its’ own calling Than to open to the sun of my smile / Or yours. Past Lives are just that, / Past.. The Now that pulsates and thrives Has been dropped from view.. It is no longer about you Time for a new lesson Time for a new view._ Thank You Everyone, espically RL Hall for linking into my heart and for setting up most of this show.. her finding the amazing quotes from our favorite poets and leaders made the core of our work shine!! What a pleasure this collaboration was between us!
Kathy and I are up late for us.. LOL.. So glad we decided to stay up.. I was informed that Kathy and I were featured with Steamy Morning …
Kathy and I are up late for us.. LOL.. So glad we decided to stay up.. I was informed that Kathy and I were featured with Steamy Morning Koi Pond II… / We are so pleased.. Hi Five and All.. Yabadaba Doooooo Happy Happy Happy
I was just informed that The Peek OF Warmth was picked as a feature in the Nirvana Group. Such a smile on my face.. Happy Moment.. Its a …
I was just informed that The Peek OF Warmth was picked as a feature in the Nirvana Group. Such a smile on my face.. Happy Moment.. Its a great group with some amazing talent.. Thank you so much.. / Chuck / View Main Page By Clicking Picture Below
I have been away and busy as heck.. A storm came through and dropped a big tree branch across our driveway.. Had to get things together t…
I have been away and busy as heck.. A storm came through and dropped a big tree branch across our driveway.. Had to get things together to saw it all up and stack it.. Many others things to keep me away from RB.. Now I come to find out when I sign in on RB.. I have been featured in Nirvana for the capture of ” The Peek Of Warmth ” How so very wonderful.. Makes my day worth while.. I know its all of the people of RB I give credit too for inspiring me to do better.. Love you guys.. / Chuck..
Full am I / Speechless and Humbled by YOUR LOVE. 100,000 VIEWS OF MY ART SINCE FEB OF 08 19,701 VIEW OF MY JOURNAL SINCE FEB OF 08…
Full am I / Speechless and Humbled by YOUR LOVE. 100,000 VIEWS OF MY ART SINCE FEB OF 08 19,701 VIEW OF MY JOURNAL SINCE FEB OF 08 11,368 VIEWS OF MY WRITING SINCE FEB OF 08 I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED SUCH BOUNTY AND LOVE IN MY LIFE. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU. MY THANKS IS PUNY TO THE BEATING OF MY heART. DECEMBER 25TH 2008 A MIRACLE FOR LINAJI THAT BEGAN FEB OF 2008 KEEPS HER EXPANDING SELF A HAIRS BREATH AWAY FROM JOINING TO ALL THAT IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS LIFETIME!! NAMASTE
Hi all, Finally got the telephone call today and about 20 minutes later had it in my hot little hands. Batteries lasted about a minute…
Hi all, Finally got the telephone call today and about 20 minutes later had it in my hot little hands. Batteries lasted about a minute then had to wait for the charge. I sometimes felt like I was the last one left shooting 35mm film, and now I’ve gone… RIP Velvia. Needless to say I don’t know myself, all those fauna shots I couldn’t get because of long lens ISO50 long exposure blur will be a thing of the past. Instant feedback, adjustable ISO, no expense issues with bracketing (on velvia its about 50cents a click) or experimenting wildly with filters and settings. I won’t know myself. I know it’s all nothing to all you long term digital users out there but hey I’m excited, brave new world and all that. Cheers Trav
Hey all, Just a quick note to say my wife Cheryl and I have a new baby boy. His name is Oscar Thomas Mason, he was born on 29 Jan at …
Hey all, Just a quick note to say my wife Cheryl and I have a new baby boy. His name is Oscar Thomas Mason, he was born on 29 Jan at 4:11pm and weighed an impressive 8 pound 10. We’ve just gotten home from the hospital, he’s sleeping beside me now while Cheryl grabs the chance for a snooze :) He is very cute. EDIT: Here’s a photo
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/ Country Walk We can ask no greater joy than to pass gently through this place that has been given to us, and make something out of it. Not necessarily to fully understand it, for that might be an impossible task, but to honour it in our own way. / Moondance Well, its a marvelous night for a moondance / With the stars up above in your eyes / A fantabulous night to make romance / ‘neath the cover of October skies / And all the leaves on the trees are falling / To the sound of the breezes that blow / And I’m trying to please to the calling / Of your heart-strings that play soft and low. Thank you so much.
