Facets of a Diamond – Blog

I paint without a subject,
but to photograph, a subject is needed.

Then I must transcend the visible
and reveal the Underlying,
as in my painting.

A wise man, well acquainted with the Spirit World, reminds me of how, when a sunbeam enters a room, we suddenly see thousands of floating dust particles we had never seen there before. Well, they are nothing, he avers, compared to all the spirits around us that we

Inspiration is from God
to the Soul,
Aspiration is from the Soul
to God.

Creativity
is God to God.

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand.” 
— Blake

To, hopefully, see a Heaven in every Photo.
— Diamond

If I were thought
to be a Zen master,
my paintings would be
eagerly sought.

But I’m only me –
not even master
of myself.

Aspiration, communion with God, arises as Creativity from the Muse, the God within.

Creativity – capitalized –
is always altruistic.

May I be
as a sunbeam
into your dark forest.
May you dance
in the glade.

If I can see
a Heaven in the subject,
then will you in its photo.

I write
for you to read
to be healed.