“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien A couple of weeks ago I read that singer Billy Paul had recently passed away. One of Paul’s biggest hits was a […]
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Encore
May 16, 2016
Unbreakable
April 15, 2016
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” ~ Carl G. Jung In the illustration above, the hands are forming a yoga position known as Vajrapradama Mudra. The vajra part of that name is Sanskrit for “diamond” (signifying something luminous and indestructible) or “thunderbolt” (signifying an irresistible force). […]
Rolling Away Stones
March 23, 2016
“Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.” ~Carl Friedrich Gauss Alejandro Ernesto/EPA/Corbis This past Sunday, on the first day of Spring, the First Family boarded Air Force One for the first visit to Cuba by a U.S. President since Calvin Coolidge made the trip by sea in 1928. […]
Pi is for Sharing
March 14, 2016
“If a thing loves, it is infinite.” ~ William Blake Happy Pi Day! Pi Day is named for the number that is found by dividing the distance around a circle (circumference) by the distance across (diameter). Pi is known as the “Circle Constant” because, no matter what size your circle is, the ratio of a […]
One Giant Leap
February 29, 2016
“This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” ~ Neil Armstrong, first person to walk on the Moon I love to walk. Walking helps me get out of my house and my head, to make a fresh start mentally and to benefit my body physically. Now, thanks to engineers at […]
Two Become One
February 13, 2016
“Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore A love story that was written in the sky more than a billion light years away from our corner of space-time has finally been told, thanks to researchers with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. The LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) is the […]
Supta Bowl
February 6, 2016
“To accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small. To exist in the eternal perspective, you have to live in the moment.” ~ Pete Carroll, Head Coach for the Seattle Seahawks The word “supta” is Sanskrit and means, resting, reclined or inactive. Unlike the athletes they will be watching on TV, most people […]
Space Station Oddity
January 21, 2016
“The truth is, of course, that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.” ~ David Bowie Scott Kelly/NASA – First Flower to Bloom in Space It seems like we’ve lost too many creative artists already in 2016. Alan Rickman, one of my favorite actors, and Glenn Frey, […]
New Year’s Sky
January 4, 2016
“Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it ‘creative observation’.” ~ William Burroughs There is a lovely bit of poetry by Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo that […]
The Light Awakens
December 23, 2015
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” ~ Yoda, from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Winter Solstice has arrived. December 21 or 22 (depending on what time zone you live in) was the longest night and shortest day […]
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