What Sparks Ignite You?

The imagination is unpredictable.

Today at a certain point in my day I found myself overwhelmed by tasks and needs. It seemed as though they were unending in a disconcerting kind of way. We long for empty space in those moments. It is the empty space , silence and emptiness of all activity that can give rise to the imagination. But I find the REAL work is to continue in the tasks, needs and demands upon us with some measure of peace for the imagination will find its way even through that!

From the Inside

Today I feel the challenge to listen down low to the quieter realities. We are surrounded by a life that contains insides. The insides of plants, people, earth, water, and any number of other bits of life. How rare to look, listen, touch, feel life from the inside. The quiet beauty from the inside of this photo of an orchid speaks to me today.

When I lived on the East Coast one year, I discovered that my
concept of summer with yellow grass was not how most people experienced summer.
I believe this is one of California's beauties. It falls into the category of an anomaly––perhaps a brindled, wabi sabi reality.