According to Buddha
Life is like walking on a tightrope. We are sure to fall if we keep looking back instead of focusing on what is ahead.
jamayo aounnaledé aounana dougouba diadela
jamayo aounaledé aounana mogo gnènadièdela
ko assidya djougou magnidé obèna ni mogo magossadeyè
ali gningoya djougou magnidé obèna ni mogo magossadeyè
***
bird’s eye of view over the Rockies ~ July 2019
According to Buddha
You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not the sky, the way is in the heart. See how you love.
love, love is a verb
love is a doing word
feathers on my breath
gentle impulsion
shakes me, makes me lighter
feathers on my breath
***
taxidermy birds and feathers ~ Royal Alberta Museum ~ June 2019
According to Buddha
Love is just like a cup of tea, when properly mixed, it has a wonderful light aroma. If it is too strong, it will be too bitter to drink.
***
Crack Bellmer, Berlin Germany ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted; a truth cannot be created, but only perceived. Any erroneous thought of wo/man is a result of an imperfection, large or small, in his/her discernment. The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice.
y tú te vas, jugando a enamorar
todas las ilusiones vagabundas que se dejan alcanzar
y no verás, que lo que yo te ofrezco
es algo incondicional
***
Lisbon LX FACTORY in the Alcântara district ~ Lisboa ~ April 2018
According to Buddha
Do something brave and lovely with your life!
wouldn’t you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
we got a groovy kind of love
we got a groovy kind of love, oh
we got a groovy kind of love
***
underwater rose ~ February 2018
According to Buddha
Worry thoughts are a habit. They act like a poisonous drug on the mind. Learn to remove the causes of your worries without permitting them to worry you. Where the worries and trials of everyday life are concerned, the mind must be like water, which does not retain any impression of the waves that play on its surface.
i’ve been on the top
but i lay low
ignoring all the signs if you say so
i don’t miss a thing i already know
say it ain’t so.
***
flora + water ~Edmonton, Alberta ~ January 2018
According to Buddha
The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.
mmmmm
will be no more
mmmmm
mmmmm
mmmmm
mmmmm
now that you’re gone, the dawn of
now that you’re gone
the sun will be no more
mmmm
the sun, will be, no more
mmmmm
will be, no more
***
North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton, AB ~ November 2017
According to Buddha
Instead of allowing ourselves to be led and trapped by our feelings, we should let them disappear as soon as they form, like letters drawn on water with a finger.
ooh woo, i’m a rebel just for kicks, now
i been feeling it since 1966, now
might’ve had your fill, but you feel it still
ooh woo, i’m a rebel just for kicks, now
let me kick it like it’s 1986, now
might be over now, but i feel it still
***
glass blocks ~ urban Regina, Saskatchewan ~ September 2017
According to Buddha
Humans become angels on earth, not in heaven.
i must be hallucinating
watching angels celebrating.
could this be reactivating
all my senses dislocating?
this must be a strange deception
by celestial intervention.
leavin’ me the recollection
of your heavenly connection.
***
21st Street Curly Fries and Saskatchewan sand ~ July 2017
According to Buddha
Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.
i went to see the doctor. i’d come down with the blues.
she said no, i can’t cure you, but i know something you can do.
take out a piece of paper, and sit down for a while,
and draw a pretty picture of something that makes you smile.
well, i know what makes me happy. didn’t have to think for long
***
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ~ June 2017
