It is so quite cool.
Whiteflash reminds us who is boss....
The last two evenings, I have so enjoyed the warm air here in Southern California...
Starry skies at night....
Clear moon-rise on the Eastern rim...
Sitting under the universe canopy...late at night...relaxing, looking up...
I honestly thought the nights like this would continue....
Strangely, at 430 am...still dark...sleeping....I woke to flashes of light...
Back to sleep...into the normal morning...
Expecting to see the blazing sun....again....so welcome....here...
...in the paradise of Southern California....mornings golden, then warm...
No! This morning was cool, dark....clouds....by the time I was in the car to work...rain!
Rain all day...thunder, lightening...rainbows...double rainbows...
Tonight, 11pm, out there is clear again...stars clear...starry night...
Just shows one more time, like clockwork, who is boss.
It is not us....we cannot go to sleep ever expecting to see the sun....
But, when we do.....when we see the starry night, like the lightening,
...like the rumbling thunder, like the humbling thunder....
We know...
We see...
We feel the air....
...and we are reminded what we are...
.....a miraculous point of light in the vast darkness...
.......through everything, we awake to new mornings...
.........even here in sun-blazing California!!!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tomorrow I Fly
Tomorrow I fly...
...into the night...
...all faith forward...
...into the light....
The tea will be warm...
...when I land...
...wherever that may be...
...here is my hand...
Clouds, winds...
...from here to there...
...you are with me...
...every minute, every square...
...into the night...
...all faith forward...
...into the light....
The tea will be warm...
...when I land...
...wherever that may be...
...here is my hand...
Clouds, winds...
...from here to there...
...you are with me...
...every minute, every square...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The Chances of Landing...
Today I was lucky. I was interviewed for the global radio show "Into the Night Radio" with Chris Wakefield. It was extraordinary. Chris has a great global radio show, a bit modeled after George Nory's "Coast to Coast"....depth...
It was a big fun interview that lasted about an hour...stay tuned for when it will be available thru syndicated radio networks and on the web...
Chris and I talked about the origins of human curiosity, search and discovery. We touched on the miracle that happens thousands of times a day....planes take off into the night, fly incredible distances, and land on a patch of square feet or inches....even through ferrocious climates and weather....
Just like humans seek each other and eventualy find each other...students and teachers...(remember...when the student is ready, the teacher will appear...)....lovers...friends...strangers....find each other...down to the touch...
We find each other through our human navigation. Our curiosity...eventually, our creativity.
It can be a long journey, over water, into the night....but we all must hope for safe landings....
....safe landings....not always perfect, but safe....we live to another morning...
....with the bright, blazing sun, and, of course, the smell of fresh coffee...
It was a big fun interview that lasted about an hour...stay tuned for when it will be available thru syndicated radio networks and on the web...
Chris and I talked about the origins of human curiosity, search and discovery. We touched on the miracle that happens thousands of times a day....planes take off into the night, fly incredible distances, and land on a patch of square feet or inches....even through ferrocious climates and weather....
Just like humans seek each other and eventualy find each other...students and teachers...(remember...when the student is ready, the teacher will appear...)....lovers...friends...strangers....find each other...down to the touch...
We find each other through our human navigation. Our curiosity...eventually, our creativity.
It can be a long journey, over water, into the night....but we all must hope for safe landings....
....safe landings....not always perfect, but safe....we live to another morning...
....with the bright, blazing sun, and, of course, the smell of fresh coffee...
How Many Nights?
How many nights could be this incredible?
I just at midnight, walked outside.....needed a fresh air moment...
This night....76 degrees, moderate humidity....light breeze....
This one even for Southern California is spectacular...
In January, this will be but a memory...
But right now it is late September...
Golden season....
Sat down, just for a minute....can't wait too long....
Sky so clear....
Jupiter just looming up there straight up, so clear bright...
The friendly moon....just lighting up the light clouds, the very few puffs up there
All the unierse is there....right there....
Just for a minute though....can't wait too long...
The California sun is coming in several more hours,
....and the smell of fresh coffee....it will always be there again...
Just for a minute....another minute, I'll enjoy this universe...
....Can't wait too long....
How many nights could be like this....
I just at midnight, walked outside.....needed a fresh air moment...
This night....76 degrees, moderate humidity....light breeze....
This one even for Southern California is spectacular...
In January, this will be but a memory...
But right now it is late September...
Golden season....
Sat down, just for a minute....can't wait too long....
Sky so clear....
Jupiter just looming up there straight up, so clear bright...
The friendly moon....just lighting up the light clouds, the very few puffs up there
All the unierse is there....right there....
Just for a minute though....can't wait too long...
The California sun is coming in several more hours,
....and the smell of fresh coffee....it will always be there again...
Just for a minute....another minute, I'll enjoy this universe...
....Can't wait too long....
How many nights could be like this....
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
What Keeps Us Going...Into the Night
When you consider the odds...
Of ever finding each other in this big world...
Of ever reuniting...
Of ever finding the dream...
