Heart's Garden

 

I took off the door to

      & from 

my heart today

 .

  all the ins and outs   and discernment s   were getting too complicated .

i painted a sign over the outside entrance in Winnie the Pooh like letters  that read:

 

. FuLLFiLLiNG . ALLiGNMeNT . WeLLCoMe .

& on the inside—for the bits that clearly belong elsewhere:

 

 

. exiT JoYFuLLY aND FReeLY to YoUR NexT FULLFiLLiNGNess 

i decided to take off the hinges too  .         on the barrier,  i removed the lock s

  

and   the knob s 

& 

on each of the four corners

i attached strong   pillar-ly  legs . 

. turned it upside down .

&  painted it   with a-blended-tapestry-of-colors 

                      

&  textures .

i then  enjoyed hunting down, gathering, &  assembling a plethora of mismatched, eclectic, & comfy chairs around it ⸺ arranged just so .

 

✦

 

Now .     Here .

a table 

                               a table of love .   a table of joy .   a table 

set 

                 ready   &   available

for  my  guests . 

✦

explorations will be served, beside  new   experiences 

& side dishes of wonder 

. where  we’ll sip Experimental’s tea

—& perhaps stir in a bit of sweetness—just for fun .

we will sample  space

 ‘till it’s just the way we like it . 

taste possibilities with tiny forks .        & nibble . 

Discovery Sandwiches—all-ways fresh!

.

lovely,   bright    napkins—absorbent

.

in the garden, 

this ever-growing garden of my heart

all - ways      

open 

.

sidenote: i used the hardware to decorate a birdhouse .

the birds like to perch on the doorknob—right outside the entrance/exit . 

 

 

 

Graphic T-Shirts

 

i am 

tickled to define these ideas .

Blazer Graphic Tee

. love the look of a tee under a blazer . 

graphic tees under a blazer bug me because i can't view the graphics, which in itself is a cool experience because it evoked my curiosity . 

which led me to ponder—and delightfully imagine—designing and experiencing people wearing legible graphic tees designed to pair with a blazer; 

moreover

Frame Lapels

             blazers 

           with lapels 

     that actually look                              like   gilded 

              picture  frames 

                       or textured                and   or  quilted 

           or puffed up, plush,             to hint,     or expand upon 

                      ... or perhaps             literally   

                                                        as a wood carved 

                                                        lapel 

                               frame .

how wonderfully silly

.

My first imagining is for simple words written vertically:

J                L              g        (important messages - quick reads)

O               O             i

Y               V            gg                            s

                  E            l e                            o

                                                                m  t

                                                                 e  i

           y                                                       m

           e                                                        e

           s                                                        s

💮            🌟          yi

💗            🌟          p

😁            🌟          ee

would be cool to have a signature, long, happy face that fit in that frame/window ...

love the sensation of the flow of ideas parading through me ...

which brings me to my current(3)  favorite

                                        I

                                        N

                                       😊

                                        J

                                        O

                                        Y

                                                  *elbissop s'ti esuaceb

*when the blazer frame is moved aside, perhaps to fetch a bit from a pocket, the wearer gets to see the tag line—i don't know how to here and aren't going to spend the time now to discover—reads upside down . or as Goose would say "inverted."

an intimate reminder . an awareness tool .

i wrote it backwards, because it current(3)ly is possible ;D 

and it looks really weird! 

thus evoking aforementioned 

                           curiosity .

                            mmm

which reinvigorates an idea i've had for a reversible Shirt of Opposition a fun awareness tool to play with—because IT IS possible—as in we have the power and ability to choose our current thoughts ... and also in this case how we want to wear our shirt, what we want our shirt to say ... can have a lot of fun with this tool .

the first one i would print would be:

i 

k

n

o

w

thus the reverse would read:

i 

don't 

k now

(you get the idea of horizontal layout)

. loving the sensations of both of these (it wasn't always so) and i love the idea of being able, and actually choosing, to physically shift them around throughout the day ... I'd stick with the inverted tagline too, it's cool and use-full .

just

a 

t

h

o

U

g

h

t

.

we 

get to

choose our 

current*

perspective

we 

get

to

 

choose 

what 

and how 

we frame:

some

thing

.

any

thing

.

every

thing

because we can

because we get to

because 

IT IS

possible

to

ch

👀

se

our

j 

o

y

or not

... and 

turn IT around 

and 

around

and

a

r

o

u

n

d

∞

                                                       .

                                                                                                 * lluf-rednow woh ho    

Zen Fire

from The Sun's Lie-Brary

             draped in the robe of love

                             a
                                               one look into your eyes

                                                                        i see
                                                                        i recognize 

                                                                    the  Everything

                                               here

            not just inside me
                                       but   here                          as you

                                               he                             as  me

       

                 drunk
                        the i   doesn't know
                                              what to do ~    

                                                                        to dance
                                                                        to cry 

                                                                                    or just
                                                                        pulsate

                                                                                                 more

                                                                                       in

                                                                                     with

                                                                                       as

                                               the ecstasy 
                                               of Existence

                                                       .

why did i hide?

                                                                    i don't want to

any more .

happy hello

 

Priscilla's Pickle Palace

I was recently invited to a birthday Pickleball party. I had no idea what it was and too many funny thoughts and ideas flowed into me, so I decided it was the perfect opportunity to have a go at constructing the first (to my knowledge) and only pickle sculpture.

I would have loved to go for a 360 degree perspective but even well-drained pickles are too flimsy to stand up to the weight...

 drained sweet and dill

Of course I always have to play with the photo editing on my phone...

... the inevitable collaspe 

I do think this would make a good substitute asana in yoga for the Shavasana at the end of one's practice (I always feel quite tangled and, well, just falling apart/short seems a little more accurate "death" than neatly getting comfortable...  -

 " ...and we will now conclude our practice with the Pickle Posehavsana-manamama, so just collapse from here and feel it! ...

[ later ]

...and coming to a sitting position, bringing hands together,

Namaste."

...

...into the compost bin to break down into new possibilities...

Come Out and Play ; Come Out of the Play ; Come Out to Play

come out

come out and play

come out

come out and dance

the radiant dance —

of a life

of light

come out

come out and shine

the soul-full smiles —

of a thousand

candled flames

come out

come out and see

the Divine All around you , through you , as you

come out

come out and feel

the ocean’s waves within you —

waves of the impossible

swelling up and crashing

inside

defining a you

come out

come out and share

the All that you feel —

uniquely expressing

as you

come out

come out

for I Am

in , through , as and of

the you

come out

come out and laugh with Me —

We’ll giggle at our foolishness

and the ways We’ve forgotten

the Truth

come out .

come out  .

come out   .

to Be

for  I Am Here

{ cup hands to one ear , whisper into this self-phone } :

I ’ ve never gone anywhere —

that was the gift

as / for / a

you

to discover the possibilities of

as / the  every—where

.

— You / you