For Paris
Today, may we let ordinary things show us
How to make room for heartache and hope
Baking bread
Letting soup simmer all day
Paying attention to the taste of hot sweet tea
Letting the scent of cinnamon slow us down
How to make room for heartache and hope
Baking bread
Letting soup simmer all day
Paying attention to the taste of hot sweet tea
Letting the scent of cinnamon slow us down
Let’s make love to this dayIn the way we linger and listen to each other
Finding a way to be still for three breaths
Letting our hands come to rest on the table
Sitting in the centre of Debussy’s “Claire de Lune”
Softening to the sadness
There is a way to be with anger and fear and grief
A way to hold them with so much tenderness
That terror cannot take root
Let us make a light of that tenderness
Leaning into each other, feeding each other
Creating together a heart that can hold it all
~Oriah House © November 13, 2015
Debussy’s Claire de Lune:
Ik
kan deze week niet 'gewoon' alleen maar de challenge posten. Daarom
dit 'andere' begin dat m.i. meer zegt dan ik in eigen woorden kan.
I
can't put my challenge in the 'normal' way this week. That's why I
started in this different way, that (I believe) says more then I can
say in my own words.
Tripoli is een tangle
die ik nog nooit goed heb kunnen maken en ook vandaag lukte het niet
erg. Maar 'het is wat het is' en ach de totale tile valt wel mee.
Tripoli
is a tangle that I don't master at all and today was no exeption. But
.... 'it is what it is' and, well the total tile is not too bad I
think.
Op
het weblog van Laura 'I am the diva' kun je zien wat mede tanglers
van deze challenge maakten en, als je wilt (en waarom niet?) ook je
eigen tile uploaden.
Dat
je mijn blog bezoekt stel ik erg op prijs en ik hoop dat je een
opmerking achterlaat. Ook wil ik iedereen bedanken die vorige week
een opmerking achterliet. Die opmerkingen maken altijd mijn dag wat
vrolijker.
On
the web-log of Laura 'I am the diva' you can see what other tanglers
made of this challenge and, if you want (and why not?) upload your
own tile.
I
do appreciate you visiting my blog a lot and I hope you will leave me
a comment. I want to thank every one that left me a comment last
week. Those comments always brighten my day!
Blessed
Be!!!
Annemarie
Thank you for your thoughts about the attacks in Paris. Such a shame the human race is still such a mess. However, you art is fabulous as always.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBeautiful post.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLovely thoughts, thanks for finding those words. Your tile is perfect and even a background tint of purple which used to be a semi mourning colour here.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBeautiful words and a beautiful tile. Thank you.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWonderful words an work! Thank you!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMooie woorden.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMet Tripoli heb ik een beetje hetzelfde als jij: het wil nooit zo lukken, maar uiteindelijk vind ik de tile wel OK ;-) De jouwe vind ik mooi geworden!
Hij valt heeeeeel erg mee. Ik vind het een pracht tile geworden met al die andere goed passende patroontjes erbij.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you for sharing, Annemarie. We are all feeling a bit lost, I'm sure. Nice tangling.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenvery nice compositon
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you for the thoughts for Paris and our world. Your tile is a comfort tile. You used some of my favorite tangles. We are all needing comfort.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you for the thoughts for Paris and our world. Your tile is a comfort tile. You used some of my favorite tangles. We are all needing comfort.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYour poem is very warming and I echo your thoughts. As for the tile, somehow that quiet blue is exactly right.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenA beautiful poem, Annemarie. I agree though, it's hard to carry on..we must stop to think. If we focused on the pure and the simple, the world would be a much better place.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAxxx
Great tile!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHope for healing. It is the right tile for the time.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenTripoli can be a challenging tangle. I think Laura's advice to keep the space as consistent as possible helps as well as Cris's to not make it too small. This was a tangle that came out shortly after I began tangling so it has always been a part of my work. It does get a little wonky sometimes, but that is part of it's character. I think your tile looks great.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWonderful thoughts expressed, I hope your beautiful Zentangle brought you peace. Thanks for sharing.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI was very touched by the poem you shared. I feel fortunate to have zentangle and our ZT community, especially in these times where we need some peace and healing.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGreat post, dear Annemarie! Thank you for sharing that poem and thoughts.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYour tile is beautiful! Especially I like your idea for the Tripoli border!
Hugs, Annette
Excellent thoughts Annemarie filled with great reminders. Thank you, and thanks for sharing your beautiful Tripoli tile.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAnnemarie, thank you for sharing this lovely poem!! Yes .... Your Tripoli is beautiful - I love the purple. I too have trouble with it! :) :) Peace!!
BeantwoordenVerwijderen~ Diane Clancy
http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2015/11/my-diva-tripoli-triptastic-challenge-entry