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On that day i awoke before dawn. I lay quite still trying to recapture the dream of a moment before but all that remained was a vague sense of some emotion that faded and was gone. It took a moment for me to realize that the room was awash in a pale light. It had a luminance that filled the entire space and cast an unusual pattern of shadow that normally would not have been seen until daybreak.
You know that sound? The whisper and silence that covers the world in a veil of stillness when there is new snow fallen deep and white upon the earth? I can think of no adequate way to describe that inaudible whiteness.
This is what i saw when i walked out my backdoor. Avalon veiled in snowlight.
I had to see more.... so i went into the woods.
I wasn't alone.
I was the lone human.
It was peaceful.
I made an offering to the forest.
Time to return home.
And upon arriving found a newly painted world of Avalon beauty.
Sometimes the visual art of a music moves me in ways that the music alone cannot match. This is the case with the song; I will Not let You Down by the New Zealand artist Don McGlashan whom i found over at Cathy Zielski's blog.
As i silently watched this man's ravaged face, his lyrics washing over me like a wave, the words redemption and grace came unbidden into my mind. With a painful swelling of my heart and tight throat I was captured by memory.
If you have had a similar experience of being so moved by the combination of music, words and visual expression i would love to post them here for everyone to experience. Send me an email with a link to YouTube or any other venue that allows for internet sharing and i will post them over the next week.
I am having a blog loving experience with this post. When i share something, without too much thought for how it will be received or interpreted i experience a visceral sense of unraveling, of letting go. As i breath and feel my shoulders relax i realize i have liberated myself from my own expectations. it is a joyful thing!
I went to the site of Tammy who i don't know personally but is a friend of Rosa's. She has a lovely and inspiring place to visit. So down the page i travelled and discovered this post. I have to say it made me cry but i am a 'kinda sappy, sentimental person who weeps copious tears watching TV commercials about 'calling home'. It takes 5 minutes to watch so if you don't have 5 then wait until you do becasue it is worth it :) Thanks to tammy and Rosa! Hold the train! i need to give a credit so you know where it is in heaven that you can find this angel canary.... this is: How You Live by Point of Grace
Hello, I'm Robin Laws the creator of Bird Tweets. My blog began as a self imposed challenge that i take 365 photos, one each day for a year. It didn't take long for me to realize it was going to be something more expansive than a photo a day. Capturing life in all it's exquisite detail is a passion that i now see as the perfect means for me to make my small but important contribution to helping make the world a more sane place. I have learned and practiced the craft of photography with great enthusiasm and passion and aim to offer a message of hope, compassion, friendship and love. If i accomplish that in small measure on a post then each day i will consider myself to be a good citizen of the world.