Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Poem and pictures by N. M. Rai and Patricia Lay-Dorsey
Here is a lovely poem by N. M Rai along with some truly beautiful nature images by N. M. Rai and Patricia Lay-Dorsey. All of these offer a moving insight into the world of nature, a world many of us are somewhat removed from in today's world. Many ancient (and modern) writers speak of kundalini as the creative force of the universe itself--thus its energies are to be found in everything in the universe, including, in particular, the world of natural wonder. Some of the writers in the Taoist tradition tell us that we can pick up the "chi energies" just from being out in the midst of growing things--trees and flowers speak to us on a deep level. It is almost as though we "shift gears" in the midst of nature, and experience a transcendent state of consciousness.
I find that the display of such images on the internet gives them a special radiance--similar to that of a stained glass window illumined by the light of the sun streaming through.
The first reference here is to the site where you can view N. M. Rai's continuing poems and photos:
http://spiritfeedings.blogspot.com/2006/09/dancing.html
And here is the gallery where more photos are displayed:
http://www.pbase.com/nmrai/water
(It is interesting that the poem suggests a feeling of sadness, whereas the visual images suggest (to me, at least) joy. But this is the great advantage of art--it embraces all moods and all moments, both light and dark.)
Dancing
I shake hands with myself
on the surface of old photos.
I am introduced again
to faded memories
that litter the edges
of my present.
There have been deaths
along the way to here.
Signs of a slow martyrdom
meltdowns and shifts
of sensation into nowhere.
We are ghosts moving
in the shadows of ourselves
dancing in dawn light.
And--to see the glorious garden that Patricia Lay-Dorsey photographed recently at the Coventry Gardens & Peace Fountain Park in Windsor, Ontario, click on this link to go to her blog entry for September 14, 2006.
I find that the display of such images on the internet gives them a special radiance--similar to that of a stained glass window illumined by the light of the sun streaming through.
The first reference here is to the site where you can view N. M. Rai's continuing poems and photos:
http://spiritfeedings.blogspot.com/2006/09/dancing.html
And here is the gallery where more photos are displayed:
http://www.pbase.com/nmrai/water
(It is interesting that the poem suggests a feeling of sadness, whereas the visual images suggest (to me, at least) joy. But this is the great advantage of art--it embraces all moods and all moments, both light and dark.)
Dancing
I shake hands with myself
on the surface of old photos.
I am introduced again
to faded memories
that litter the edges
of my present.
There have been deaths
along the way to here.
Signs of a slow martyrdom
meltdowns and shifts
of sensation into nowhere.
We are ghosts moving
in the shadows of ourselves
dancing in dawn light.
And--to see the glorious garden that Patricia Lay-Dorsey photographed recently at the Coventry Gardens & Peace Fountain Park in Windsor, Ontario, click on this link to go to her blog entry for September 14, 2006.
