“…once you are Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always”*
*cited: M. William, The Velveteen Rabbit
Joining Cee’s FOTD challenge for July 7, 2024
a moment in spring
fotd
a bit of orange
“Different flowers usually have separate meanings, but, as of often happens, flower-symbolism is broadly characterized by two essentially different considerations: the flower in its essence, and the flower in its shape. By it very nature it is symbolic of transitoriness, of Spring and of beauty…
“…Orange or yellow-colored flowers represent a reinforcement of the basic sun-symbolism …”*
*cited:Trans: Jack Sage: J. E. Cirlot, A Dictionary of Symbols
Image submitted in response to Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge
sunday morning with Thich Nhat Hanh
To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
unfolding
summer flowers
bound homeward under
clear summer skies:
bird feathers, flowers.~Keido*
monochrome blossoms … Cee’s fotd
*cited: Yoel Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems
wordless wednesday – 8.2.23
friday with hakuni
To a melody of prayer
disappears the moon–
my place of rest. ~Hakuni*
*cited: Y Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems
One of a series of poppy images Cee’s fotd
jumbling buds … fotd
poppy buds … sleeping … waiting for their awakening.
wordless wednesday 7.19.23
fotd – community garden
saturday morning with Rilke
“And if there is one thing more that I must say to you, it is this. Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty and sadness and remains far behind yours. Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words.” ~Rilke*
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and a saturday morning’s walk through a community garden. Cee’s FOTD
*(Trans: M. D. Herter Norton, Letters to a Young Poet)
a meditative journey 
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