Facets of a Diamond – Blog

Whoever would have thought that after all my years of such strong ambivalence (to put it mildly) towards my mother, I would eventually come to feel so Beloved by her?

I’ve been so Blessed by Guidance.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
who never to himself hath said,
I am her Beloved, I live in her Love.

(with apologies to Sir Walter Scott)

I am her beloved,
I live in her love.

I am her love.

I know many singers
who also play –
but few players
who also sing.

Can a lullaby
ever be played?
Isn’t love
to be sung?

You are as my mother 
aspired to be: 
when I look in your eyes 
– it’s her love I see. 

This is reprised (“haiku’d”) as

You are as my mother 
– it’s her love I see. 

Which can be further abbreviated to

You are 
– I see. 

And the “you” is anyone, everyone, anything, everything. And in this context the “see” means to Know in

I paint for you:
for you to be inspired
to paint for others.

I am a healer,
and to heal
is to help make whole:
one with your Soul.

And your Soul
is your Muse,
your innate Creativity.

Paint from your Soul,
and, at last, be Whole.

And then paint
to help others
to their Souls.

When I meet with a sufferer from any disease I recommend that he read all the books on it that he can find. And then choose the particular approach that appeals to him.

I reassure him that I will assist him along his chosen path. But – and it’s a big but – it must be

Yes, I am pantheistic. Everything is Spirit – is its own unique individual manifestation of The Spirit. Everything is Alive! And the more we Know this Truth, the stronger can be our relationship with It.

Every painting is Alive! Every painting projects, emanates, This into the space before it, into us in that space. And the