POEM Shadows [sffworld.com] By Joseph Kling The light is dim the feeling is dark the shadow protects me it saves me from light when i feel all alone with no…
Sonnet 16 By William Shakespeare But wherefore do not you a mightier way Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time? And fortify yourself in your decay With means…
Japanese Karesansui Garde ns Karesansui gardens [japan-guide.com] reproduce natural landscapes in a more abstract way by using stones, gravel, sand and…
The ideas inhabiting our minds are fragments of a lost totality My posting today is inspired by a paragraph that I read today in a modern history of Korea. My…
Things in moonlight are not quite the same It was full moon a few nights ago and I was struck at how different the night feels when it rests somewhere between…
Wikipedia: " Green Green Grass of Home “ (Claude ”Curly“ Putman Jr.) is a country song originally made popular by Tom Jones in 1966 when it reached number one…
I dedicate this posting to anyone out there who feels undervalued, unappreciated, unloved. I took this photograph some while back but it was only recently that…
Today's blog is inspired by the Moody Blues song Forever Autumn [video.google.co.uk] sung in the production War of the Worlds - includes excerpts in the video…
Send in the clowns I have been fascinated by clowns since I attended my first circus aged four. When I was 7 my parents used to dress me up as a clown and I…
Infinity The word infinity [en.wikipedia.org] comes from the Latin infinitas or “unboundedness.” It refers to several distinct concepts (usually linked to the…
Sergei Bondachuk’s War and Peace I have just finished watching the Soviet director Sergei Bondachuk’s 1968 War and Peace. He made a critically acclaimed…
It is the relentless cascade of little steps that allow us to achieve what we want from life. Today's post is inspired by reflecting on one of your comments…
Today's posting is dedicated to a friend It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.…
City of Angels Angels [en.wikipedia.org] appeal to people from all walks of life. They are a source of enduring fascination and comfort for many and, whether…
Never let the sun go down on an argument Following on from my posting of our ancestors my mind has turned to friendship and the importance of friends in our…
The Crucifixions of Frederic Marés By Charles Stirton frozen tableau of the night is Marés’ catalogue of Catalunya, all gathered in silent rows of forgotten…
Photo inspired by William Blake's vision of the eye Blake believed that, like the other three senses, the EYE was universally diffused through the whole being…
Flicker Flacker Best seen ENLARGED. Poem by Charles Stirton Flicker flacker, flicker flacker, Huge flights of birds wheeling in and out of implicate order. A…