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On Saturday, during Sabbath time, I ended up painting. We were working on large canvases for the Rape exam room at UMC. So, on Sunday morning, I skipped our session, borrowed a lounge chair from the lovely Betty, and walked to the Labyrinth. The distant line of white stones in the left of the picture is the labyrinth. This is where I sat for over 2 hours. I had no watch or cell phone or laptop. My only means of telling time was the sun's movement. I wrote in my journal for the first half of my time, took pictures of the labyrinth, gazed around me, leaned back with my eyes closed, prayed aloud and then began reading Praying In Color. Once I had read enough to start, I spent the rest of my time using that method of prayer to pray for family and friends... and myself. Here is a link to the book:
www.amazon.com/Praying-Color-Drawing-New-Path/dp/15572551...
Friends, take the time to give yourself Sabbath. However you have to rearrange life to do so, it is worth it.
Two buddies stand in the middle of NW 2nd Ave protesting peacefully along with many other people in Miami.
France 2013
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This is being added to the street at crosswalks, just at the right angle where you would see it if you were texting and walking at the same time. Nothing can be more dangerous. It seems priority is given to where pedestrian accidents are common.
Soldiers of Jah Army
Jacob Hemphill (lead vocals & guitar) met Bobby Lee (bass) in the first grade in Virginia, shortly after Jacob returned from living in Africa with his family. The two instantly became best friends, and in middle school found a common love for hip hop, rock and reggae music. Throughout middle and high school, they met Ryan Berty (drums), Patrick O’Shea (keyboards) and Kenneth Brownell (percussion). Together they formed SOJA. In the formative years the band gigged locally in the DC area while a couple of the guys finished school. All the while making plans to hit the road after graduation…
In 2005 the band hit the road… and they hit the road hard. Often dubbed “road warriors”, SOJA has brought their unique sound and stage show to nearly every city in North America, as well as many cities throughout Europe, South America, the Pacific Islands and the Caribbean. While touring in Puerto Rico the band linked up with sax player Hellman Escorcia & trumpet player Rafael Rodriguez. These two exceptional musicians earned their position as SOJA’s mainstay horn section by helping further develop the band’s eclectic sound.
With no signs of slowing down - SOJA is planning a world tour for 2011/2012 in support of their upcoming album release. It’s all about the message in the music for this band. “People think we write music about the earth for the earth’s sake, but its not really like that. If we harm the earth, it will reject us. For all we know, its happened one hundred times before. This place gets too hot, that’s it. Reset button. That’s why I sing what I sing - to pull us all in the same direction, the same future. Without that, were finished (Jacob Hemphill).”
There is no doubt about it. This band is on the forefront of a Revolution with hopes to bring about positive change: environmentally, politically and socially. “Maybe we need to WANT to fix it. Maybe stop talking, maybe start listening. Maybe we need to look at this world less like a square and more like a circle. Maybe just maybe God’s not unfair, maybe we’re all his kids and he’s up there. Maybe he loves us for all our races, maybe he hates us when we’re all so racist. Maybe he sees us, when we dont care, that its heaven right here, but its hell over there. Then maybe the meek will inherit this earth, cause it was written before… so…” Everything Changes - SOJA.
Classic Brigantine- The only beach where people will still go on the beach after such dire warnings about blood sucking insects. They aren't kidding either.
Native Remedies is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donating a portion of their proceeds to support breast cancer research.
In this morning's newsletter from www.tulshisen.com, I received a seven minute discourse on 3 types of thinking. I wanted to figure out what type of thinker typifies me.
The first type of thinker is the worm, hanging out in the dark mud, seeing only mud and thinking only mud. It is destructive in nature.
The second type of thinker is the fly, one minute on a beautiful flower and the next minute on a dung heap...not discriminating with a thousand eyes in every direction and infecting all around itself.
The third is the bee, focusing, buzzing and landing on it's exquisite target every time. Ready for the nectar of life in every moment. No nonsense. Complete clarity and no settling for anything less. It is a producer of sweet honey.
Well...I figured out that I want to be that buzzing third honey bee.
It's funny, when I was young...I wanted to get buzzed and tune-out, run away and suffocate my troubles...and now learning to meditate and watch my thoughts, getting buzzed is more of a tuning into the "buzz" and vibration of life. No side-effects and much more feelings of genuine peacefulness. Now it's easier to create. So this posting was made while contemplating all that. Here's to "bee'ing" more aware!!!!
Jacob Hemphill (vocals, guitar) and Bob Jefferson (bass) met in first grade shortly after Hemphill had returned with his family from living in Africa, where Jacob's father was a defense contractor in Uganda. He and Jefferson then met Eric Rogers (keyboards, harmony vocals) (later replaced by Patrick O’Shea in 2003), Ryan Berty (drums), and Ken Brownell (percussion) in middle and high school. After forming SOJA, they recorded their first album, the self-titled Soldiers of Jah Army, independently with sound engineer Jim Fox at LION and FOX Recording Studios in 2000. The band released their first full-length album, Peace in a Time of War, in 2002. SOJA then released a Dub version of the album titled Dub in a Time of War in 2005. In 2006, the band released Get Wiser, their second full-length album. It debuted in the Top 10 Reggae Albums on iTunes and has remained in the top 100 since its release. The album release party was held on January 6, 2006 at The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia. It consisted of two separate sets, with the opening set being older songs, and the second set being Get Wiser in its entirety. The show was recorded and was released as a DVD, known as the Get Wiser Live DVD, on November 21, 2007. In January 2008, they released an EP titled, Stars and Stripes. That same month in Hawaii, SOJA recorded their live performances in Oahu, Maui, and Kailua-Kona. Those performances were released as a DVD, known as the SOJA – Live in Hawaii, on January 8, 2009. Most recently, SOJA released their third full-length album Born in Babylon on August 25, 2009.
Assaultin' Pepa, November James, Deirdre Sage, Psycho Babble, Jessica Rivas, Catholic Cruel Girl, and Whipity Pow
Originally for Flickr Group Roulette's Theme day Oct 1st for photos of Bodies: Bed Bath & Floors group. Can't really tell though this is shot in my yellow room. aka bathroom.
Also- Day 1 of Boobie-Thon and upon seeing the Method "Go Naked" scent & dye free soap my crazy mind thinks, "it fits in so use it for FGR."
And Bitca's B-day! Sorry I'm late. Enjoy your vacation!
Check yourself. Know the Facts
Help others-- Support the Cause
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The 1-7th is a great time to donate moolla $ and/or photos naked fully topless or covered artistically.
Check here for last year's artist subtle entry.
Native Remedies is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donating a portion of their October proceeds to support breast cancer research.
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.
George Aiken
Cows and Calves Are In This Field. (No, they weren't).
A walk with friends in Oxfordshire on 26 August 2012, from Henley-on-Thames, to Rotherfield Greys and Greys Court, then back to Henley and along the River Thames.