Showing posts with label legacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legacy. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
On Earth As It Is in Heaven
Today, Jack Myers would have turned 70. Happy Birthday, Jack! So many of us miss you.
I came upon a poem of his this morning I think serves this occasion well: On Earth As It Is in Heaven.
Also, I'm giving away a copy of his The Memory of Water. Tomorrow is the last day to sign up. I can't wait to share this book with someone!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Losing The iNNOVATOR
"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." - Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement address, June 2005
The world lost Steve Jobs yesterday, the true iNNOVATOR, an artist who helped to create our future, the ways in which we communicate, the ways in which we SEE one another. May he now rest peacefully.
A poem for Steve: Science by Robert Kelly
Echoing Steve's words: Stay hungry. Stay Foolish.
The world lost Steve Jobs yesterday, the true iNNOVATOR, an artist who helped to create our future, the ways in which we communicate, the ways in which we SEE one another. May he now rest peacefully.
A poem for Steve: Science by Robert Kelly
Echoing Steve's words: Stay hungry. Stay Foolish.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Lighthouses
I just enjoyed viewing the slide show entitled, "Prettiest Lighthouses In The World" on The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/18/prettiest-lighthouses-in-_n_766620.html?ref=twitter I have always loved lighthouses, and being that I have seen only a handful of them in person, I find myself obsessing over beautiful photographs of lighthouses when I come across them.
Lighthouses have long been regarded as symbols of safety and were credited with helping ships make it out of danger's way and into the safe comfort of their harbors. They have provided light and direction, and in short, are immovable, with the exception of some grand force of nature. A lighthouse had always been a constant for those who have looked to them. Although many lighthouses are no longer in use because they have been replaced by more efficient, modern technologies, they are still figurative monuments in our lives. Mine: my mother, my husband, and my poetry and life-in-general mentor, Jack Myers. Even when I've felt I could not see the light, they prodded me to keep moving forward, and sure enough, there it was: their light, even if it was just a haze, and beside it, the harbor, be it what it may have been at the time. Their light still shines brightly for me each day and I am beyond grateful.
A recent favorite lighthouse photograph by Fred Field appeared on the cover of the Spring 2010 issue of The Cafe Review. http://www.thecafereview.com/?p=373
Fred Field has taken other beautiful photographs of lighthouses and beautiful landscapes, and if you would like to view some of his work, you can do so by visiting his website: http://fredfield.com/landscapes.html#id=album-4&num=15
Remember your lighthouses, and be a lighthouse yourself, Andrea
Lighthouses have long been regarded as symbols of safety and were credited with helping ships make it out of danger's way and into the safe comfort of their harbors. They have provided light and direction, and in short, are immovable, with the exception of some grand force of nature. A lighthouse had always been a constant for those who have looked to them. Although many lighthouses are no longer in use because they have been replaced by more efficient, modern technologies, they are still figurative monuments in our lives. Mine: my mother, my husband, and my poetry and life-in-general mentor, Jack Myers. Even when I've felt I could not see the light, they prodded me to keep moving forward, and sure enough, there it was: their light, even if it was just a haze, and beside it, the harbor, be it what it may have been at the time. Their light still shines brightly for me each day and I am beyond grateful.
A recent favorite lighthouse photograph by Fred Field appeared on the cover of the Spring 2010 issue of The Cafe Review. http://www.thecafereview.com/?p=373
Fred Field has taken other beautiful photographs of lighthouses and beautiful landscapes, and if you would like to view some of his work, you can do so by visiting his website: http://fredfield.com/landscapes.html#id=album-4&num=15
Remember your lighthouses, and be a lighthouse yourself, Andrea
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