hope

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it,
casts the shadow of our burden behind us." - Samuel Smiles

illusion

"Just go with the flow..."

golden garden

"A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious
with a feeling of serenity and joy." - Luis Barragan

windows to the soul

"There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke." - Vincent van Gogh

dog sun

"A dog is a man's best friend."

eye light

tadpole evolution

"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole." - William S. Burroughs

merge

"Eventually, all things merge into one,
and a river runs through it." - Norman Maclean

bird on the wire

"Like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free."

Leonard Cohen - Bird on the Wire

OUAT

"Over, under, around and through!"

bend

"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken." - Albert Camus

choose your path & shine

"To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest." - Unknown

getting through

"You have power over your mind - not outside events.
Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius


[Dedicated to my BFF - "Don't be OC when things are OC!" - 2008]

beauty

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams." - Ashley Smith

aghhhhhhhh!

Too much of anything is bad for you........

imagine

"Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one"

John Lennon - "Imagine"

neverland

"The second star to the right
Shines in the night for you
To tell you that the dreams you plan
Really can come true
The second star to the right
Shines with a light that's rare
And if it's Never Land you need
It's light will lead you there
Twinkle, twinkle little star
So I'll know where you are
Gleaming in the skies above
Lead me to the one who loves me
And when you bring him my way
Each time we say "Goodnight"
We'll thank the little star that shines
The second from the right"

Peter Pan - "The Second Star to the Right"

4 elements

"Every day we warm ourselves by Fire,
Wash ourselves in Water,
Feel the Wind in our hair,
Walk upon the Earth."

- http://www.orderofthewhitelion.com/theelements@/The4elements.htm

curl

"What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter." - Abraham Cahan

curve

"Force never moves in a straight line, but always in a curve vast as the universe, and therefore eventually returns whence it issued forth, but upon a higher arc, for the universe has progressed since it started." - Kabbalah

spring doodle

"Spring is nature's way of saying: let's party!" - Robin Williams

[doodle by me]

visions

"Witness the contents of mind, the visions and sounds, the thoughts, as clouds passing through the vast expanse - the sky-like nature of mind. The rootedness of Being is in emptiness, clarity and awareness: unborn, unspoilt, stainlessly pure." - Alex Grey

[original art by Alex Grey]

light & dark earth

"There are dark shadows on the earth,
but its lights are stronger in the contrast."
- Charles Dickens

growth

"Don't go through life, grow through life." - Eric Butterworth

increasing dimensions

"For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions." - Laozi

plantish

"If we are not empty, we become a block of matter.
We cannot breathe, we cannot think.
To be empty means to be alive, to breathe in and to breathe out.
We cannot be alive if we are not empty.
Emptiness is impermanence, it is change.
We should not complain about impermanence,
because without impermanence, nothing is possible."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

fruit punch

"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,
and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau

strawberry punch

light vs. shadow

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant;
light and shadow are only the relation of two tones." - Paul Cezanne