Jan 04 2012
 Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
–Woodrow Wilson |
 Drips 1 |
Jan 03 2012
| Muse in the Morning |
| Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
–Janis Joplin |
 Scallops 2 |
Jan 02 2012
| Muse in the Morning |
| The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what’s it all about.
–David Attenborough |
 Scallops 1 |
Jan 01 2012
entelechy
en-TEL-uh-kee\ , noun;
1. A realization or actuality as opposed to a potentiality.
2. In vitalist philosophy, a vital agent or force directing growth and life.
My husband pecks my cheek and heads off through the cacophony of clanging metal, buzzers, and ringing bells that is his playground. We are on the road, and have forgotten to get cash for lunch. It would be an easy crisis to remedy, but it gives him an opportunity to show off his talent. I stand at the edge of the action, unable to banish my ill ease at seeing the money in our pockets put at risk so he can exercises his inexplicable power.
He cruises up and down the rows of noisy machines, looking from side to side. Other patrons sit with their backs to him, focused on their own trials with fate. A Native American woman offers him a drink, but he declines. Instead, he tilts his head, like a spaniel listening to a whistle pitched too high for the human ear. He turns away from her, and takes a seat in front of a one armed bandit. In five pulls, the machine gives up its bounty with the loud clang of coins dropping into the metal tray below the spinning symbols of fruit. He scoops up the riches and stalks another machine. Eight pulls later he has enough for both our meals at the best restaurant in the casino.
The first time he did this, the logical one in the family informed him that he was playing into the casino’s evil plan by deluding himself that he had some sort of gift. The house plays the odds, which clearly can not be altered. He might win here and there, but, over time, they have the better odds, and will always get more money than they give. Now, I have seen him do it so many times, I no longer try to make my case.
As it turned out, science weighed in on the talents of gamblers and handed the logical one her ass in the process. Not only is my husband right to believe that he can sense a gambling machine about to pay out, but part of his talent is probably altering the odds that it will pay with nothing more than the power of his resolve.
So shove that testy white rabbit out of the way, and follow the girl with the apron down the hole. On this day of resolutions, I am taking you on a walk through the Wonderland of science. Today, we peer into the power of intent.
Dec 30 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Be yourself. The world worships the original.
–Ingrid Bergman |
 Impurities |
Dec 29 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
–Michel de Montaigne |
 Unfold |
Dec 28 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
–Denis Waitley |
 Liquid |
Dec 27 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
–Booker T. Washington |
 Feathery |
Dec 26 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.
–Denis Waitley |
 Specter |
Dec 23 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
–Earl Nightingale |
 Entwined 2 |
Dec 22 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.
–Franz Kafka |
 Entwined 1 |
Dec 21 2011
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
–Bodhidharma |
 Coriolis |