As though the ‘end product’ of the water cycle were not extraordinary provision enough to life on earth, its staggering beauty is a literally immeasurable gift. Think of every time you lie down and gaze upward at the sky; or sit near a window – reading or dozing but also aware of cloud formations; or look down from your airplane window at the ‘ice cream castles in the air’; or visit an art gallery, or call to mind any number of your favourite paintings or photographs. Water in motion, at any stage in the cycle, on earth or in the heavens, makes this beautiful planet of ours dynamically spectacular – every nanosecond, everywhere …
Tag: art
Design

A big shout out this morning to the people in our lives who bring us art and design. They’re worth their weight in gold – and conversation (face to face or ‘online’) with someone who’s passionate about design – and great at it – always sends my spirits soaring.
Where we deliberately and carefully choose to place ourselves, and things that inspire and bring meaning to our lives, are hugely important. In Kate Laine’s photo here I catch a scent of mince pies just out of the oven, it’s probably blowing a rainy gale outside, and whoever lives here is delighted to be home for the evening. Calming, joyful, relaxed and comfortable.
Heavy grey cloud and rain greeted my early Lakeland walk today, and the continuing metamorphosis of the natural world smelled and appeared earthy and inevitable – just as the design and creation of spaces to hold our own unfolding, resting and rising are. And I’m so thankful for designer / artist / photographer / poet friends I’ve been chatting with in much loved Edinburgh. The juxtaposition of my Lakeland life, and my Edinburgh life, and the treasured people in both, amounts to high art and design in itself.
And on a drizzly grey morning it all seems to carry the wide-smiling imprint of a caring and joyful designer – and of mindful intention.
Taste and see
some people can dream
up a birthday cake out of
their imagination173
Prompts

often other folks’
journals prompt me to pick up
pen and brush again162
Nature’s art
nature’s art gladdens
the human heart in all its
unique shapes and forms148
Repeat often

slow down – close your eyes
for ten seconds – then name the
colours you might paint140
Distillation

heart and soul and mind
and strength make of our lives a
wide invitation132
Unlimited
it seems that there is
no limit to the art and
beauty in our worldSRM – MM Haiku 123 Day 153
Envisioning

what would you place in
this minimalist space to
make of it a home?SRM – MM Haiku 112 Day 142
The way old friends do
Now: start here
contemplation and
daily reflection led to
one hundred poemsSRM – MM Haiku 100 Day 130
A glory and a cov’ring
life’s great beauty is
discovered in both sunlit
clear and misty daysSRM – MM Haiku 98 Day 128
Plain question
what facilitates
one’s orientation to
minimalism?SRM – MM Haiku 89 Day 119
Festivals
a friend and I watch
out for daily festivals –
here is one of themSRM – MM Haiku 74 Day 104