"I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now." — Bob Dylan

Late Sunday night musings  after a long afternoon/evening in the studio with the radio for company ... found at the very evocative tumblr site ocean of mind . Some words and images to share with you .... its late! Im off now...the rain is falling, the night is a little chilly... just perfect for sleeping.
(of course... I had to start with a few words from the pen of Bob Dylan!)




'Let each one turn his gaze inward and regard himself with awe and wonder, with mystery and reverence; let each one work his own influence, his own havoc, his own miracles.'
Henry Miller

from Oceanofmind.tumblr.com

Linn Meyers

Mandala of evolution
Dion Wright

Oh soul,

you worry too much.

You have seen your own strength.

You have seen your own beauty.

You have seen your golden wings.

Of anything less,

why do you worry?

You are in truth

the soul, of the soul, of the soul.

— Rumi

David Maisel

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

— Anaïs Nin

via fernandmoss

"Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal."

— Egon Schiele

via crowtendr

"I don’t do drugs, I am drugs."

— Salvador Dalí 

via iheartloons, kml

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house. 

Every morning a new arrival. 

A joy, a depression, a meanness, 

some momentary awareness comes 

as an unexpected visitor. 

Welcome and entertain them all! 

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, 

who violently sweep your house 

empty of its furniture, 

still, treat each guest honorably. 

He may be clearing you out 

for some new delight. 

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, 

meet them at the door laughing, 

and invite them in. 

Be grateful for whoever comes, 

because each has been sent 

as a guide from beyond.

— Rumi

Georgia O'Keefe, The Lawrence Tree, 1929

Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude

For life.

— Hafiz

Ernesto Neto

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third it is accepted as being self evident."

— Arthur Schopenhauer

via airtime

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."

— Thomas Merton

cloud busters: Yoshi Sodeoka

"Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it."

— Mark Twain

Edvard Munch, 'The Sun'

"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them."

— Leo Tolstoy

Paul Klee, Highways and Byways

Paul Klee, Dream City

"Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter."

— Einstein

iridescentveil:via

"You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?"

— Rumi

bittersweetnightshade (via silent musings)

montycantsin (via aunatural)

"This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."

— Alan Watts

ps  have a good week!