words and pictures....
July 5, 2011
That sort of beauty which is called natural, as of vines, plants, trees, etc., consists of a very complicated harmony; and all the natural motions, and tendencies, and figures of the bodies in the universe are done according to proportions and therein is their beauty. ~~ Jonathan Edwards
June 30, 2011
J. Krishnamurti…
Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything -the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people sitting in front, the colors they are wearing- being extensively aware which needs watching, observing, taking in the shape of the leaf, the shape of the trunk, the shape of the head of another, what he is doing. To be extensively aware and from there acting, that is to be aware of the totality of one’s own being. To have a mere sectional capacity, a fragmentation of capacity or capacity fragmented, and to pursue that capacity and derive experience through that capacity which is limited—that makes the quality of the mind mediocre, limited, narrow. But an awareness of the totality of one’s own being, understood through the awareness of every thought and every feeling, and never limiting it, letting every thought and every feeling flower, and therefore being aware—that is entirely different from action or concentration that is merely capacity and therefore limited.
To let a thought flower or a feeling flower requires attention,not concentration. I mean by the flowering of a thought giving freedom to it to see what happens, what is taking place in your thought, in your feeling. Anything that flowers must have freedom, must have light; it cannot be restricted. You cannot put any value on it, you cannot say, “That is right, that is wrong; this should be, and that should not be”, thereby, you limit the flowering of thought. And it can only flower in this awareness. Therefore, if you go into it very deeply, you will find that this flowering of thought is the ending of thought. ~~ The Book Of Life
May 16, 2011
Last week on a rare sunny day here along the Merrimack River I was outside with my camera, watching the birds in my yard. The sun was slowly sinking to the west and the light on the new Spring leaves caught my eye and my lens.
I love the Shades of Spring…
The red maples are among my favorite trees and I’m blessed with two old beauties in the front of my house: (more…)
May 4, 2011
I look forward this day, that I may learn a new lesson. I look forward to this day that I may grow like the new leaves on the trees in the bright spring sun. ~~ Pamela J. Leavey
(Photo: New Leaves in Spring, April 2011 ~ © Pamela J. Leavey)
April 5, 2011
One of the things I love about where I live on the Merrimack River is that I have a wonderful view of the western sky in the evening. After a couple of days of rain, the clouds started to part early this evening and I looked out of my kitchen window to see a streak of pink across the sky. I grabbed my camera and took this from desk window:
And then I headed out the front door to catch a little view of the lovely sky with my lens… (more…)
October 26, 2010
“Abundance is like the ocean it ebbs and it flows. Like the leaves on the trees, today so shall mine grow.” – Pamela Leavey
(Photo: Sandy Point, Plum Island – c. Pamela J. Leavey 2009)
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