Above is the view down my road. Well I say, `my road`, but I allow anyone to use it!
Be of cheer my brothers and sisters. Smile.
As my late wife Tracy said, `A smile is just a frown turned upside down.`
With this work I have been slightly influenced by seeing frost on an abandoned spiders web out on
the balcony, as well as what I have written further down!
Below, I am interested in the texture, shadows and layers of colour. Same above!
an irrevocable renunciation of everything in one`s familiar surroundings that hinders one from attaining the ideal of holiness.
Exile is:
a disciplined heart,
unheralded wisdom
an unpublicised understanding
a hidden life,
masked ideals.
It is unseen meditation,
the striving to be humble.
a wish for poverty,
the longing for what is divine.
It is an outpouring of love,
a denial of vainglory,
a depth of silence.
St John Climacus, The Ladder of
Divinee Ascxent. 3
early seventh century
Have a good day and be of good cheer my brothers and sisters. The more love we eminate the nearer we get to our journeys end. Your brother Peter
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