Not from the fireworks… FOR gratitude to the amazing groups that have featured 2 writings, 2 T designs and my Patriotic Heart, which…
Not from the fireworks… FOR gratitude to the amazing groups that have featured 2 writings, 2 T designs and my Patriotic Heart, which also placed in Top 10 of challenge. Thanks so very much to Ushna and yellowfury of CORE for featuring my writing Better Tomorrow which inspired creating Red Bubble is Loved AND a collaborative writing I did for coppertrees artwork Paper Dragons Thanks also to the 7 amazing HOSTS with the most in Inspired Art for featuring Sound of Love & PeaceTee / / The sound of Love comes from the heart / The sound of Peace sets no one apart / The sound of Harmony is their beat as one / The sound of Joy heard on the wind – no gun! Thanks to carlotta peacock and SharonD fof Fractal T’s for featuring the Heart Flag T-shirt / Thanks very much to foxyphotography and 3XEternity of All about Hearts for their challenge and featuring / / Which was also featured in Redfield Plug-ins hosted by Teresa Zieba, cherylc1 and Kasey Cline!!! Thanks to all for your comments, support & FEATURES ;)
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I admire my mother so much and she has just returned from around the world trip at age 76. I have just emailed her a poem I wrote about h…
I admire my mother so much and she has just returned from around the world trip at age 76. I have just emailed her a poem I wrote about her and my father (who died at 41 years old) as a present for her birthday. I feel that this is the right time to share this with her. As a tribute to my love and admiration of my Mother and the importance she plays in my life I would like to share the poem again and a few photos of her life with my friends on RedBubble. Happy Birthday to my beautiful mother Joy Rose Slade! Mother Her mind incisive and fast / Her strength a mountain / Courage her middle name and her last / She taught me so much / My mother pragmatic from the start / Me philosophical by heart / When as a child I asked her what I should do? / She said I have given you a good mind, / so think for yourself. Her intellect so penetrating / She bought her books of law / Although she never started / Her mind was insatiable / Always begging for more. / At school in her exams / She was the top 8 in her state / So clarified, so defined, articulate and wise. She was so pretty, her hair so golden / Her features fine / My mothers name is joy / She was the same by nature / She sang to me as a baby / A voice like an angel…even more / She read to me as a child / and taught me the love of words / She drew pretty ladies / and gave me the love of feminine grace / and a passion for art. (Thank you) Her love of my father was passionate and rare / Their charisma together burned on my memory / My father admired and loved her so… / Admiration was the first ingredient of their love / Their IQ was identical and it was high / His inner strength danced with her courage / as his masculine beauty complimented / her feminine grace…so divine. As a young child I witnessed their love / built on passion and respect / My dad held my sensitive heart / in his gentle hand… / My mother shaped my strength / My father taught me nurture / and unconditional love / My mother taught me to stand up / and to spread my creative and intellectual wings / She made me strong enough / so I could be sensitive always. She possessed that rare quality: Courage / My mother was never afraid / to stand up and speak her mind / Conformity was never her mode… / Pioneer, revolutionary was more in line / and gave this to me as a birthright. / She gave me permission to flourish in / my own sunshine and not be afraid to speak / Be different and explore and live true / to my inner voice, my inner knowing… In my early thirties I interviewed her for my / autobiography and my heart swelled with / Pride at the person she was, / the history, the story