Saturday and its midafternoon or mi daft er no on.. Sorry for the nonsense. Normal blog below.

Blessings and greetings to you from sunny Luton..
I dont think myself so much as stuck in Luton as Luton is stuck with me at the moment!

Here is some Photos of my recent art with other people words stringed together. 

                  
                                Are our beliefs stepping stones to
                       enlightenment or walls for comfort?

                                   I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.

         Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I have stayed alive.

                                               Snowmen fall from Heaven un-assembled.

                            Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.

                           
                                            Only weak messages need strong messengers.

                                       . Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

                                     If you have no more wants in life, are you content or dead?

                                       Freedom means nothing left to lose. Janis Joplin

                           It is often forgotten during the day to day mundane that life is glorious.

                               A great idea spoken softly is like a dandelion seed in a gentle breeze.
                                  A bad idea spoken loudly is like a bullfrog in the night.

There are no right answers. It has nothing to do with what you say -- it's how you say it. It's the moment and Old Zen was the study of the moment, to see the moment as eternity.

 Everything I do is a koan.

                                       

Zen is the way of emptiness and fullness, beginning and ending.

 

I asked the Zen Master why is all of this?  I asked the Zen Master what is all of this?  He smiled and walked away, slowly softly.

I started on a divergent path not giving a thought to our meeting! 

 

 I am going to - in a few minutes after finishing this blog - do some more painting. I can be contacted at petgkimb@gmail.com and will look forward to hearing from any of you.. Seeing your art or listening  if you were blessed by my many prayers for you today; see further down! Please do share  by sending me email to the above address.   Love and peace from Luton; a place I have to be for the meantime and so accept with thanks and grace.. This moment is all we have and so giving thanks is the best option.

 Well my brothers and sisters, this is it and I am sigh aaah ning off now.. Yep that was corny, but so what, no body was killed by it. Have a good day and know that you are loved.. Oh and why do people sometimes tell us they said a little prayer for us; perhaps they think it would embarrass us if they said they prayed a great long prayer for us, with intercessions to many saints including Mary, mother of Jesus.  Well I am just going to take a break here get my prayer beads and say 106prayers for you...There you go, it took awhile and I am back.. I finished of asking God to bless you in a way that He knows will benefit you best.. Feel under now obligation, but I would be pleased if you could just pray once this one prayer for me. Your bro Peter.

Fish on friday and my talk at the Royal academy of art in London..

       Good day my brothers and sisters. 


                                          This is the video of my talk called `Trust the process and press on.`
                                                                     
                                                             
                                                       Its a long journey home..
                                          What I mean by that is that home is where the heart is for me; and mine                                                 had been broken accidently by my beloved wife Tracy as well as my mind!
                                                                    Though
                                          Bless her and thanks to God for the six years we had together.. Oh regrets                                             for sure. I was a selfish guy but she loved me as I did her, yet she would                                               often give in to my wishes.. For sure if I could hit the rewind button I                                                     would not have swapped our Saab 900 for the ex army landrover. Can you                                             imagine how unbecoming it was for a legal secretary to be driven around                                               in!
                                                                       Yes
                                          Of course I would have told her to stop taking the prozac and probably
                                          encouraged her in us both going to my mothers church, All Saints, here in
                                          Luton, Bedfordshire..

                                                       
                                                             Its all worth it.

                      Oh yes, I so do like this.

                      My temporary title for this is,  `In the mood for making good memories`...

                                                            You cant put me in a box my
                                                           name is not Jack? No its not..
                                                           Oo but its getting quite hot.

                                                                Fancy a passion fruit, or
                                                           just the passion and cake and lets
                                                                      eat it....
                          Heck, once in awhile its even okay to let go and be a fruitcake.  Yep you
                      can tell them you got permission from me, the artist P G Kimble. If they say
                      whos that, then say they can look me up on the internet or go straight and ask
                                                                    God.
                        I aint being fallacious, nor audacious, or aught like that. I am not a prat, nor
                     a sprat or a spoilt little brat, though I love them all.  I am just a child whose father
                     is the almighty maker of the universe. And I say, I am sorry daddy, please forgive
                     me, I love you and thank you. When I fell you caught me and when I rose up you
                     were gladdened.    

