the nature of ecstasy...



















autumn reverie: ecstasy
scanned, assembled and altered image
november 20, 2006

... a vessel/portal of roses and light... inspired by hildegard von bingen's canticles of ecstasy...

a reading from jelal al-din rumi:

this moment this love comes to rest in me,
many beings in one being.
in one wheat grain a thousand sheaf stacks.
inside the needle's eye a turning night of stars.

resources for the journey:

sequentia, hildegard von bingen: canticles of ecstasy
jelal al-din rumi, the essential rumi, translated by coleman barks
autumn reverie: ecstasy on flickr

and remembering tea and friends...

organic red mellow bush rooibos, from numi

may all travelers find joy!
jeanne

transcendence ...


















autumn reverie: transcendence
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november 10, 2006

a reading from sri chinmoy:

my poet-child, I want you to sing with me:
i barter nothing with time and deeds.
my cosmic play is done.
the one transcendental i was.
the many universal i am.
i am the soul-flower of my eternity.
i am the heart-fragrance of my infinity.

resources for the journey:

hildegard of bingen, a feather on the breath of god
thomas moore, the education of the heart
poet seers

and remembering tea and friends...

redbush chai from yogi tea
lifestyle: living in harmony (from yogi tea)

may all travelers find joy!
jeanne

our passing ...


















autumn elegy: belonging
in memory of walter leedy
scanned, assembled and altered image
november 10, 2006

a reading from rainer maria rilke:

you, you only, exist.
we pass away, till at last,
our passing is so immense
that you arise: beautiful moment,
in all your suddenness,
arising in love, or enchanted
in the contraction of work.

to you I belong, however time may
wear me away. from you to you
i go commanded. in between
the garland is hanging in chance; but if you
take it up and up and up: look:
all becomes festival!
~
rainer maria rilke, translated by stephen mitchell
on poet-seers

resources for the journey:

walter leedy's cleveland state university faculty page
postcards from cleveland
rilke on poet-seers

and remembering tea...

zhena's ambrosia white plum

love and best wishes,
jeanne

the alchemy of connection ...














letter to melina (in an october sky)
scanned, assembled and altered image
october 22, 2006
[images are portals]

letters are flying... a message to mel-pin in athens, greece... from conceptvessel in cleveland, ohio... part of the letter's lives group project on flickr...

a reading from the spanish poet antonio machado:

what the poet is looking for
is not the fundamental i
but the deep you

resources for the journey:

letter to melina (in an october sky) on flickr
next letter, by mel-pin (her alchemical image of my letter)
mel-pin's photostream on flickr
letter's lives on flickr
friendship-companions on the path, the winter 2004 issue of parabola

and remembering tea and friends...

classic india spice tea from yogi (brewing as i write)

love and best wishes,
jeanne