Ode to a Playground

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.  ~~Elie Wiesel  Read more at Brainy Quotes

I remember you

Playground

Endless days

punctuated by recess

Four-Square Friendships

and shared secrets

Colored with fat crayons

and sidewalk chalk

Concrete Chapel

Jewel of Childhood

We drew our Fates

with one Potato

Two Potato

Hunting shadows of the future

Until the streetlights came on.

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Crazy Annie, Queen of Reality

Let Freedom Ring…

Collective Inquiry

Truth, in my understanding, is not an intellectual concept. I believe that Truth is an emotional-energy, vibrational communication to my consciousness, to my soul/spirit- my being, from my Soul. Truth is an emotion, something that I feel within. ~~Robert Burney, ‘Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls’

What is all this talk about

individualism vs collectivism?

Do they not both exist?

I say that the Collective

does not survive

without individuals.

More than that,

the individual

is a collective of

potential selves,

expressed and unexpressed.

As above, so below.

If I loathe others

for their strangeness,

I have not yet embraced

my own strangeness.

That particular quality

in another

that draws my attention,

positive or negative,

is the wink

of the Eye

of God/dess.

Here, my Child,

is the opportunity

to shine a beacon

to the world.

Art is one way

to express

that beacon wink

into the world.

Our art,

as individuals

and as a culture,

asks the question

Who am I?

or You?

or We?

Each Artist

Attempts to Answer.

This is not the exclusive province

of a gifted few.

This is the work of

the Individual

the Family

the Community.

When we share

Art

Food

Drink

Music

We realize

Who We Are

Together.

Crazy Annie

Bastille Day 07142012

Let Freedom Ring…

It’s All in Your Head

We are enslaved in our ways of living.

We believe we must work hard every day just to receive our basic needs:

food

water

clothing

shelter

We believe there is “not enough” to go around

that we are in competition

with every other living thing

for the precious

resources of this world.

We believe that

WE are NOT ENOUGH

to deserve anything.

We are enslaved by our beliefs.

But what is Belief?

A law of nature

like gravity

that acts upon us

believe it or not?

A concrete, permanent, stable force

that applies to

everyone

& everything

everywhere?

What happens when a belief changes?

Does reality change?

Beliefs are thoughts

that create

what appears to be

reality.

If I believe all dogs are vicious

I will perceive all dogs

and their behavior

as proof

my belief is Truth.

If I believe I cannot have

a loving relationship,

a satisfying meal,

a fulfilling career,

I will view all the world

through this cloudy lens,

seeing only

what I believe to be true.

I will ignore

criticize

dis-believe

anything

that does not match.

To acknowledge anything

that does not match

would be to doubt the Truth.

Beliefs are dangerous.

They create walls

barriers

blind-spots

that prevent us from seeing

other perspectives

other pieces of the puzzle

other obstacles in the road.

Our beliefs limit our ability

to learn,

to grow,

to have a healthy & spiritually sound life.

Beliefs are thoughts,

Atrophied Ideas,

frozen in time and space,

useful at some place,

under other circumstances,

but becoming dead weight

in a world that is constantly changing.

Beliefs are

Shackles of the Mind

in a chaotic world.

Freedom

is all in Your Head.

Let it Ring.

Crazy Annie

Summer Solstice 06202012

Let Freedom Ring…