If you are facing trials and tribulations – PAUL SAID
Philippians 4:6-7
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
YOU SAY
None of what I am enduring right now fazes me because Jesus loves me. I will not fret and I will not worry.  Instead of worrying – I will pray. I will allow my petitions and praises to shape your worries into prayers, for I know that God hears my concerns. I know and believe that God is good to me, and everything will come together for my good. I may not understand it and that’s ok, because God will never fail me. Thank you Jesus for displacing all the worry at the center of my life.

If you have troubles –  PETER SAID
1 Peter 4:12-13
“Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.
YOU SAY
I know the painful trial I am suffering through is nothing new, many others have suffered the same and You have rescued them. I am glad that I am able to share in some of the suffering that Christ experienced. I pray Your glory be revealed in me growing more lively and strong, as You are my anchor, sure and steadfast, amidst the greatest storms. I will not be depressed, but I will rejoice and be glad as I realize that this is but a spiritual refining process to my benefit, with Your victory and glory waiting just around the corner.

If you are troubled and in need of comfort – ISAIAH SAID
Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles.
YOU SAY
God I am aware that you don’t come and go. You are here to stay. You are the Creator of all I can see or imagine. You never get tired, and you never even have to pause to catch your breath.  I realize that You know everything, inside and out. I know that You will energize me when I get tired, and give fresh strength to me when I fall. I see that even young people tire and drop out, I watch as young folk in their prime stumble and fall. But I will stand upon Your word and I will wait upon my God to get fresh strength.    I will spread my wings and soar like an eagle, and unlike the others I will run and not get tired, I will walk and not lag behind as I rely on You.

                                                 I am an artist and I overcome with faith and
                                                                         prayer
                                                                painting and persistence.


                                            I am not drowning, I am painting! Rising up and out
                                             from the blues, but gotta feel the depression so as
                                                        get through all the negative and seeing it
                                                            not as negative, but a wounded poor
                                                            thing lashing out without malice.
                                                    When I see the depression as not real, but as illusion
                                                      then true reality will rise up in grace & right place.
                                                                  Pass the chalice priest.

                                                            Have a wonderful weekend
                                                           and try to do at least one good
                                                           turn for a stranger. Or any life.
                                                               That reminds me to water
                                                                   the pot plants; and I
                                                                        dont mean
                                                                        Mary Jane. 

                                                Fin.
ps. I would like to share this comment and say that my comment section doesnt give me the ability to see any of your sites you write. It just doesnt make it to me and so you would be best to send it to petgkimb@gmail.com
     So I thank whoever sent me this below.

Greetings! Very helpful advice within this article! It's the little changes that produce the most important changes. Thanks for sharing!   

Photows of my reccent art accompanied by quotes from our brother Walt Whitman,

Good day to you one and all. With blessings to you, upon you and through you, I shall without further ado present this blog.

All images and words which I lay down here, come to you all both as individuals and one, from my heart. 

Enjoy and know that you are loved. 

                                                    “I am large, I contain multitudes”

                                                “Do anything, but let it produce joy.”

                                                             “Peace is always beautiful.”
                                                                  

 

“O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer.

That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

 

I dedicate this especially to one of you, ( sorry did I say one of you; it could be two or three) whom I haven't met yet but we are destined to meet and enjoy a love which transcends our previous experience of love.

               Read this and dwell for awhile in these words.


“Are you the new person drawn toward me?
To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different from what you suppose;
Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal?
Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover?
Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd satisfaction?
Do you think I am trusty and faithful?
Do you see no further than this façade—this smooth and tolerant manner of me?
Do you suppose yourself advancing on real ground toward a real heroic man?
Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all maya, illusion?”

 I will await you with patience and joy even beyond one lifetime if needs be..

                                  “Give me the splendid, silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.”

                                                      “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”    (No you dont. Get over yourself Maisy.)

