SATURDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2008

Island of the Dead

 

This painting... what a beauty. Is by Arnold Böcklin, done by commission for a bereaved widow in the 1880's. On one level, oh God, can you feel that desolation? And on another level...

This is totally a Return to the Womb piece! And it makes me giggle! Part of me is like, "Arnold, you are a whitty son of a gun." And another part of me is like, "Did he just not get enough action?"

One more mystery in the land of paintings.

 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 05:50 PM |

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

What I'm Looking For

 

You know what, Darlin'? I'm looking for the heart's coronation. EVERY MORNING!
That's what I want. All that good lovey dew just dripping out of my pores and onto everything in sight and seeing its gleaming gold reflected to me, through, and on everyone I see/ meet/ speak with. Is that asking too much?

Let me see that LOVE LIGHT, LAWD! Oh please give it TO ME!

 

 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 09:50 PM |

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Ripe Peaches

 

What's you take on it? When peaches get picked off of their tree- inside are they secretly screaming, "NOooooooo!!!!! Don't take me from my branch! I want to rot here in peace!"

 

One thing's for sure. If you be a juicy peach you best get yourself into some good hands before the insects devour you on the branch from the inside out.  One way to protect sweet peaches is to pick them a little early and let them sit in a dark bag until they're ripe.

Are you alone and in the dark too? Well thank goodness.

 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 12:50 PM |

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2008

Be Your Own Bird!

Listen!

God doesn't make one kind of bird. God makes infinite kinds of birds!

If you're a bird at all you best be a different bird. Haven't you seen how the species are decreasing?

Save the Environment!

Be your own bird!

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 07:10 PM |

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008

What's Going on Here?

What we have here is a highly complex,

omnipotent and subtle,

massively beautiful,

fluidly elegant

web

of nothing.

 Enjoy! 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 06:22 PM |

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008

What to Focus On?

 

It's true that every avenue has a majesty. A real true beauty.

How expansive is it?

How much can we see?

How far out? How far in?

Certainly there must be some magnificence still unseen.

 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 09:34 AM |

MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2008

This Won't Be Comfortable

 

Jesus did a few big faceplants before he left this plane.

Guess that's to be expected, then. Some eating dirt.

Some nice person to wipe your face.

Others to tell you you're nuts.

Takes a lot of walking, a lot of really painful hanging

(wondering if even your own daddy god don't love you no more)

some giving up the ghost

then a stab in the heart, to make that blood run clear.

 

 

I used to be all like, "What would Jesus do?"

Do I really want to know that? Do I really want to know what Jesus would do?

Cause it ain't cozy. No it ain't.

 

 

 

 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 11:25 PM |

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2008

Sometimes...

"You're skinny," said me.

"You're fat," said who.

Well what can you do?

Sometimes you're green,

Sometimes you're blue. 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 09:18 PM |

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008

Asking the Mountains

 

I climbed up a mountain! Yes I did!

And when I came to the big cliff I saw the beautiful majestic mountains over and over again how they rise to the heights and penetrate the depths. My God!

And they were so beautiful I had to cry a little

And then I thought of myself

And I wondered. So I yelled to ask the mountains, "Who am I?"

The mountains paused.

And the mountains answered, "Who am I?"

And that is the best answer, don't you know. 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 12:42 PM |

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008

Potential

How ballsy is it to tell someone they have potential?

Right now you're...... not so much.

But some other time- oh dream for that!

NIGHTY NIGHT! 

POSTED BY SHANNON AT 04:41 PM |