and the wisdom / she had lived and passed on. / She told me I was the sensitive one / and softness she knew needed / protection and so she challenged me to / strengthen my inside and taught / me that I must look after my inner child (my inner child still dances) My mother encouraged me to pursue an education / To question, to explore, to flourish / To push the boundaries of convention, / To disrupt the wrong and unjust / and to pass on my learning and wisdom / She taught me not to settle for mediocre / and strive and struggle to reach my potential. When she saw my art begin to blossom / and the words explode from my mind as / a teenager she did not try to stop / them or control them… / With pride in her heart she encouraged / me to follow my heart and my dream / She placed no limits or restrictions / on my imagination. Oh that I love her there can be no doubt / She was my role model of woman / and showed me the dynamic / and pure love of a woman for a man / and she chose a beauty in my father. / I admire and I adore her / Inside my heart I know she loves me too / And this is the foundation of my esteem / …a woman of intellect, brilliance and generosity / Joy so beautiful…Joy so wise Although we do not always see eye to eye / We can communicate, challenge and provoke / and reach a better place then we started / We question each other and then we take flight / I am thankful always to my mother she taught / me acceptance of difference encouraged me to / be a freethinker and a creative… / And she taught me the best you can be in life is / kind. By Anthea Slade 14-4-09
THIS SATURDAY ….MARK MY CALENDER ..AUG 22ND.. PM TIME.. OUT AND ABOUT.. I WILL BE MEETING MY FIRST FRIEND FROM RB!! / IN THE FARGEN FLES…
THIS SATURDAY ….MARK MY CALENDER ..AUG 22ND.. PM TIME.. OUT AND ABOUT.. I WILL BE MEETING MY FIRST FRIEND FROM RB!! / IN THE FARGEN FLESH!!!!omg.. omg.. / / / We are so happy.. me and MARKEZZACKAUI WILL READ THE HELLA OUT OF OUR WORK TO EACH OTHER.. WE WILL DISCUSS AND HOURS WILL SLIP BY AND WE WILL BE IN FARGEN HEAVEN.. / / / yep that is what is going to happen.. I already know cause talkin on the phone is bliss.. he is amazing. and I wish we both could have a huge table of ALL OF YOU .. WOW WOWO WOWOWOWOWOOWWO!! / SOMEDAY WE WILL!! / / “MEEEE / AND / HEEEEEE / / SSHOOT HIS PICS ARE NOT FOR SALE AND THEY GOT THE PROTECTION ON THEM.. SHIT..SO THEY ARE ONLY THE THUMBNAILS THIS PIECE HE JUST FINISHED WOULD LOVE TO BE SEEN AND READ.. IT IS AMAZING HOW HIS JOURNEY IS WRITTEN HERE .. / PLEASE STOP BY AND VIEW PRESDESTINED / WHAT AN INTELLIGENT AND BEAUTIFUL MAN!!
With MANY apologies to all those wonderful people who have commented on my work both on fullcirclemandalas and my photography site awdigi…
With MANY apologies to all those wonderful people who have commented on my work both on fullcirclemandalas and my photography site awdigitaldreams – I simply have not had time to thank you all personally and so am taking this opportunity to thank you all collectively for your support and encouragement. Today, I hung 14 mandala paintings for the biggest exhibition I have had to date. 14 works hanging for TWO months!!! I was so excited last night I could barely sleep and was up at the crack of dawn packing the car and heading off to the arts space. I got there miles too early (of course) and went and had coffee… came back and we hung the paintings with much laughter and fun. For those of you who for many and varied reasons cannot make the exhibition, here are a few snaps: I am open to the possibility of selling all my artwork. I am open to the possibility of recognition and publicity. I am open to the possibility of abundance and wealth. I am open to the possibility of great joy and love in my life. I am open to all the possibilities the universe sends me. A-HO! / Blessed Be…
Now this is a big surprise.. A welcome one for sure.. Top left.. Neon Damsel / What a way to make a day go big smiles… / Chuck… ...
