Day 367 Art Meditation, January 30, 2024

Sometimes you just have to run outside, go to where the beauty is, savor, savor, savor, try to catch it with a camera and bring it back home. It’s always Mother Nature reminding me quietly what pure joy is - an owl doing its calling at night time with the windows open, this incredible sunset, the coast line, the views, ocean, weather, and O !, the sky. Breathe it all in … Breathe it all out.

It was a sacred hour, with about 40 other people just silently feeling, smelling, touching, hearing the beauty.

The idea of Inner Peace being something we can choose every moment - no matter what the negative components we may be surrounded with - is so powerful, and it’s the lesson I have to learn over and over…  

To be clear, living near these beautiful surroundings is not what makes me Zen or happy. 

Thich Nhat Hanh and buddhism is a constant theme in G and my life together. There is a Thich Nhat Hanh quote - “When you realize you’re irritated, half-smile at once. Inhale and exhale quietly, maintaining the half smile for three breaths.” This is not a natural act, thanks to our ego-spaces.

Being in a relationship with a Buddha-type is not the key to my happiness either, although it is our mutual sacred inner space. We love what TNH has to say about growth, peace and in particular about relationships and true love. Just in case you think relationships are fun, the second I get pissy about him, I have to look at myself, and vice versa. That’s a Buddhist idea: go into your heart.  

The irritation - well, one of them - for me is that G is so much better at Buddhist ideas than I am, hilariously - I mean who competes about Buddhism? You see why I have problems. G has been blossoming the last 12 months in a way that is all of his own making, with the constant decision of how to shape his thoughts, combined with actions. 

G has also had so many more years of putting ideas into practice than I have. My running joke is that his soon-to-be-published-book is all about me: all the ways I find to suffer, he’s written a book around cracking the code, piece by piece. Not that I listen, exactly. I have to go my own way, as we all do… 

The other morning we agreed that we are mirrors of each other, encouraging each other to grow, heal and come out of our shells. 

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For my Art print for sale, G came up with the words, which are very Thich Nhat Hanh-esq: “On my in-breath I smile, on my out-breath I smile”.

In this abstract art I see my surroundings: sunsets, coasts, views, vistas, spaciousness, hills, sky, sun, moon and healing.

If you are interested in an Art-print, check out my store - link in bio. (The Merch is coming soon.)

xoxo,
Anne

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