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The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow. -- Carlton Cuse
Acro, Lightning and Pellet Guns OH MY!!!
We decided that it would be fun to do some acro in the rain and lightning. One of my neighbors decided it would be fun to shot the people doing acro with pellet guns. She was shot in the butt and I was shot in the bicep. I guess adventure means different things to different people, and where they are on their path.
The shot turned out great, but not worth having one of my eyes taken out!!! And here we were worried that we might be hit by lightning.
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The Invitation
Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Indian elder
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with the pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your life from God's presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver moon, "Yes!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done for the children.
It doesn't interest me who you are or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
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Reflecting back on my time spent with some amazing people out in Hawaii. Here is one moment during the time that I cherished being alone, making art and finding peace. Harman Arora
, thank you for so many great memories, calling me out in areas where I can clearly grow, and sharing this poem me.
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Miki from Yoga Ayus demonstrates balance and grace in Palos Verdes.
Setup: HDRI composite from 3 exposures
“Love is not healthy when it always feels good, that's why there's always pains and disappointments. Love gets better when it is balanced.” ― Carl Lomer Abia
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Edit: This is NOT ME. It's Ninie Ahmad of the www.theyogainstructordiaries.blogspot.com fame. I am incapable of turning myself into a pretzel like she does :p
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.
Mary Oliver
Thank you Vanessa Sandvig DeHart for sharing the soulful poem and Gillian St Clair for sharing your alluring yoga practice and art!
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While processing this image I couldn't help but think of the phrase into the wild. I was then reminded of a movie I watched a few years back by the same name and how much I loved it. There are several quotes from that movie I wanted to share since they spoke to me in this moment:
To forgive is to love...
Happiness is only real when shared...
If you want something in life, reach out and grab it.
Tiny Dancer
We can't always control what we don't like, Tiny Dancer. -- Nyrae Dawn
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It's amazing how you could miss the presence of one person, although there are seven million other people in the world. -- German Quote
Oh how I miss my German based Marina Heaven-OnEarth. Until we play again somewhere on this globe.
Strobist Info: SB-900 fired from camera right. Light Painting also going on with led stick.
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