Now this is a big surprise.. A welcome one for sure.. Top left.. Neon Damsel / What a way to make a day go big smiles… / Chuck… Now If I can link this picture right… ““
Teacher, want you dinner with me? _Ah, thanks, but school policy advises us not to …..um….date our students. Maybe we could hav…
Teacher, want you dinner with me? Ah, thanks, but school policy advises us not to …..um….date our students. Maybe we could have a class excursion to a restaurant? I not interested with class. I just want you…...you, and your phenomenon. The torture of wonderful lines like that is that you splutter, and turn to raise your eyebrows at someone in mischievous solidarity – and are met only by the confused gaze of a shy young Korean man, totally perplexed as to why his teacher is turning purple. I love my job. Linguistics keeps me alive, and being able to teach about the Germanic language family, Chaucerian couplets and non-defining relative clauses to a sea of eager Russian, Japanese, Brazilian and Turkish students makes me shine. And their deliciously inept grasp of my troublesome language keeps me entertained for hours. On a resume – In my three months in Australia, I have been working as a vacuum cleaner. / In a diary – I ran for the train and jumped on the last part of it. How say that – train’s tail? Train’s arse? / On a job application – For the last three summers, I have done a lifeguard in Pusan. Without a doubt, the most notorious part of English for most students is prepositions. These irksome little grammar particles are so hard to get right, and have resulted in some of my favourite mistakes. I don’t have my dictionary today – I left it in my housemate. So I went to the pub last night, and this guy came on me at the bar. / – He did what?! / – Flirted with me…why, is wrong? / – Ah, I think you mean he came onto you. There’s a world of difference, be careful! – So let’s talk about your daily routines, practise some adverbs of frequency. / – Well, every Sunday evening I eat out my wife. / – Excuse me?! / – Yes, sometimes we have Italian food, sometimes Thai…..are you ok? / – Ah, you need another preposition; eat out with my wife…..please. The cultural differences trigger dischord also, and give some memorable moments; like the man who thought it was socially acceptable to pick his nose while I was talking to him, and wipe his findings across his cheek. Shudder. Tattooed women come in for speculation also; for many of my Japanese students, that’s a sign of the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, while for others it’s the sign of ahem ‘a woman of easy virtue’. Although my tattoos are covered in my ritzy private language college, many of my students know about them, and react in different ways. My feminist feistiness also gets challenged, like with the Korean student who wrote a job application stating ‘although I am just a woman, I think I could still do this job’. One student walked into a colleague’s class, took one look at her and went straight to the office to demand a male teacher because ‘a woman has not enough knowledge’. Oh my lord, where do I begin? Pronunciation gives me joy too, like the Vietnamese student who told his host mother ‘I want fuck you in my room’. It took quite a few perplexed questions and a spot of miming before she realised he was actually saying ‘vacuum’. Each language has its own particular problem area, such as Spanish students going to St Kilda Bitch each weekend, instead of beach, or Japanese students talking about the national erection instead of election….....how I keep a straight face, I don’t know. Actually, I have to say I often don’t! And I really don’t think they mind. Given that I’m a flame haired tattooed pagan wench whose teaching style derives from her dominatrix days and who bases her image half on a librarian, half on Van Halen’s ‘hot for the teacher’ video, who plays Pantera for her class to analyse the lyrics and takes them to quiz nights at the Cherry Bar….what’s a little laughter at the end of the day? My favourite story, which some of you may be familiar with, involves a shy young Colombian man who beckoned me over and whispered ‘what’s the word for animals, and sex?’ I wasn’t sure why he needed to know, but I told him ‘Ah, that’s bestiality’. The other students overheard and I ended up writing it on the board, drilling them in pronunciation and syllable stress, and they all wrote it in their little notebooks. And then the student said, almost to himself, ‘Ok, so that’s when animals have sex’. And I froze. ‘Hang on, no…..that’s mating. When animals have sex, they mate.’ ‘Oh, I see. So what’s bestiality then?’ I don’t think my class ever looked at me quite the same way again. Just a little musing….but you’ll have to excuse me, class is about to begin. And I have my little red notebook open and ready….who knows what gems will be delivered today?