                                               “I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
                                              And what I assume you shall assume,
                                   For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”

 “All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain. If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman it is enough...the fact will prevail through the universe...but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail. Who troubles himself about his ornaments or fluency is lost. This is what you shall sow: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body...”

                                                 


                                                       Your very flesh shall be a great poem...”

    Well folks I am back to showing you a shot of the work with I added flakes of pure 22ct gold leaf. Because I like it and felt blessed to have access to such material to work with. Lets give a prayer to those without any materials and yet with great yearning in their hearts to create art. May they find around them and inexplicably coming to them that which will suffice and enable them to fulfill their creative desires. In the name of Jesus Christ, through whom all was created.    

     We approach the end of todays blog my brothers and sisters. Please spend a moment to center your being in peace and love. I pray for the power to come to you in that you overcome any obstacles in you path and that your hearts are gladdened with joy, in Jesus name. Amen

 FIN

Test blog this is only a test.

Wednesdays post is artwork from the last two days.

Good day to you my brothers and sisters. To those who do not yet know the infinite connections between all matter then just bare with me. NOW to strip of to my underpants and get this blog on the web. Heck I am just going to get totally to the buff! Now for the selfie.Just joking.

Here is the art. A4 and A5 I wont say which is which as it may be apparent to you and if not, then what does it matter. Not unless you are interested in purchasing any of my original paintings, then of course send me and email to petgkimb@gmail.. If you are adept at computer stuff, then maybe you can just copy paste and print off any images i post. You are welcome, but please credit the images to my name. Thank you.

                                                 Joy to the world

                                                                  Lets be dancers at the end of time.

    Above photo is probably just a few square cm of the actual painting! So its blown up humungous times!!!   

  If we cant be happy at times but are feeling forlorn or melancholy, then we aught to try going with it. Feeling the emotions and watching thoughts come to mind, but not dwell or mull them over. It will pass.. Bless you..

 Looks like there could be some aggression showing in the image above, as if claws have raked through the work!
  

    A bit of the above work reminds me of electrical wiring. This in-turn reminds me that we are as it were wired before birth. Which do you thinks its better to focus our attention on, the working of DNA or the workings of the NRA? Being an Englishman I do know many Americans see the right to bare arms as an almost religious right.. What about a bears God given right not to have its arms shot of for sport.. I am using artistic license here and am not actually suggesting hunters aim to shoot arms.. Arm the bears though and teach them to throw hand-grenades and this may even up the territory!  Oh yes for any non Americans who have not heard of the NRA then see footnote at bottom of blog. Lets get your eyes back to photos of my art. Also please my American brothers and sisters do not see my stance which is now anti violence and anti war as anti American. When I lived in the Philippines I had a good American ex Vietnam vet called Micheal Morgan from Texas who sadly died from Hepatitis.  Unfortunately, although he was having medication it had no positive affect as he was continuing to drink around two dozen bottles of Bud a day.. He was a very interesting guy and he likewise found my life-story interesting. Mike had when living back home in the USA been a stuntman in films. After the war he moved to Manilla and ran a nightclub. Good man. Good memories of sitting in the sunshine in Cagayan De Oro city swapping life stories.. 

                                                                    FIN
Footnote.

How the NRA Degrades And Objectifies Women

Recently the National Rifle Association has aimed to boost its appeal among women. Last year it launched its "new and improved" NRA Women's TV Network, and it has hired several accomplished female gun enthusiasts as official NRA News commentators. Women were a focus at its annual meeting in April, and next month the NRA will host a Women's Leadership Forum Executive Summit, which promises to "celebrate the role of women as powerful leaders."

But for women who oppose the NRA, it's a different story.

In the latest issue of its flagship magazine, America's 1^st Freedom, the NRA targets Shannon Watts, founder of the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, with an article that has been widely criticized as sexist for how it addresses her career and family life. Other recent NRA content seems to be doing the gun lobby no favors with women either, including videos that liken assault rifles to "hot women," and commentary about sexual assault on college campuses that veers into victim blaming.

Read the whole story at Mother Jones

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