Imagine what it must feel like…
to truly know that
You are Precious.
A gem of great beauty
Shining in the universe
Tenderly cared for
Deeply valued
Impossible to dim.
Feel it.
Be it.
Live it.
Image: “Silence – Lapping Waves”
© 2016 Heidi Straube
Plum Cove, Gloucester, Massachusetts
The
Difference
Between a good artist
And a great one
Is:
The novice
Will often lay down her tool
or brush
Then pick up an invisible club
On the mind’s table
And helplessly smash the easels and
Jade.
Whereas the vintage man
No longer hurts himself or anyone
And keeps on
Sculpting
Light.
*****
Photographer’s Note:
I have always loved this poem by Hafiz and its layered meanings.
The idea of an artist not giving up, quietly continuing to create, making images of beauty, even when an original project does not come out as anticipated. Always drawing from the depths of Soul, seeing and sculpting the light.
And in our lives – an encouragement for keeping on, through loss, change, the unknown.
A reminder of the Light still alive within, more miracles of life yet ahead to be created.
In happy times, and those of sorrow – May you always see and sculpt the Light.
*****
Image: “New Road to Taos: Trust”
© 2016, Heidi Straube
Hafiz poem, “The Vintage Man”
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Laissez les bons temps roulez! Let the good times roll!
(Dance away, my friends…)
Silence.
the wonder of the universe
Infinite possibilities, life desires made real
Freedom to explore, coziness to return
Vast love.
This I wish for you.
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From Winter: Cape Cod, “Capturing God”
© Heidi Straube, Wellfleet, MA, Cape Cod, 2015
Photographer’s Note:
The last day of my stay of nearly two years on Cape Cod, I repeated a favorite morning ritual – A greeting to those at the wonderful PB Boulangerie bistro, purchase of a latte and pain de chocolate, and continued drive down the road to the beach that I love.
It was May, still quiet season; me alone on the bluff, a small boy & his parents quietly walking the beach. A perfect experience to be gifted with, in a magical place –
A bittersweet farewell, but never a final good-bye.
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