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YOU ARE THE REASON
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
Kaledo Art
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Love Begins
todays bird
oozey mess
hello vonnie
Misplaced Lens Cap
blake kathryn
DEAR READER
Stranger Things
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祝日 / Permanent Vacation
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dirt enthusiast
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Excess
I cannot help but look at this video and contemplate how the branches are out of the tree and on the ground. The tree can now let sun in to the shaded undergrowth. The limbs are no longer weighted and strained. Excess has been removed and there is a whisper of hope riding new sunbeams.
I keep watching this video and find my mind itching. It seems to say there is more to the metaphor. I…
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Trove
at this remove
i seek my old laughter cached in hidden places
until then
my trove is in your beauty
Jt Murphy signing off for shift.
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Evidence
Sometimes we need to look at the evidence. This photo is evidence I have watered the succulents. It is official documentation that I have now fulfilled a promise made three days ago. I was so proud of myself for remembering and allowed my mind to wander the halls of success, the success found only in enlightenment. I was part of a succulent life giving force, a precious moment where I could watch…
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NOW
past you leave behind
future come I back from and
now together here
Jt Murphy
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Glassen
This photo was taken on a rough day.
I often marvel how beauty will choose unveil in the quiet moments that punctuate chaos.
Jt signing off for shift, wishing you many moments punctuating your chaos.
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Magic
I don’t know about you but I do know that this Covid thing has changed everything. This post is not about Covid as Covid is talked about enough can we finish this sentence with another comment about Covid?
The thing that changed our world is very tiny and I cannot help but think of the Dali Lama saying “never underestimate the power of a mosquito in a tent”. Insert a knowing chuckle…
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Perch
It may feel like you are alone but know we are all with you.
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First?
What came first is finally answered.
Ok the age old question is “which came first, the chicken or the egg”. This is the principle being answered today. The experts are ready to broadcast, we are just waiting for the audio feed. In the meantime we are posting from the family farm chicken coop.
Hold on! Hold on! There appears to be an answer coming in!
The translator could not hear the response so the kind chicken has repeated…
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phantasmagoria
Every post on Graytuft germinated from a scrambled piece of the trauma linked to PTSD. Today’s post takes on a new layer as we are all living with massive shift due to Covid19. The following is a lesson from the book of living with PTSD and it will bring you a new understanding of peace during this tumultuous time.
I see what is happening in our world as a large scale version of what happens…
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It's just a...
It's just a…
Life has some unusual twists and turns. We start out learning the names of things, until we are able to walk through a grocery store confident we know the name of everything. We know the names of what is around us to the point where we can drive down a road and not even think about what we see, simply because it has already been named and filed as familiar.
When a serious twist in the…
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Peak Abyss
A peak can exercise the same irresistible power of attraction as an abyss.
A peak can exercise the same irresistible power of attraction as an abyss.
Theophile Gautier, 1868
Consider the above statement and look at the date it was written. With both of those facts in mind it becomes even more evident to me that the human experience is a siren song haunting the corridor of life. Some doors on that corridor should simply remain closed, some are safer to enter.
Consi…
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darkness
Listen to that word, darkness, it starts with a force and ends with a softness. It implies you could slide into something else. Today’s story is a slight departure from other posts. It is a window into “dark” and how to move the “ness” from a hiss to the comfort of a parent’s shush as they rock their crying child to sleep.
Today’s story is inspired by Richard Wagamese. He is, and now I…
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Predator
If I am predator and you are prey,
then how do we meet?
If you are predator and I am prey,
how does the meeting change?
We are told that birds are today’s version of dinosaurs while we, humans, came from fish. In fact dinosaurs also came from fish, though that is not the story told by Micheal Crighton and Steven Speilberg. The previous two links are wonderfully entertaining, educational,…
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Authenticated
Most children cut their eye teeth on images and stories that profess perfection. When that is not the fundamental message there is a cacophony of drama embedded in the images we all experience. How does that relate to the above photograph?
The photograph is layered with stories unbeknownst to you. Stories of roses helping someone special remember to choose life, a scarf warming the body of an…
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Romance
We all know the season that has just passed. It was made of garland, sparkling lights, hope, and for some it housed profound grief. That season has now passed. Though the season has wandered away until next year the memory remains fresh enough to to be brushed off when Char decided to sit on a bench, and reflect for a moment. The garland of the season draped over her shoulders and spoke of time…
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Sumptuous Presumption
Sumptuous Presumptions and a way to filter out a different view on depression.
Today’s photo is something unexpected, unexpected for me and by the end of this post I dare say unexpected for you. As you look at the photo simply note what you are thinking, what you notice, and how you feel.
I can tell you the photo has been cropped and has one filter applied. From the days of film photography and formal art training I learned you could imply “truth” by printing the entire…
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ambush
Grizzly Lou Who the Berner/Poodle cross ambushes the spiritual experience with humour!
Each post I publish has a challenge at the end. Those challenges are worded as if they are for you, yet underneath what I write know I am challenging myself. The most recent post was a challenge to find an interruption to the hustle and bustle. For last couple days I have tried to find another “interruption” that was as rewarding and spiritual as the birds on the grocery carts.
Each time I…
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