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Spring Photo Journal – Day 3

Quote of the day: “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Today is a gray day, colder than yesterday with the thermometer resting at 32 degrees this morning. It looks like it just wet outside on the street, but it’s another Minnesota shuffle day, as every so often what looks like a wet patch turns out to be ice. The pond behind our house has become a work of art. The neighbors cleared the snow to create an ice rink this winter and now the designs of where they cleared look like Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Spring Photo Journal – Day 2

Quote of the day: ““Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bil Keane Signs of Spring I Saw Today Rain! Yes, rain, NOT SNOW, is falling in Minneapolis today. (It may turn to snow later, but right now, this minute, it’s rain!) The Minnesota shuffle (you know, when you’re not sure how slippery it is underfoot, so you shuffle your feet along the ground to keep from slipping on the ice) Buds on a tree in the neighborhood Green grass peeking through the snow Drooping snowman Slushy, Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

A Spring Photo Journal

Quote of the day:  “Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying. . . ” — Eileen Granfors, And More White Sheets Even though the ground is still covered with snow this morning I could feel spring in the air. The sun shone down on the snow-covered ground and everything glittered and glistened. And it did make me feel like flying. I’ve decided to go out every day between now and June 1 and make photos to journal the arrival of spring. I may not write a blog post every day but I will post 2-3 photos each day. Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Radical Acceptance of What Is

Quote of the day:  “After several days, I had a pivotal interview with my teacher. When I described how I’d become so overwhelmed, she calmly asked, “How are you relating to the presence of desire?” I was startled into understanding. Her question pointed me back to the essence of mindfulness practice: It doesn’t matter what is happening. What matters is how we are relating to our experience. For me, desire had become the enemy, and I was losing the battle. She advised me to stop fighting my experience and instead investigate the nature of my wanting mind. Desire was just another Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Art as Meaning Making

Quotes of the day: “Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” – Ansel Adams “When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” ― Robert Frank  “At least twice a week, I pause in the rush of work and have a meeting with myself. (If I were part of a team, I’d call a team meeting.) I ask myself, again, of the project: “What is this damn thing about?” Keep refining your understanding of the theme; keep narrowing it down.” — Steven Read more…

By Marilyn, ago