*Inner Time Capsule
What is yours? Does music take you back to your younger self? Movies? Art work? Writing? Social Life? "Where were you when?" Mind Games~
The Great Escape
Many paintings/sketches begin and sometimes end with "leftover paint." No paint left behind as the palette is cleaned and paint of various colors is brushed at random on a waiting blank canvas. This one started and finished as castle ruins, just a round pile of ancient rocks. I stepped back, and noted "There is a cat shape jumping out of the castle!" Look approximately where the three wooden bars point into the painting.
What?
At that time we had recently acquired a rescue cat who had been homeless on the streets for 1 and 1/2 years in a different location than our home. We brought him into our lives. I felt like, Orange, our cat was "escaping" his former life in this picture. The painting stands completed "as is," in Orange paint accents.
** "Too real to be real," Eben Alexander, M.D.
Recently a friend and I romped through our nearby quaint community just for an afternoon. Another "great escape" with fun filled moments. We felt free, like on vacation, we walked ***narrow streets of cobblestone...." very uneven pavement underfoot, lovely shops awaited us! Everything in view was so clear, colors, light, vision, focus, adventure~ like a video unfolding
First we visited The Olive Cart and sampled various olive oils, with cheese combinations, and savory concoctions, toppings for crunchy crackers. The antique shop was next with lace and glass I recognized from my childhood. Best of all, a saw record LP's from bygone eras. I picked up some of the Simon and Garfunkel, and Elton John classics. Time rewound itself to "way back then...."
Next (breathe) we enjoyed lovely Brown Cow Cheesecake at The Chocolate Café. The fresh dark chocolate cheesecake, not too sweet, was absolutely luscious with additional chocolate and white chocolate guache swirled about. The forks tines were covered in thick melted milk chocolate. I tasted real cream! I remembered Gimbel's big store in Ptitsburgh Pennsylvania and the Swiss recipe milk chocolate chunks melted in your mouth. Coming back into the present, dark chocolate was drizzled over the entire presentation in front of us....awe and wonder.
Taking time out of our overdrive worlds, we felt refreshed. Like walking through a window into a another dimension, another space and time of ourselves.
Next the Forever Books store was waiting! Classics, new, informative, visionary, every book and format a treasure by itself. Touching a book, leafing though the illustrations, I felt most at home in the children's section. Animals and legends jumped out at me. There was even a book for children to learn Tai Chi forms based on Crane, Snake, Leopard, Dragon and more. Adventure and color at our fingertips!
Fast Forward/Rewind
Jumping back into the "real world" we could easily feel **** "Now is the moment that never ends..."
No Stone Unturned
Light and Time
Living in the Light
Pick One: Minute Minder Reset
1-2-3 write: 3 pages of anything, spontaneously, no corrections, shred or keep
1-2 write: 1 page complain, I page gratitude, shred
1-2-3 sketch draw anything quickly without thought, keep or discard
Knit, crochet, weave, bead or other craft, 5 minutes, choose a fast and easy project, free of thought, agenda, or schedule of finishing.
Sing/Dance, 5 minutes
Blog search key words: chocolate, time, dreams, architecture, stonework
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Chocolate Communion
Stepping Stones
Escape Artists
Resources:
* The Healing Self, book, Deepak Chopra, M.D. and Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D Topics include: Time Capsule, great memory recall improvements happened when people heard, sang, explored and shared events from their younger years. Other topics are Getting Out of Overdrive, and Stand Walk, Rest, Sleep.
** Eben Alexander, M.D. Physician experiences near death experiences. Books: Living in a Mindful Universe, Proof of Heaven and The Map of Heaven
Meditation:
**** "Now is the moment that never ends," Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Tai Chi
Dr Paul Lam, Tai Chi programs for all ages and levels, take control of your health and well being
Dr. Yang Jing-ming Taiji, Qigong, and martial arts techniques for all levels
* The Healing Self, book, Deepak Chopra, M.D. and Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D Topics include: Time Capsule, great memory recall improvements happened when people heard, sang, explored and shared events from their younger years. Other topics are Getting Out of Overdrive, and Stand Walk, Rest, Sleep.
** Eben Alexander, M.D. Physician experiences near death experiences. Books: Living in a Mindful Universe, Proof of Heaven and The Map of Heaven
Meditation:
**** "Now is the moment that never ends," Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Tai Chi
Dr Paul Lam, Tai Chi programs for all ages and levels, take control of your health and well being
Dr. Yang Jing-ming Taiji, Qigong, and martial arts techniques for all levels
Music:
*** Narrow streets of cobblestone," quote from Simon and Garfunkel's song The Sounds of Silence.
*** Narrow streets of cobblestone," quote from Simon and Garfunkel's song The Sounds of Silence.
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Images:
Castle Sculpture, by Rob, photo by Dahlis
The Great Escape, Orange, our cat, jumps into a new life, painting by Dahlis (jumping cat image is about 2/3 of the way upward on the castle).
Light and Time, ancient ruins of St Aubert's Abbey, Normandy, detail of sunlit painting by Dahlis
