once (cycle constant change) again

Once

contentment like childhood, lost

spinning grasping fading

in and out - off and on

cycle constant change

within

deeper

follow the root

continue

now close the eyes

imagine "it" inside

endless possibilites arise

everything brings us back

to that which was not lost

rather stored safe inside

follow an inner sense of bliss

unfold the experience

allow it to surprise

this too shall pass

cycle constant change

(once again and then again; so it goes, no one knows)

memory and moment

The pieces of your memory can and are rearranged on a constant basis to validate an imagined construction of whom you believe yourself to be and what you imagine yourself capable of. Understanding this can afford freedom and peace.

siting under an umbrella listening to the pitter patter of water on canvas in a rare summer rain shower while watching the ever changing painting like sky and clouds at sunset feeling the temperature drop

the letter E)

many memories of my past come to me in black and white

yet the memories of certain teachers persist in color

it is these people and places

which form lines

which the axis of my being rotates

animals around town

a sea of asphalt and concrete

black at night

mist flowing through the air

rubber on the ground

pumping up and down

wind breath wind breath

it is subtle, yet its here

all around & in the ground

(hummingbirds, skunks, rabbits, june bugs, bobcat, shaggy parasol mushrooms)

intention and attention

thoughts are things

like bubbles in a stream

rising and passing with time

they are not you...

actions are movements

within the physical flow

always happening

they are not you...

intention and attention

powerful in their simplicity

perception (link)

time periods (link)

It is an interesting exercise thinking of time periods. Thinking of time periods I begin to search for physical and mental artifacts that delineate one from another.

For instance one time period could be identified as "before space exploration" and "after space exploration". Once human beings left the thin atmosphere of earth and voyaged ever so slightly into the cosmic ocean the human experience was altered. From the pictures of earth as viewed from space to landing human beings on our satellite the moon mankind's perception of possibilities and place were restructured.

It does not seem that most have had the realization that they are in fact themselves living in a time period. As a result of living in "their" time period they accept certain ideas and actions rarity questioning importance, validity, etc...

Our aspirations are in many instances not truly our own. Yet inherited from the particular time periods that we exist within.