I been gone a bit and I have embraced more that ’’the world is my oyster’ feeling. / Just a day ago a woman who saw my work invited me to …
I been gone a bit and I have embraced more that ’’the world is my oyster’ feeling. / Just a day ago a woman who saw my work invited me to her show in a place that is so expansive and amazing (an old propeller factory redesigned as a studio/gallery) She was looking at my work and telling me I need to bring it to the Gallery and show it as the man who owns it she was sure will love my work. I was quite happy and will do so soon. I got word that I will be financed again for equipment and expansion for my next show from the person that financed this show. / . / I have been told when I talk about my work It is like I am talking about a lover, and well I am. This is my message to you when you take your art to show. Feel the love you put into each and every image, painting, verse. It translates vibrationally to the observer and from what I have experienced in the last few, I do believe people want to feel good. I feel when they see work that you are viben in and feeling good about, they are attracted not only to the quality of your work but to your joy. / . / I think this is what I am learning most recenty, that my joy of creation is what people are buying and are attracted to. Plus..yah.. I think my art is tops!! My Thanks this morning always goes to my roots.. My Joy developed wings here. / . / Journey Into The Vastness / and / Way Ho Cutting Through / featured in Nautical / Lucinda Wind / and / Nicholas Averre / wonderous hosts!!! / ∞∞∞ Smokin Her Piano / Featured in C.O.R.E. / Loving Hosts: / Ushna Sardar / and / The Yellow Fury / ∞∞∞∞∞ / Written worK: / Amazing Work with Your Inner Child / featured in a most awesome group… / Writing Persusing Happiness / Hosts: / Wigs / and / Cheryl Fugate / Much Thanks for this work means so much to me! / ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ / in the last couple days….. / The Play: The Anicent Art of Sailing Towards Your Dreams featured in a wonderful wonderful group / Art for The World / Loving Hosts: / Erika / and / Elucidate / ∞∞∞∞∞∞ / Frivolity and Passion / featured in my ever first group to join!!!! / DIGITAL ABSTRACTS AND PATTERNS MUCH LOVE ..Hosts: / Blamo / C.J. Lewis / and / Kate Kreations / ......... / xxxOOO
My niece Alanna and I had one of the best conversations last night. She is wise and beautiful beyond what I experienced as a woman about …
My niece Alanna and I had one of the best conversations last night. She is wise and beautiful beyond what I experienced as a woman about to turn 21. I have seen her understand and employ principles of life that for me are only right now just coming into view almost naturally as if she was indeed born a woman knowing ‘Who She Really Is’. / This thrills me and for whatever reason last night the Universe deemed fit, we exchanged stories on the parts of our lives that gave us both the most contrast with our parents. I did not know how similar her life was to mine in ways that she did not suffer the ‘kind’ of abuse I did, never the less me with my father and she with her mother we found we shared some most ‘unfit’ moments and then we both shared the view that all of this has indeed lead up to who we are right NOW. / ALANNA IN HER POWERFUL NOW / / And then?.. we got down to business, we got down to talking about manifesting our dreams and where we are now. She was writing a paper on ‘feminism’ for a theory class and felt that she did not buy into ‘what is’ rather she like to create her world as she went. I was in awe She so so gets it. She understands it is interesting to see how we get to THIS POWERFUL NOW.. but that she would rather not call herself anything that attaches itself to a victim or separation roll, that she is Alanna and that life is good now…. Holy fargen Cow. In a year and a half when she graduates from Cornish, a Dramatic Arts University, she and I will be moving to L.A. Calif to pursue her acting carreer and me now that I have my business geared toward yacht clubs there are so many in So Calif. we both will be part of our expanding lives and to think I will be around my ‘girl’ really feels wonderful. That is the plan. We talked abut manifesting abundance and choosing to feel the abundance we already possess. It was while we were talking about abundance and visualizing our dreams that we began to laugh and feel really good. She and I laugh quite a bit. Well just then I saw a bubble mail come in and it was from someone I did not know who said… Cool Work .... Then I saw a post to me that said I sold a large framed print... I have never sold a large framed print, but the beauty of this story is the large framed print is of my Niece and the work I created of her called Fervent of course I squealed and shared what had just happened with her. This piece is one of my most view works and she and I could feel the magic that had just happened. What an incredible shared moment of understanding the principles of that which we were both feeling at the time. Only the Universe and our Joy could line up a moment like that!! A chance that one was talking to the