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ling with the words just surrender were waiting for me and i mean surrender in the best sense of the word so that has clearly become a 2017 state of being i want to embrace i have been working a lot with trust in a number of circumstances trusting what is trusting what comes to me trusting me so trust is another key word for me in the year ahead and i think it goes well with surrender another word that came to me via my pilgrim cards and seemed to resonate is courage curiously each word arrived at a separate moment but they feel like they fit together perfectly i mean you need courage and trust to surrender otherwise you just give up instead storm watch 10 x 10 and what little seasonal tidbits do i have to offer as tiny treats as a gift to our meditation practice we bought a fun little biofeedback gizmo called muse that snoops on your brain to see if you are meditating or making your grocery list when you sit your cushion muse tells all this last week i have been enjoying tenzin wangyal rinpoche s short facebook teachings and a quote i can t exist long without something short and sweet to nourish me here s my most recent favourite you will see in the world what you carry in your heart creig crippen and here s to your hearts dear friends may they be filled with a passion and aliveness for this new year may they awaken to the amazing hidden potential inside you may your creative spirit be nourished in surprising ways may this year ahead bring you everything you need to make your heart sing posted by zendotstudio at 4 33 pm 8 comments labels being bon tradition courage creig crippen embers and ash geshe yongdong instagram journalling muse headband new year s wishes seraphina capranos surrender tenzin wangyal rinpoche trust sunday december 11 2016 on not wanting to be somewhere else mending snow fences 24 x20 i have just returned from a snowy trek through the woods to visit neighbours share a glass of wine not literally they gave me my own glass sit in front of their fire hear about how mindfulness practice has been life changing for someone which always warms my heart i spoke of something that has troubled me recently sitting in front of a fire can have that effect on you in general it is the koan of how can you live close by to someone and not know anything much about them more specifically i was speaking of the death of another neighbour s son people who live a stones throw away whose lives i know nothing of just the friendly hello pat of the dog only to see an obit in the paper about their son the great desperation of depression that caused a young man to take his own life just down the road what strange lives we lead what s that saying a joy shared is multiplied a grief shared in halved privacy the pleasure and plague of the modern world outward smiles inward tragedy blue air rust 16 x 16 i listened to a talk this afternoon by tenzin wangyal rinpoche on living with joy dying in peace with a sly grin he noted that we westerners don t like to think or talk about death we see only the loss and sadness in it something we fear and prefer to ignore it seemed like a surprising comment that we see only loss and sadness well of course and yet he talked about it being a gateway to liberation i think we must dedicate our lives to practice to get to this gateway squirrel nutkin s secret 11 x14 on the art front i am painting more weeds and grass grow less and many outdoor ills are hidden by the relentless downpours and surprise snowfalls a lovely release into studio life it feels like time has stretched out at the foot of winter but that s just one of time s little tricks speeding up slowing down pretending not to exist always i start my studio time by kneeling in front of the wood stove carefully crumpling paper and arranging kindling head bowed match struck it s a kind of prayer a prayer to the gods of warmth a prayer that requires attention lest i end up with smoke and ash instead of fire short cuts and scattered attention are trouble makers in the fire department and many others the fire teaches me focus and attention it sets the tone for the attention that needs to be poured into the work i am always learning and refining if i pay attention otherwise there is just smoke ah the way is never straight forward mary oliver says there is little the creatively inclined person can do but to prepare himself body and spirit for the labour to come for his adventures are all unknown the other side of the mountain 16 x 20 last weekend i attended a weekend retreat with howie cohn his delivery of the dharma is at once complex and simple uplifting gentle and entertaining he carries with him a haphazard file loaded with quotes and stories i m never quite sure how he finds the one he s looking for but he always does here s my favourite one from the weekend on self compassion he has written a little book called an invitation to meditation which at first glance looks a little light weight but after just a few pages you find it packs a mighty dharma punch i highly recommend it for lines like this imagine feeling calm and content wherever you are imagine feeling that your life is so complete right here right now that you do not wish to be anywhere else it would make a perfect gift for anyone on your list that needs a bit of calm and relaxation in their life elves in their workshop wishing you a wonderful turn of the year and holiday season may you have the delicious luxury to spend some time contemplating the year behind you and the one ahead it is not necessary to offer you the fabled chinese curse because in fact we do live in interesting times perhaps it is some strange pollyanna ostrich like quality that has me believing that truth always prevails it takes a circuitous route but never the less posted by zendotstudio at 10 12 am 9 comments labels abstract art art as spiritual practice death everyday dharma howie cohn self compassion tenzin wangyal rinpoche tuesday september 20 2016 summer houseguests inspiration cake some new work some older work the last scent of summer has been washed away by some much needed sky water followed by a gentle helping of fog this meteorological menu has sent me rummaging through saved magazine bits looking for squash and kale recipes it s fall there must be sweaters and soup on saturday i gathered the last of the zucchini some sugar pumpkins and a generous bouquet of sunflowers from the roadside stands to welcome fall to my kitchen i am trying to remember what i do in a season that is not summer one where i can t spend most of my day outside transitions they throw us a bit we pause at their gate but that s not a bad a thing the pausing travelling by hindsight 12 x12 the days of summer are tiny wisps of memory now i have no interest in the story of i went here i did this i am more interested in the inner landscape though the outer offers it s own deliciousness you don t need to know that i was stung by wasps and the bottom of my purse now harbours an epi pen that s another story on my excellent inner adventures with a nod to bill ted doubt became my summer houseguest and i decided to get to know it a little better i mean it s not that doubt the prankster hasn t always been lurking it s just that this summer i invited him out of the attic because he s made such hidden trouble up there he made an overbearing sort of houseguest you know the kind that talks too much knows everything and makes you feel awful and worn out by bedtime