Month: July 2015

No Straight Lines Make Up My Life

 

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
— Edward Abbey

 

A straight line may be the shortest way between two point yet by far the least interesting way to go especially if we’re talking about a life’s path. I have chosen to meander in my way, taking side trips in career and lifestyles. I have given up paths altogether and forged new ones when its suited me to. The road to there, wherever there may be will not be completed as quickly and I may never feel that I have arrived at all yet I feel that I will see more, clearer and deeper than I will be following the paths that many have worn before me. If I lose my way or fall into danger well that’s ok, none of us will make it out alive tho some of us may feel as if we haven’t lived. That will never be my way.
Blessings, G

 

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Warrior DaimosWarrior Daimos by G A Rosenberg

 

Mauve ZonedMauve Zoned by G A Rosenberg

 

Body and Mind in Space (Redux)

 

Find a healthy space
where mind and body meet and stretch
creating union

 

Hi folks. My blog appearances have been a bit spotty this week and that has had to do with a combination of my life getting a bit busier and fighting a ridiculous summer flu that has been rocking me big time. Well my health seems to be improving so I hope to be back to my regular schedule within the next few days.
Blessings, G

 

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Body and Mind in Space (Redux)Body and Mind in Space by G A Rosenberg

 

Peeling Away the Disguise

 

“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Invoke the deity within
behind the mask of human seeming
beyond the face shown each day
Become yourself beyond the judgement
Invoke the will behind the act
revoke the outer tearful clown
and be for the moment ourselves.
— G A Rosenberg

 

We take on so many roles in our life. We are parents, children, employers and employees. We are lovers, friends, neighbours, constituents and more. Our behaviour changes to fit each role and often it may feel as if how we act towards one or more people in our lives does not express who we really our. We are so much more than any of these disguises. If we could peel away those calcified masks we wear we will be amazed at what shines through.
Blessings, G

 

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MasqueMasque by G A Rosenberg

 

Masked RegretMasked Regret by G A Rosenberg

 

Warrior MasqueWarrior Masque by G A Rosenberg

 

Smoke Signals

 

“A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.”
— Vincent van Gogh

 

A whispered scream wells up inside of me. A brilliant dullness that possibly only I am aware of. Anguished Ecstasy cannot even begin to describe the emotion as the white-hot darkness enfolds me. I embody all of these contradictions and then become surprised that others cannot perceive them as well. Surely they can look at my face and my stance and perceive the battlefield within. Yet there is only the everyday chatter that I am greeted by. Comments about the weather and gossip about mutual friends and enemies. All the while my silent screams continue.
Yet I am not vain nor foolish enough to believe that I am alone in this. There are internal battles being lost and won all around me by the moment and yet I am aware of this only by proxy. Still my own battles help me become more sensitive to those fought by others and perhaps a bit more understanding of their distractions.
Blessings, G

 

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A Drawing ForceA Drawing Force by G A Rosenberg

 

BloodFlowerBloodflower by G A Rosenberg

Beautiful Harbingers

 

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
― Maya Angelou

 

Fear in becoming
the ever changing
metamorphosis
Who am I and What will I become?
Uncertainty yet in the moment
ok
Roll with it and let it happen
for it will
no matter how much we sweat it
Moth or Butterfly
we are still yet embryos of what is to come
beautiful harbingers
of an unknown future.
— G A Rosenberg

 

Blessings, G

 

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Cosmic IntentionsCosmic Intentions by G A Rosenberg

 

Within, a ShimmeringWithin, A Shimmering by G A Rosenberg

 

Searching For Inspiration

Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
–Neil Gaiman

 

May the Empress inspire
words that may light a fire
in my cold creative heart
that i may find my way to art
that will radiate in turn
its viewers emotional churn
a chain of creativity
that will pass to them from me
and onward to others flow
their expression of self to show.
Goddess the spark in me ignite
originality, delight
— G A Rosenberg

 

Somewhat Sleepy in Seattle. I have taken a few days to travel both to de-stress myself after a rough few weeks and to find something that will inspire new art, writing and creative input. What shape this inspiration may take I have no idea yet somwhere in the crossroads it will come.
Blessings,G

 

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The Only Way Out is Through

 

“You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.”
— Paulo Coelho

 

Fear
of not measuring up
of not keeping up
of not being enough
of being too much
of not being right
at the right time
in the right place
when needed or not needed
Feeling the fears fed
by predators
of heart and bed
both outside and inside my head.
Screams
in the night
of delight?
well insight
in spite of the fear
or because of it
Seeking comfort in strange gods
and new headspace
for a way out
or a way in
or a way through
Stripping myself
of tears
and fears
and years
exposing myself
naked vulnerable
and pushing it all away
I am more than this
and I never lost my strength
Letting it all go
and letting it all flow.
— G A Rosenberg

 

Blessings, G

 

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ManifestationManifestation by G A Rosenberg

 

Her Awareness and MalachiteHer Awareness and Malachite by G A Rosenberg