very person whos art was sold about a subject called abundance felt pretty incredible indeed… More and more I am feeling and seeing the ‘theory’ I have embraced called The Law Of Attraction becoming the norm. I keep close to me the motto that ‘nothing is more important, than that I feel good’ and so does Alanna. She calls for counsel sometimes only to be reminded of that which she already understands and feels. I am lucky beyond my most wild dreams. I like that life continues to open up to me as I keep exploring all the unlimited possibilities available when I choose to keep my vibration raised to a level that brings home to me all my desires which the Universe works out on an incredible unlimited scale how to deliver to me. That is so not my job. My job is to Ask and step two, the ‘how to’ is all the business of Source/Universe/God. Step Three is expecting my ‘stuff’ to arrive and find a way always to feel good. / I am no longer am at the stage of coming to believe, I do believe in this Law. It makes sense to me and feels empowering more and more that people places and things have no bearing on my Joy unless i make it so. / . / Much Love and a few happy dances to boot. I do not know who bought this piece but I wlll say THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF ALANNA’S AND ME’S DOWN HOME VIBE!! AND A tee hee heee! Amazing writer and friend, Jim Marshal bought my works Abstraction Yearly THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH JIM!!!! Linaji and Alanna
Hi everyone, This has been such an amazing week here on Red Bubble. Firstly I made a sale of “Capricorn” which was super. Secondly…
Hi everyone, This has been such an amazing week here on Red Bubble. Firstly I made a sale of “Capricorn” which was super. Secondly I won the Inspired Art Banners Challenge, and thirdly had several features. And then the best thing of all happened …WOW. .... I had an INTERVIEW. To be a featured member is wonderful, but having an interview blew me away! Thanks you so much dear Colleen, in the Animal Fantasy and Whimsy Group for this amazing honour. Now as if that wasn’t enough, I had the joy of attending Susan Kimball’s Open House Artist Reception last night. Drank too much red wine, ate too many cakes, and loved every minute of discovering her wonderful works of art. How good can it get? Thank you to all of you, for all the positive and wonderful encouragement that you give so generously. xx / Anna
I had such a lovely visit last night with ‘The Bubble’, I miss the hours I used to spend on line. And I do mean hours. So much has ha…
I had such a lovely visit last night with ‘The Bubble’, I miss the hours I used to spend on line. And I do mean hours. So much has happened because of those hours spent. Life and Art unfolding… becoming more. Recently I’ve met such wonderful people and am having fun. I am also working lots in my craft and workin me body too! / . / There is nothing more satisfying for me like giving thanks to those on this amazing site who have been instrumental in my creative JOY!!! / . / Fran Moore from the day I met her has been such a loving and creative inspiration for me. Her group Solo Exhibition has become a shining lighT for artists to experience a solo exhibition here on RB. And for some it is their first to be SEEN SOLO!!. Also the Ezine she created and is dedicated to BLOWS ME AWAY!!! INSIDE SOLO (THIS IS ISSUE #17 I’VE LINKED YOU TO CAUSE.. WELL I AM IN IT!!) gives us the scoop on fellow bubblers here inside the bubble as well as what is going on outside in the Art World.. Because of her dedication to her Ezine and the members of Solo she has put much of her creative talents on the back burner. She is an amazing artist and shares freely her knowledge on ‘how to’ tutorials that you can find in her ezine. A couple of my favs of hers: / Rain Dance / / And / / WOW FRAN.. HERE: / . / something just for you.. now take a break and have a sip and Have A Hug….. / / Whew YOU ROCK / ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ / SPEAKING OF HUGS… / / . / DEAR ROSA COBOS / My Goodness there is so much love emanating from her Soul. She said recently I am not into Souls.. well I don’t know about that cause her Soul really has an abundant healing and giving Source and I have felt this many times over. Rosa I am including you in my Joy of Appreciation because your work on Nirvana , a fine group started by lPrasad some time ago, is beyond measure. You take the time to read each and every persons works and you comment on many. I appreciate you Rosa. / Rosa is another fine artist and most know of her intense talent for verse as well as image. / Two of my faves… / O Tu…SuavissimaVirga / “ / Without eyes, you can contain the Light of Lights. / Without mouth, tender and flesh…kissing the air, / you can blow the ardent star of the Gods up. / Without sighings…. / you can defend the honesty of your heart.. / Without laughing…. / you can make the flowers dance… / and open their organs with impudence / .... / Sigh… / and / Canoe Traveling Dream / / ...Rosa.. have a HUG.. and please forgive me. xxx
MY GOODNESS.. KARIN TAYLOR posted this earlier and I got to see this amazing vid through her. I …
