Whenever someone annoys me by stomping on my boundaries I make sure I get out of this mind frame as quickly as possible.
Being annoyed is unproductive and not good for the health.
I go to my photographs and I start manipulating them into double exposures and also making haiku to go underneath them.
By the time I have involved myself with this practise the reasons for my annoyance disappear or lessen considerably because I have been mindful while being creative.
Here are some double exposures and accompanying haiku from a recent trip to Auckland.
I hope you enjoy them.
Meditation after a blow out.
sometimes when you're mad
best to wait to count to ten
before you fry them
spread all over walls
pictures of forbidden fruit
K Road, red light zone
nude marble woman
gazes at my warm jumper
winter garden wind
(Tanka)
more nude bronze sculptures
frigid with teal patina
sparrows fluff feathers
winter city wind whips the park
lovers coldly drift apart
Young arranged marriage
photographer arranges
their limbs near the tree
motorway driving
woman walking overbridge
stooped against the wind
cafe pendant lights
shine like autumn harvest moons
we stop for pancakes
black power pylons
transporting cities life blood
gobbling hungry child
raining for ages
metamorphising to mud
the pylons plough on
alien pylon
outsider standing apart
watching cars go by
The big question to ask is, will the person who is annoying me so much matter to me in ten years time?
The answer is probably no, so the idea is to not sweat the small stuff.
But also to let the person who has tread over your boundaries know there will be consequences if they do it again.
Creative Quotes of the Day about Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” ~Sylvia Boorstein
Being annoyed is unproductive and not good for the health.
I go to my photographs and I start manipulating them into double exposures and also making haiku to go underneath them.
By the time I have involved myself with this practise the reasons for my annoyance disappear or lessen considerably because I have been mindful while being creative.
Here are some double exposures and accompanying haiku from a recent trip to Auckland.
I hope you enjoy them.
Meditation after a blow out.
best to wait to count to ten
before you fry them
pictures of forbidden fruit
K Road, red light zone
gazes at my warm jumper
winter garden wind
more nude bronze sculptures
frigid with teal patina
sparrows fluff feathers
winter city wind whips the park
lovers coldly drift apart
Young arranged marriage
photographer arranges
their limbs near the tree
woman walking overbridge
stooped against the wind
shine like autumn harvest moons
we stop for pancakes
black power pylons
transporting cities life blood
gobbling hungry child
raining for ages
metamorphising to mud
the pylons plough on
alien pylon
outsider standing apart
watching cars go by
The big question to ask is, will the person who is annoying me so much matter to me in ten years time?
The answer is probably no, so the idea is to not sweat the small stuff.
But also to let the person who has tread over your boundaries know there will be consequences if they do it again.
Creative Quotes of the Day about Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” ~Sylvia Boorstein
In today’s rush, we all think too much — seek too much — want too much — and forget about the joy of just being.” ~Eckhart Tolle
“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” ~Pema Chodron
“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” ~Amit Ray
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