Mindfulness

THE PRESENT

IS

AN ABANDONED CHILD

A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES

UNPROTECTED

WHILE ITS PARENTS

FAITH, ARGUES FOR THE PAST

AND

HOPE, ARGUES FOR THE FUTURE

EACH FIGHTING FOR

CUSTODY

Rudolf Otto’s Vision

Recently I was listening to a theologian from the Roman Catholic Church’s current Synod (2023). He spoke of ‘mystery’. In his use of the term ‘mystery’ meant a point where ‘you can go no further’. It is a barrier. In the arts ‘mystery’ is an invitation to encounter a new presence. It is a seduction. The R.C. theologian used ‘mystery’ as a way of returning to a past element of faith. In the arts it is an invitation to the future.

BOUNDARIES

WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE EARTH

THINKING, DIVIDING, FIGHTING, CLAIMING

OUR BOUNDARIES OF LAND, PEOPLE, PRIVILEGE, ETHNICITY, RACE, ETC., ETC. …

WE HAVE BECOME CREATURES OF TIME AND SPACE

BUT WE ARE SPIRITS

JOURNEYING THROUGH THE WORM HOLE OF LIFE, TIME, AND MATTER

OFTEN WASTING THE OPPORTUNITY

TO PURIFY OUR LIGHT

IN OUR PASSAGE

IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

DEATH

IS THE DOOR

THAT YIELDS NO KNOWLEDGE

YET MAGIC PEOPLE ARE SENT

TO LOOK THROUGH ITS KEYHOLE

THEY TELL STORIES

DESCRIBE PLACES

MAKE IMAGES

BUT WHAT THEY REPORT

LOOKS LIKE THE GODS

WHO SENT THEM

FROM

THIS SIDE

SLOW BURN

AT FIRST

LOVE EXPLODES

OVERWHELMING

SENSE AND REASON

THE FLAMES

BECOME EMBERS

SLOWLY BURNING

THE DISTANCE

TO THE BELOVED

OVER A LIFETIME

The muse exposed

THE MUSE

IS THE TENSION

UNITING

THE MALE AND FEMALE

IN MY PSYCHE

IT IS NOT HE

OR SHE

IT IS

ME

Autumn

WE HAVE GROWN OLD TOGETHER

NOW IN THE AUTUMN OF OUR YEARS

WE ARE SOMETIMES COLD

BUT THE MEMORIES OF OUR YOUTH

WHEN YOU WRAPPED YOUR LEGS AROUND MY BACK

STILL WARM OUR SOULS

Empty Nest

WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE EARTH

MOTHER -SOURCE OF LIFE

BUT WE HAVE NURSED TOO LONG

DRANK TOO MUCH

NOW

SHE IS PUSHING US FROM THE NEST

.

The Spiritual

THAT NON-MATERIAL WORLD

WE CALL THE SPIRITUAL

IS MYSTERIOUS

A PREDATOR

LAYING JUST BEYOND DEATH’S DOOR

UNKNOWN

DESPITE THE CLAIMS

OF PROPHETS AND THEIR STORIES

UNSEEN

APPEARING ONLY

WHEN AND WHERE IT WISHES

ATTRACTING

LIKE FISH CHASING A LURE

MYSTERIOUS

BUT OH SO PRESENT …

MAYBE

PERHAPS

HOPE

TARGET

TODAY

WE MURDER AT A DISTANCE

WE DON’T KILL PEOPLE

JUST OBJECTS

WITH NO PARENTS

BROTHERS, SISTERS

LOVERS, CHILDREN, FRIENDS

TARGETS

DIFFERENT FROM US

WHO BLEED, LOVE, MARRY, LIVE, MATTER

JUST TARGETS IN OUR WAY