MY GOODNESS.. KARIN TAYLOR posted this earlier and I got to see this amazing vid through her. I have posted this on my facebook I love this so dang much!! /
Aloha kakou, to all our beloved family and friends. I have met so many wonderful people on this website this year. It has been a learning…
Aloha kakou, to all our beloved family and friends. I have met so many wonderful people on this website this year. It has been a learning experience as well for there are so many talented photographers and artists who are a continuous source of creative inspiration. I appreciate the kindness of all the hosts as well of the many wonderful groups who have featured my work. / / For those of you who so kindly responded in my private BubbleMail with holiday wishes and beautiful Christmas cards, I invite you to copy/paste your messages here in my journal, that would be so wonderful. Mahalo nui loa, thank you so much for all your wonderful gifts of Aloha. / / To everyone who has commented on my work this year, I may not always have the time to answer every message, yet I cherish every single one. Thank you so much. / / And to those of you who have purchased my images and my calendar collections, thank you so much from my na’au, from the depths of my heart for your kindness. I cannot tell you how meaningful it is for me that you love my work enough to want to own a print. Mahalo nui loa. / / We wish you a beautiful holiday season with much love and every happiness for you and your beloved family. / / E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe / (May blessings be with you always) / Mele kalikimaka me ka Hau`oli makahiki hou / (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) / / Aloha e Malama pono / Jacob and Sharon Mau / / / /
I wish all the wonderful people and friends on RB / Merry Christmas and Happy Hollidays!!!! :-) / Happiness, joy, love and inspiration to a…
I wish all the wonderful people and friends on RB / Merry Christmas and Happy Hollidays!!!! :-) / Happiness, joy, love and inspiration to all of you and the ones you love!
After being with Niece and family on Christmas eve I was driving home. If I could have closed my eyes I would have. LIke the poem I wro…
After being with Niece and family on Christmas eve I was driving home. If I could have closed my eyes I would have. LIke the poem I wrote yesterday called How Is It I felt warm and I felt a presence of arms wrapped around me that made me smile and reminisce once again over my last 2 years since coming to RB and choosing to live again. / . / Right before I was to arrive home I came out from my attention to driving and my reverie and looked at the time, it was 11:11pm and then I looked at my miles in gas… 111.1… omg.. I thought.. it is the Universe supporting my thinking and letting me know how LOVED I am indeed. I was beaming and again I chose to think of people and situations that felt good to think about. My appreciation level was off the charts. I came inside and did my thing for bed, and snuggled up with RB.. (you) and saw that my choices for the front Home Page has been chosen for Christmas Day Morning 12:00am… it was just that time. The artists I have come to know since enjoying the amazing and loving group over at HOMEPAGE has been expanding my heART and I feel even a more ‘part of’ this bubble which frankly I feel was instrumental in showing me just what I needed to come out of a deep depression that was lasting way too long a short 2 years ago. / . / / The Artists who comprise this set of features are ones I have never met before (except my beloved keesor or Keith) but you can bet I have most of them in my watchlist now. / . / It pays to love what your life is giving you right NOW… your vibration rises to all your treasure trove of desires and you find out that the law of attraction is about the principle / ‘That which is Liken to Itself Is Drawn’... when I am feeling the appreciation for my NOW.. and choosing thoughts that feel good, my life just keeps getting better. / . / Merry Christmas Morning Friends.. / We Are Surely Blessed!! / . / Linaji
Isn’t it amazing? It seems it was 1970 j…
Isn’t it amazing? It seems it was 1970 just three days ago…... / The 70’s was a monumental time for me personally, graduating from high school, venturing off to explore the world, marrying my first husband, experiencing the miracle of the birth of my first child, surviving an almost fatal car accident and almost simultaneously suffering the sudden death of my beloved Father, which left a vacant gaping wound in my heart that took years to heal…...... as well as experiencing devastating emotional and physical abuse and a heartbreaking divorce…. The 70’s was a time of innocence, and a loss of innocence. .. yet, I learned so much and I have no regrets. I became independent, reevaluated my belief system, shed my childhood conditioning, totally redefining my life as I discovered my own personal and spiritual values defining who I am, what I stand for and what I believe. I returned to my childlike innocence. I embrace my rich and dynamic cultural heritage, opened my eyes and my heart and embraced other cultures and languages as well. I