Posted in Digital Painting, Sacred Nature, Thoughts & Writing, tagged acts of kindness, blessings, inner peace, letting go, life's lessons, llving in the moment, self acceptance, self esteem, unconditional love, wisdom on March 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Life’s lessons come in a variety of forms and in varying degrees of learning. There are premium lessons that shake you at the very roots of your existence. Basics that teach you daily how to improve upon the things you do at home, at school, socially, in your relationships or in your career. Lessons that [...]
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Posted in Digital Painting, Seasons, tagged blessings, clover, contemporary artist, Digital Painting, Genece Hamby, good luck, Irish blessing, shamrocks, St. Paddy's, St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
An Irish saying:
May good luck
be with you
wherever you go,
and your blessings
outnumber the
Shamrocks that grow
– genece hamby, contemporary artist (digital painting of shamrock)
http://www.shibuistudio.com
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Posted in Thoughts & Writing on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
I am from books lining the shelf of an old library with the collected works of literature, philosophy, art, spirituality, science and nature, and from historical places that leave traces of the human souls that once walked the land.
I am from a lineage of people who once lived in the “City of God and the [...]
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Perched on a sharp ledge over the creek’s rugged bed, I witnessed a solo leaf navigating with grace as it floated carefree to ground. The tree that cut him loose looked as if he had shook away most of the leaves; the others had fallen into the blush of autumn’s decay
I was an independent observer of this Haiku moment. No one [...]
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My life is short.
5′ 1″ from the ground up,
a life short changed and short listed
with short waits and short encounters of short behaviors.
There’s been short paths and short rations
that were thankfully all short in measures.
I don’t ever forget the times being told
“You’re a little short in experience.”
I’ve been sold short and told
“It will only last a [...]
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Posted in Thoughts & Writing on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I am learning that stillness can exist even in the midst of demolition and construction of a home. In the middle of tearing down walls, sawing wood for frames, dirt and old plaster everywhere, bad wiring being rewired for safety, and having construction equipment and tools throughout the house, I am amazed at how peaceful [...]
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Always, always I think of you. I think of your heart filling with joy and passions. I often think how you are doing, what you are doing and if you’re receiving the depths and beauty of life you richly deserve. Know that I hold you close — with a silent breath blowing gently towards the [...]
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Before reading this, if you have any cherries available grab a few. If you don’t have any available, grab a few from the painting above and enjoy their succulence virtually. Enjoy my Christmas Tree Drama…
Every year it is tradition for me to buy a real Christmas Tree since I’ve lived most of my adult life [...]
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(watercolor painting)
Caught and held by naked wind, my soul sleeps in winter’s weathering woods beneath the hidden trees. The quiet beauty of fractured light that mirrors a silent shadow of hope awakens me. Slowly, my heart stretches old icicle bones to linger in a kiss from the tranquil season that deepens the dream.
Crossing the senses into undisturbed thoughts, the chilling bite of [...]
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Posted in Poetry, Seasons, Stillness, Beauty and Grace, tagged Genece Hamby, poem, season, sounds of silence, stillness, winter on November 28, 2007 | No Comments »
dancing to winter’s ryhthm
every move is wrapped in stillness
slower ever in grace as the wind wails
to the bitter sounds of silence
chilled by the season’s death
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