Be yourself, be true
Be generous, live kindness
Be happy, be bold!
Art Prescription: Not much more to say about this…
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Haiku August 3, 2012 Operating Room I
They all stood in blue
Cold steel scattered cross table
Heart-beat is steady.
Art Prescription: A little different haiku today, one I wrote while in the surgical suite this morning. Thought I’d share a bit about my left-brain job. I work part-time as a nurse in OMFS or Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. After the surgeons and surgical assistants scrub in, they all put on sterile blue gowns. These gowns are paper and discarded after each surgery. The patient is draped and bundled until all you see is the part that’s gonna get worked on – today being a mandible (lower jaw). So envision a huddle of blue figures standing along with a couple of trays filled with assorted surgical instruments, drills, clips, gauze, suture, wires, tubes, suction, etc….and the steady sound of the patient’s heart beating rhythmically.
Haiku August 2, 2012 Perspective – Cats
Meow greets you home
Herd up the stairs for dinner
Cold nose, make biscuits.
Art Prescription: We have three cats…we fostered a family of felines. Adopted two out! Kept the mother and two kittens. They are adults now each with distinctive personalities. They are entertaining and lovey! I might have been meant to live on a farm. If I could I’d have lots of other animals…a couple of dogs…chickens for eggs…goats…Always fantasized about getting up at four in the morning to feed livestock…this is where you hear the record scratch! Do you have a life-style that you fantasize about? tell it!
Haiku August 1, 2012 Perspective
Perspective and bulls
Choose to run fast with the bulls?
Know you might get gored!
Art Prescription: The reason people choose to run each year with the bulls is multifaceted. Most get high off the challenge, knowing that with one mistake they might be up a fence or worse injured. Humans? Why? On the other hand, get out of the way of bulls, cause they are charging and they mean it!! Run…fast!!! It seems unlike the Olympics where timing is everything, this race is about outsmarting the bull! which takes intellect versus power! “Toro” “Toro”
Haiku July 31, 2012 Prelude to fall
Crickets prelude fall
Cloudy cooler, subtle shifts
Goodbye hot July.
Art Prescription: Another July come and gone. We have many summery days left here in NC, actually on through September. But there are subtle changes that I welcome. Use all your senses to pick up on a change in the light, changes in bird behavior, changes in the cricket’s hum. Be present…notice.
July 30, 2012 Purpose
Path, purpose, life force
Resilience, forward track
Find the it right now.
Art Prescription: Picked my “Backyard Bouquet” painting up today from the framer. Makes me so happy!! Everything in life needs a frame!
Haiku July 29, 2012 Melting Pot
Red curry, basil,
Home-grown peppers, tomatoes
Bok-choy and pasta!
Art Prescription: A bag of home-grown peppers came my way today. A hot day calls for a spicy dinner. Took what I had in the fridge, fresh farmer’s market tomatoes and basil from my garden, to make a dish with Thai red curry. Maybe should have seeded the peppers not knowing their “heat” value. Threw in some tofu and yum…I’m hungry! Experimenting in the kitchen is art too!
Haiku July 28, 2012 Late afternoon sun
Late sun beams through trees
Carolina Wren sounds off
Vincas reach for light.
Art Prescription: How you choose to spend your time is indicative of what you want out of life. Where you put your energy is most likely where you will reap what you sow. Karma…
Haiku July 27, 2012 True Desire
Two birds land on branch
Fill warm air with true desire
A nest awaits eggs.
Art Prescription: Birds and squirrels are not shy about mating right out in the open. It’s all about the business of reproducing. There is fore “play,” head bobbing, wing flapping, certain show-off high notes of song. Many bird species mate for life…awe….Squirrels, well, a bit like rabbits. Nature is persistent though, and to watch the dedication of fledgling parents is to know deep down that nature and nurture reign. Opening night for the summer 2012 Olympics…may the athletes have the focus, endurance, and satisfaction of putting their best efforts forward!
Haiku July 26, 2012 Hot out there!
Hot! Morning doves coo,
Air conditioners spin, roar
Dragonflies flicker.
Art Prescription: Has summer always been this hot? Seems 90 degrees plus forecast for weeks on end. Our backyard bird bath is very popular; families of blue birds enjoying a dip, so cute how they stand guard for one another. The simple pleasure of bird watching always brings me joy. I think I saw some sort of Tanager!! I’m reminded through my own ah-hahs that it really is about the simple pleasures.
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