I love the word “prolific” – it describes a state of affairs that bespeaks abundance, productivity, fruitfulness, creativity. When I am in the flow, I feel juicy, alive, ecstatic. I like that. I love that. Maybe I’m even addicted to that. There is a quiet rush when I am oozing with ideas and I am [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Dry Spell
Posted in Morning Pages on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Revolucion Cafe
Posted in Photographs on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Road to Someplace
Posted in Photographs on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lesser traveled roads lead to discoveries
that will surprise and delight…
A moment in time…
Posted in Photographs on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is always time to be still,
to pause for a breath,
to wait out the hurriedness.
Cascadas
Posted in Photographs on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Water lacing rocks,
working elemental magic.
Gossamer wings of life,
dancing to an ancient song.
Creation and destruction
weaving through time.
River
Posted in Photographs on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How can something so fast and so loud be at once so unhurried and so silent?
Redefining Purgatory
Posted in Morning Pages on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking about Purgatory a lot this past week, ever since a conversation with someone about the condition of feeling stuck in life. Not moving is not a favored state in post-modern life; we are inundated with motion and speed continuously – within the media, within our accelerated lifestyles, within the very economical, political, [...]
Last thoughts in San Cristobal…
Posted in Travelogue on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three weeks is a good amount of time to get to know a place. We’ve meandered towards the center of the town, the Zocala, almost daily. And we’ve wandered around the different barrios (neighbourhoods) to get a feel for each of them. We’ve taken several daytrips to various neighbouring towns as well as to more [...]
Agua Azul, Misol Ha and Palenque
Posted in Travelogue on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We had been duly warned that it would be an exhausting day trip, but after having a restful week last week we thought we were up to the task. So we signed up to go see the famous waterfalls – Agua Azul and Misol Ha – and the splendid ruins of Palenque. Our driver picked [...]
On making travel sacred…
Posted in Travelogue on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
From Phil Cousineau’s The Art of Pilgrimage, here are five guidelines for making travel sacred or transformative:
Pay attention and listen
Renew yourself every day
Meander toward the center of every place
Read sacred texts regularly
Offer praise and gratitude
Point one: paying attention and listening. Only by being in the moment, by being mindful of the moment, can one really [...]
