#7 - My Funny Valentine...

A seance of soul stirring improvisation that holds the spirit entranced and mesmerized in a hypnotic daydream of passion and creativity.

Gentle soul unfold.
Brilliant mind unwind.
It is your time.
Now you must be.

Slow down, see and be seen...


Keith Jarrett

#6 - A wise truth...

These are someone's words.
Now tattooed to someone's body.
And sharing someone's truth.

This is a public secret.

#5 - "down" by gender...

"The virgin martyr st. cecilia"
© kehinde wiley 2008

Where is the danger?
Somewhere in the light of my perceptive fears?
Somewhere in the shadows of my unexperienced experience?
Somewhere in the dark mysteries of another?

Where is the danger?
Somewhere beyond my accepted 'space'?
Somewhere in the unknown existences that are not my own?
Somewhere in the 'blackness' of other?

Where truly is the danger?
Safe on the pyre of my unexamined indifference to myself.

#4 - Relentless Creativity...

"Christ the Redeemer"
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The ant is one of the most relentlessly creative creatures that we have the privilege of sharing this world with. This image of wonder reminds me that there is no difference in or natures despite our perception of such. The wonders generated by our human creativity has not arisen from the aspiration of one individual but from the communal ambition of all mankind from the dawn of our desire to survive.

And so we are...

#3 - Meditation...

silent . ancient . ritual . worship
(mike hewitt/getty images)

#2 - ubuntu

I am nothing without you.

#1 - Black Magic

© lloyd pollard