he wrecks stuff and leaves a general trail of shrapnel and dirty towels behind him i wouldn t recommend him on trip advisor but you know about him already i m thinking one of his most annoying traits is that he masquerades as wisdom and intelligence but really he s just scared things aren t going to work out and that s his cover up he is a spoiler a bit like mold on the wind or maybe more like leprosy eating away at the strength of the bone night walk i tried to just be there with his shenanigans sensing how they felt when i could do this whole heartedly doubt got a bit bored with me as audience and went off looking for more enthusiastic hosts i rediscovered the work of david r hawkins this summer by a chance encounter and it tied in with my exploration of doubt i d read him years ago and at that time i d hated his levels of consciousness idea it seemed too much like a rating system it felt different this time round he reminds us how powerful our minds are how we are connected to a greater consciousness and how we re not really in charge of this personal little boat he encourages us to explore our beliefs and work with ones that don t serve us well do i want to believe in doubt or do i want to believe in willingness and love and possibility first snow at berg lake so as we dip our toes gingerly into the upcoming season of hibernation i wish you happy travels i see you wrapped in a cozy sweater near a toasty fire sipping something warm exploring the wealth of human imagination that surrounds us on crisp paper pages or glowing screens this is a modern fairytale and if you hunger for the perfect taste of fall here s an apple cake recipe that even i could execute invite your tribe over to ooo and aw over your awesome culinary skills posted by zendotstudio at 9 40 pm 6 comments labels apple cake art david r hawkins doubt fall hibernation life as spiritual practice self doubt summer transitions sunday july 3 2016 we are the stories studio shot as i got ready for a visit with a friend i haven t seen in a while the thought crossed my mind that i was looking forward to hearing the story of how her life was right now and i thought about how i would share the stories of my life what was blooming and wilting what i d neglected or nourished i looked forward to the walking and talking we were going to do and then i realized we humans have always told stories to our friends to our children to our lovers really we are all about the stories we create them we live in them we anticipate them it does something important for us it connects us it helps us understand it comforts us sitting around fires or wells or tables we have told and continue to tell the story of family our work our history of love and betrayal of amazing feats and failures depending on our inclination we peer into the past and tell those stories or we might be inclined to tell the stories of the future as we nurture our aspirations and intentions we love to read a good story to watch a good story but it is the interactive stories that build and sustain relationships and help us make sense of our lives these are the real meat and potatoes of life we do offer a vegetarian substitution here no extra charge two on the wall my friend and i as we covered the ups and downs of our 7 kilometer walk told each other the stories of now what was going on what puzzled us what troubled us and where we were learning and growing the funny bits the awkward bits we offered each other encouragement and insight as we are want to do and shared bits of wisdom that had been gifted to us over the years that might be helpful to the other it can be in the hearing ourselves tell the story that we make sense of them because often that s what we re trying to do it s like em forster s comment how do i know what i think until i see what i say which is about writing but works equally well for the oral tradition we connect through the sharing of our stories we offer our vulnerability to another so that they may share theirs so they feel less alone we become visible to one another in all our confused imperfections and our shared humanness though the content may be different the eternal themes stitch us together here are a few we covered as we passed through patches of sun and shade on the road walked up hill and down paused to enquire about a neighbour s garden it can be difficult for us and those around us to effect real change things don t always work out the way we expected people don t do what we think they should we don t do what people think we should people change feelings get hurt soft spots get poked wasps sting us learning and growth make it all worth while we are all works in progress our shared stories connect us little human dots it warms our heart to know someone cares enough to want to hear our story we recognize the generosity of our own heart all of us as we listen to the other person s story tracings it s been so long since i ve posted i kind of feel like i m writing a letter to a dear friend there are so many tiny bits of story i want to share mostly it s the tidbits that have inspired me that i think might uplift someone else i have read the brain that changes itself and the brain s way of healing both about the incredible power and weirdness of neuroplasticity i love to hear about the science of the mind but always it feels incomplete if it leaves off there we are so much more than science can ever comprehend but the books inspired me to take a feldenkrais class which accesses the some of the hidden potential of the brain i was smitten by james doty s into the magic shop which is written like a page turner and offers a non buddhist approach to eastern practices doubt has been up on my art radar with huge intensity and i ve been reluctant to share for a few reasons but it s a worthwhile dissection i think if i m fortunate the patient will not survive dissection it s been an interesting few months but that s another blog post in progress and the last tidbit on a long drive to the most westerly part of our coast we listened to a recorded retreat by eckhart tolle sorry lynette and found such wise simplicity one thing really resonated it went something like this a lot of the time when we complain and grumble about people and situations what we are really saying is this shouldn t be happening which is vaguely astounding when you think of it this way one morning as i listened to my neighbour filling the airwaves with industrial park sounds from his woodworking shop i realized as i grumbled that i was saying just that and it struck me as ridiculous because it was happening tolle reminds us that we have a choice about how we are going to hold that situation we can allow it to disturb us and flavour our day with bitterness we can brace ourselves against it or we can find a way to be with what is and this has stuck with me as i recognize myself in big and small ways saying this shouldn t be happening and reorient myself so wishing you days filled with this should be happening or at least this is happening be well posted by zendotstudio at 12 11 pm 13 comments labels abstract art abstract art and buddhism connection eckhart tolle into the magic shop james doty practice spiritual practice stories the brain s way of healing walking and talking saturday february 6 2016 migrations dreams habits new work 16 x20 i am part of a migration not one guided by the moon or involving birds or butterflies no one has fixed a metal band round my leg or tagged my ear as part of...