Category Archives: art

Alchemy

Cooking, music, gardening, relationships, business, and love are meant to be our teachers.

In them, with them, around them, and through them…there’s process.

…there’s rhythm.

…there’s surprise.

…there’s unity.

…there’s community.

…there’s togetherness.

…there’s whimsy.

…there’s expression.

…there’s happenstance.

…there’s vulnerability.

…there’s solidarity.

…there’s interconnectedness.

…there’s interdependence.

..there’s giving.

…there’s receiving.

…there’s time.

…there’s space.

Align yourself with the alchemy of all things that come your way.

The greatest teachers are even better students.

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Stories, Choices, and Values.

With each new moment we walk into a story begins. It’s a story about a choice and it’s a story about choosing to interact with the ideals that we hold high and value.

Prayer is a story about a choice and something you value.

So is stillness.

So is action.

And so is an unnecessary reaction. That’s a story about a choice and a value too.

What if the fives senses were to become things we valued instead of forgotten gifts we unknowingly experienced?

For instance, what if we valued feeling the love, seeing the beauty, smelling the proverbial roses, tasting the moment, and touching the heart?

Most likely our choices would change first and then so would our stories.

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Musings for Your Weekend

Chef’s Table Season 2 on Netflix

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If you haven’t watched Season 1, then start there. These are some of the most beautiful stories and people you’ll find in documentary world today.

Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett

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Krista’s work and conversations on meaning, beauty, and the art of living have been such a gift for me over the years. Please purchase and read her new, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living.

Watch Bonnaroo Live via Red Bull TV Live Stream

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Can’t be in Tennessee this weekend? No worries. Watch the live stream from Bonnaroo. The schedule can be found here.

Lastly, if you haven’t listened to Let The Music Play Podcast, please give an episode a spin. Our guests this year have been food for the soul.

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Patterns and a Questions

Look around at the patterns that surround us.

The sun comes up. The sun goes down.

There’s day. There’s night.

Four seasons continually turn into each other and repeat the process.

The thing that holds the thing that holds the thing we are in is expanding.

What could this be telling us?

What is this saying about the foundations of our reality?

Are there a great rhythms to great truth?

And, if so, are we waltzing with them?

So much in our overlooked peripherals is whispering, “Like this.”

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