Of ever finding the touch....the hug....the embrace
Of true friendship....of love...
The odds are so long against us....
There is so much distance....
There are so many competing forces...
But a deeper force is at work....
A creative force within us and each other...
That lessens the odds....that makes it more likely...
That somehow, in this unmistakeably vast universe...
....we will touch again...
Our minds....
Our spoken words...
Our faces...
Our hearts....
We must go somehow bravely...
....into the night....
....out there, if we can believe, is the light....
Of ever finding each other in this big world...
Of ever reuniting...
Of ever finding the dream...
Of ever finding the touch....the hug....the embrace
Of true friendship....of love...
The odds are so long against us....
There is so much distance....
There are so many competing forces...
But a deeper force is at work....
A creative force within us and each other...
That lessens the odds....that makes it more likely...
That somehow, in this unmistakeably vast universe...
....we will touch again...
Our minds....
Our spoken words...
Our faces...
Our hearts....
We must go somehow bravely...
....into the night....
....out there, if we can believe, is the light....
Monday, September 27, 2010
Blue Flash Fact or Fiction?
Some really great things to know about Blueflash:
1. Some see it when the conditions are perfect...others on the same beach do not....why?
2. It does happen very, very fast, less than a second
3. Some say it is the light through the green ocean water....others say it is simply a prism effect
4. The upper end of the green flash in the light prism is the Blueflash (the Cerenkov Radiation effect)
5. Blueflash is hardly even seen by the naked eye....the green flash is hard enough to see...
6. Some question whether the Greenflash is even a real phenomenon or a purely perceptual or imaginary one.
If we use the metaphors here, some may choose to see the golden moment of nature, some may not at all. If you seek it, it may be yours....
If you seek it so hard, and the conditions are marginal, might it be illusory?
When you take a walk in the forrest, are you ready to see a surprise? If you do not, are you still OK?
Can you go into life expecting to find a Blueflash? Who gets to do that? Why those people?
All we know, is that some report they have seen these marvelous things and been blessed, even gifted.
It seems the more one wants to find them, the harder it may be....
Relaxed acceptance, passive, peaceful passion may make it possible....
It is something we cannot will to happen....there is some other element operating out there....
1. Some see it when the conditions are perfect...others on the same beach do not....why?
2. It does happen very, very fast, less than a second
3. Some say it is the light through the green ocean water....others say it is simply a prism effect
4. The upper end of the green flash in the light prism is the Blueflash (the Cerenkov Radiation effect)
5. Blueflash is hardly even seen by the naked eye....the green flash is hard enough to see...
6. Some question whether the Greenflash is even a real phenomenon or a purely perceptual or imaginary one.
If we use the metaphors here, some may choose to see the golden moment of nature, some may not at all. If you seek it, it may be yours....
If you seek it so hard, and the conditions are marginal, might it be illusory?
When you take a walk in the forrest, are you ready to see a surprise? If you do not, are you still OK?
Can you go into life expecting to find a Blueflash? Who gets to do that? Why those people?
All we know, is that some report they have seen these marvelous things and been blessed, even gifted.
It seems the more one wants to find them, the harder it may be....
Relaxed acceptance, passive, peaceful passion may make it possible....
It is something we cannot will to happen....there is some other element operating out there....
The Smell of Fresh Coffee...Eastern Sunrise...
So many friends have written about how I often sign off...
After a quite serious blog essay....usually written at night...into the night...
I speak of the warm greeting of the California sun....
Waking me, greeting me from the eastern horizon...
The fresh coffee smell in the air...
The crisp newspaper...
These moments are crisp...
...with freshness....
I chose to finish my two paintings in these morning moments.
Creative moments....
These moments are just mine....they are long treasured, still moments
When I can paint...just a few moments....all alone...with the morning sun...
It is great to wake, feel new, look East....see, and feel the morning sun....
California...wherever you and I are.....it is still the same...
We are alive with our senses and our creativity....these moments guarded, ours,
We greet the morning, a new day....and it nods its friendly greeting...
We feel it to our bones.....
....somewhere in the world....we want that we could share this moment with others...
.......this very crisp moment of a new day...
..........everything starts from here....welcome home!
After a quite serious blog essay....usually written at night...into the night...
I speak of the warm greeting of the California sun....
Waking me, greeting me from the eastern horizon...
The fresh coffee smell in the air...
The crisp newspaper...
These moments are crisp...
...with freshness....
I chose to finish my two paintings in these morning moments.
Creative moments....
These moments are just mine....they are long treasured, still moments
When I can paint...just a few moments....all alone...with the morning sun...
It is great to wake, feel new, look East....see, and feel the morning sun....
California...wherever you and I are.....it is still the same...
We are alive with our senses and our creativity....these moments guarded, ours,
We greet the morning, a new day....and it nods its friendly greeting...
We feel it to our bones.....
....somewhere in the world....we want that we could share this moment with others...
.......this very crisp moment of a new day...
..........everything starts from here....welcome home!
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