am grateful for every experience, for every lesson I have learned from every person I have met and I am grateful for every good thing that has happened in my life. Fast forward to the 80’s with several moves on the mainland from the east coast to the west and all points in between, with several transcontinental moves, enjoying several years living in Europe, exploring other countries and mastering foreign languages. The 80’s was a time of enlightenment, a time for spiritual ascension and moments of profound revelations, a new marriage, delighting in the births of two more beautiful children. And the music of the 80’s was awesome. I especially loved U2. The 80’s was prime time for me. I wish I looked now like I looked in the 80’s with long thick auburn hair and flawless ivory skin. :)))) It was a decade of working and playing and personal growth and realizing that I could create my own reality as I followed my dreams. The 90’s were certainly interesting. Another divorce. I devoted most of those years as well to nurturing my young children and refining my career. Imagine my surprise and dismay when my Irish heritage manifested itself as my rich auburn hair transformed virtually overnight to a platinum blonde. It is still a surprise each time I look into the mirror. It was a time of tremendous sacrifice as well and often times I worked three jobs as I explored many interests and tried so hard to maintain a good balance in my life. Such as Time flies and the last decade certainly seems to have breezed by as if in a dream. From the year 2000 to 2009 so much has happened I could publish a book and it would probably be a best seller for the places I have been, the people I have met and the things that have happened are so fascinating. I am so amazed that it is now the year 2010. So much has happened this last year. I was single and independent almost 19 years when I met Jacob. And now this year Jacob and I celebrated our first year of marriage. I have met hundreds of members of our family on his side here on Maui. Most everyone on Maui is related to us. If they are Hawaiian, they are probably our ohana. :)) We have made many new friends and lost a couple of frenemies :)) You know who they are, the ones who pretend to be your friends, but they are really your enemy and when you have a disagreement they only do their best to slander you and bring you down as they project and impose their own personal opinion, belief or value system on you without regard for your truth or your heart. The true friends who remain have my best interests at heart, as I do theirs, and they help to protect my heart. I am grateful for my true friends. We have experienced some tragic very sad events as well. It certainly hasn’t been all fun in the sun. We have also buried many of my husbands family and life long friends in 2009. Through it all we face each day our own mortality. Every day we realise, we remember and acknowlege that each day is a gift. / We focus on the good things in life. Yet, most of all we have had tremendous fun and enjoyed many wonderful, some truly extraordinary experiences here on the island. For me personally it has been educational in so many ways. No one can really know the Hawaiian culture unless you are submerged in it. You may come here on holiday and explore the island, shop the beautiful galleries and gift shoppes, see the sights and explore the ocean, the seacliffs, the cloud forests, the rain forests and the many beautiful beaches, yet to truly know Hawai’i and understand this magnificent culture, you must live here. I try to share this beauty with all of you through my imagery. I am so happy to hear from you when you leave a note and let me know my work and the splendid poetry I search for and attach to my images to breathe life into them speaks to your heart. / / On another happy note, in a couple of weeks my son and his wife will be welcoming the birth of their first child, a precious baby girl. She will be my fifth grandchild and Jacob’s tenth. Imagine that, between us we have 15 grandchildren. Wow. My son is my youngest child and I cannot explain how I feel knowing he will soon be holding his own child in his arms. If I could wave my magic wand she would be born here on the island. How I wish we could, it would be so wonderful as I have not seen my children in three years and I would love for this child to be born on Maui. I have three beautiful talented children. My oldest daughter (the one I grew up with) is married with 4 beautiful children. My second daughter is still single (thank God) and attending university studying to be a graphic designer. And my son is having a child. I miss them all so much and I love them more than my own life. Jacob has 7 beautiful children, and we are truly blessed, for our children are our legacy and they are our greatest gifts in life. To all our family and friends, we wish you love and sweet compassion. We wish you tremendous success and every happiness. May you all enjoy a fabulous new year!!! / / Aloha oukou / E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe / `Okole maluna Jacob and Sharon Mau /
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