the fleeting sweetness of summer days

sometimes I wonder how we walk around bumping our heads into so much beauty, not stunned into silence more often

so much pain
so much beauty
to keep us awake

driftwood girl

Here is a girl that I painted on driftwood. Yesterday my son Roscoe and I were walking on the path by Lake Champlain and I picked up a lovely scrap of driftwood. I admit I have far more driftwood than I can paint in one lifetime. It was with me anyway when I reached home, along with 5 delightfully small acorns, and lingering bits of conversation  edging on the enormity of the unknown.

orange spiral felted doll

A new being has sprouted, made of cloth with felt face, ears, hands and tails. The eyes are felted directly on from wool. Fun!

We walked across the Golden Gate Bridge in August and looked out at the bay. Everything appeared to shimmer with possibility.Is it possible to begin again?

It happens every day.

Sometimes it takes an open horizon, a reflective body of water, and a dazzling golden bridge to see the velocity of change heading toward us.

That day, on the bridge, the spiral ran right through me.

"Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries" Roethke

talking to the creation angel...not so sure about the willing part of being vulnerable, definitely moving among mysteries... paper sculpture by Karen Brooks 2010

Paper Sculpture of Ganesha

Here is a paper sculpture that I made. It is Ganesha, playing a song, removing obstacles.
Can you hear the music?

Ganesha is on the cover of a new guitar CD:
Between Silence, poems for solo guitar by David Kraus.

Ganesha

This is Little Nemo. He holds a central role in the Pomeranian Circus. Some have compared him to Ganesha, the remover (and creator!) of obstacles. It seems that this is the role of love too, to create and remove obstacles. If stories can turn into prayers, then make this a story of obstacles removed.

Dance

He sat and danced and walked, backwards and forwards, dervishly spinning and I saw before me the Pomeranian Circus. There would be 6 dogs in colorful costumes, leaping through hoops, dancing, rolling on balls, standing each others shoulders to form double pyramids.

Devotion

In devotion there is a focus that guides one to the extraordinary.

Threshold

Lion Dog awaits at the gate...

Ancient Lion Dog

It started here.