It's Energy

"Love isn’t material. It’s energy…
We experience it as kindness,
giving, mercy, compassion, peace,
joy, acceptance, non-judgment,
joining and intimacy."
~ Marianne Williamson

Glorious Asheville sun! You are magnificent this morning. All golden glow. My heart soars...

Oh, this sun!

More Radiant Than Ever

"The delight we inspire in others, has this enchanting peculiarity. That, unlike any other reflection, returns to us more radiant than ever."
~ Victor Hugo

Cloudy chilly morning. I... slept... in... My sun is putting on a light show through the heavy clouds. Inspiring!

Solve It

"The best way to escape from a problem

 is to solve it."
~ Welsh Proverb

Art Is A Guarantee

"Art is the guarantee of sanity.
That is the most important thing I have said:
Art is a guarantee of sanity."
~ Louise Bourgeois

Bond Between Earth & Sky

"In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base spreads out in manifold foothills into the world of mortals. It is the way by which man can raise himself to the divine and by which the divine can reveal itself to man."
~ Rene Daumal, Mount Analogue

Friendships

Am waiting for the sun and cutting and bottling thyme harvested from my garden to take to my friend Susan in Seattle.

"Life's about friendships,
the way you love your partner,
the way you care for your children.
That is what life is about."
~ Joe Strummer

Fog drenches the cove with thick wonder & the sky is alight with rich pastels. Surreal glory.

Discovery

"A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind."
~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Heavier Things

"Bear patiently, my heart,
for you have suffered heavier things."
~ Homer

Fog might be blocking the sun, but the clouds above are glowing fire orange. wow. wow. wow... Look up. Let the sky ease your cares. Let light in.

Stillness the Dancing

2 black crow, sitting on a branch, surveying the cove, no doubt waiting for the sun as well...

"So the darkness shall be the light,
and the stillness the dancing."
~ T.S. Eliot

You Will Find

"Stand up to your obstacles
and do something about them.
You will find that they haven't
half the strength you think they have."
~ Norman Vincent Peale

Travel Light

Chattanooga, Tennessee



"He who would travel happily must travel light."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Early morning ride through downtown Chattanooga, over the Tennessee River. Barely no one awake. Caught the sunrise over the Walnut Street Bridge.

Ideas

"The best way to have a good idea
is to have a lot of ideas."
~ Linus Pauling

#14 ❤ Leap of Faith

"Credo ut itelligem--
belief precedes knowledge;
it is the first step.
We need to make an intial leap of faith.
Faith is stronger than fear,
and fear is the killer of beginnings."
~ Anne Hazard Aldrich

7:15 Leap of Faith... That is what this ritual is. Every morning. As I contemplate life's challenges, I believe in human potential for creativity and compassion. I know that faith is stronger than fear and I am reassured by this living proof of redemption.

#13 ❤ Love

"To love someone
is to see a miracle invisible to others."
~ François Mauriac

7:04 All love...

#12 ❤ Rhythm Within Rhythm

"I want to proclaim out loud
that life is only rhythm and rhythm within rhythm."
~ Guy Tirolien

6:59 It's all rhythm within rhythm. Such is life, donchathink? Orange becomes gold becomes blue sky... Change is constant now. I notice how the mountain curves and shadows.

No tripod or music today, my camera's on a strap around my neck & I'm sitting here watching the show with my laptop... My heart thumps hard, I can feel it... No cropping; always wish my lense was wider, stronger...

#11 ❤ Spiritual Realm

"There is a spiritual realm
that is available to all
who find its many entrances."
~ James Melvin Washington

6:55 Difficult to describe the 15 photos that came before this one, only they are just as breathtaking as this one... Birds are soaring and singing all around me... Golden orange makes the mountain's silhouette dramatic and that holy spirit I believe in is moving strong in my heart.

#10 ❤Creative Problem-Solving

"Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving."
~ Michael J. Gelb

6:52 Look at how the sun radiates... At this point, I've shot 50 photos and wonder how do I choose just one for this blog... Need a sunrise committee to help me problem solve this dilemma...

#9 ❤ Inside You

"The magic is inside you.
There ain't no crystal ball."
~ Dolly Parton

6:51 No matter how far up you go... MAGIC!

#8 ❤ One Man's Ceiling

"One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor."
~ Paul Simon

6:51 Now is a good time to pull back and look at the clouds. If there are clouds, they will be putting on their own show to compliment the sun... I find that pulling back always gives a new perspective...

Paul Simon, ♪♫ ♪♫ One Man's Ceiling ♪♫ ♪♫

#7 ❤ Grateful Thought

"A grateful thought toward heaven
is of itself a prayer."
~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

6:49 All sun, all glory. Wisps of fog. Orange sky. Drink it in...