I'm very impressed that you’ve been having to struggle to pay your bills, yet you have the ability to focus on living a life of depth guided by the desire to cultivate an awareness of the meaning of your existence as a human being on earth in the year 2017. I think of Maslow’s Pyramid and its emphasis on the idea that people can only cultivate what I will—for lack of a better word—call spirituality when their physical and, to some extent, their emotional needs have been met, and when they have confidence that these needs will continue to be met. It takes so very little to throw my own mind into disarray, and for the hopelessness I feel (about existence having value) on even my best days to mushroom like one of those nuclear bombs.
Thank you for posting a photo of yourself and of what I assume to be your cat. After a lifetime of dogs, I now have no dogs, but I do have three cats, and they are such a joy to me, especially the little tuxedo girl that I got from a shelter in November, and whose shelter I kept. She is Scully, and I also a Brewsky and an Ollie. I am so blessed that all three of my cats adore one another.
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? -- Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Welcome to "37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE)".
The photograph currently at the top of my blog was taken from my porch before sunrise on October 29, 2023.
"OLD GIRL OF THE NORTH COUNTRY" (the earliest name for my blog -- http://oldgirlfromthenorthcountry.blogspot.com
) came to life in early December of 2006 so that I could post a 42-year retrospective of my paintings and drawings and through that action, create a new relationship with the day the man I loved returned from Vietnam in December 1970. For a while (sometime after spring of 2008, which is when he died) my blog was "TALKING 37TH DREAM WITH RAINBOW (RUMORS OF PEACE)". For a number of years, it's been "TALKING 37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE)." As of April 12, 2017 my blog was titled "37TH DREAM / TALKING 37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE/LOOKING UP)". Somewhere along the way it became 37TH DREAM (RUMORS OF PEACE).
To begin viewing the retrospective with narrative, scroll down to December 8, 2006, on this page:
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. -- Martin Buber (1878-1965)
It is only a little planet, but how beautiful it is.
-- Robinson Jeffers
The true end of a war is the rebirth of life; the right to die peacefully in your own bed. The true end of war is the end of fear; the true end of war is the return of laughter.
-- Alfred Molano
Enjoy every sandwich -- Warren Zevon (1947-2003)
Not in God's wilds will you ever hear the sad moan, "All is vanity." No, we are paid a thousand times for all our toil, and after a single day spent outdoors in their atmosphere of strength and beauty, one could still say, should death come — even without any hope of another life — "Thank you for this most glorious gift!" and pass on.
-- John Muir (1838-1914)
Philip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do? Philip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well. Hugh Fennyman: How? Philip Henslowe: I don't know. It's a mystery.
4 comments:
I love that song. All of his work, really, but that song stays with me.
I recently watched his Live in London DVD again. Inspirational. What an artist.
Beautiful morning light and such a lovely quote.
I'm very impressed that you’ve been having to struggle to pay your bills, yet you have the ability to focus on living a life of depth guided by the desire to cultivate an awareness of the meaning of your existence as a human being on earth in the year 2017. I think of Maslow’s Pyramid and its emphasis on the idea that people can only cultivate what I will—for lack of a better word—call spirituality when their physical and, to some extent, their emotional needs have been met, and when they have confidence that these needs will continue to be met. It takes so very little to throw my own mind into disarray, and for the hopelessness I feel (about existence having value) on even my best days to mushroom like one of those nuclear bombs.
Thank you for posting a photo of yourself and of what I assume to be your cat. After a lifetime of dogs, I now have no dogs, but I do have three cats, and they are such a joy to me, especially the little tuxedo girl that I got from a shelter in November, and whose shelter I kept. She is Scully, and I also a Brewsky and an Ollie. I am so blessed that all three of my cats adore one another.
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