your2-centsHERE August 2018

August 2, 2018 at 11:01 AM

your2-centsHERE got sumpin’ to say,somewhere To need toBe heard?

DOit,applyHereNOW(willowbends@mail.com) this issue of2-cents compliments of AMIGOSA NANCY COLIER SHUNRYU SUZUKI ROSHI JANET SNELL

The most important thing “is to find out what is the most important thing. Every day, when I wake up, I try to remember to ask myself: What is the most important thing? What is my heart’s longing? What parts of myself do I want to nourish and grow? What do I want to offer? In essence, What really matters?” Zen monk Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

“Essence protects itself with dragons And the dragon of pain is the one we encounter at the mouth of the cave.”

“When I am grounded in what is most important, I am more discerning in my choices, less likely to be swayed off course by my small-minded aspects, and far more likely to finish the day feeling good.” Nancy Colier “It begins with a distant notion, a plaintiff whisper of the heart. It comes in the flash of an epiphany, or through a deeper unexplainable longing that has always been present.

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August 2, 2018 at 11:01 AM

It is the recognition of conception, the understanding that a new idea has been born…having the courage to go there. For those who accept a life of self-exploration through willful acts of creation, the journey offers the ecstasy of all that is possible…It is a solitary road into the unknown self, and offers no destination but the journey. But for those who follow, it does lead somewhere. And such a life will never be uninteresting.” Amigosa

What is the most important thing?

“Accept and trust the silence, the stillness, the Beingness.”

A.H. Almaas

“The deeper the words come out of the silence of your innermost core, the further they will go - like an arrow - into the listener’s heart.”

Janet Snell: I think in images ”Soon after I graduated from MICA, my work began to involve the depiction of the psychology of the human head and figure. The relationship of mind to body interests me greatly. I use it to deconstruct the world we live in, our fears, our isolation and loneliness, our urge to connect, our collective melancholia. My drawings and paintings also address the man-woman thing, the fragility of family dynamics, societal and psychological violence.

These themes are often expressed with metaphors found in dreamscapes, and in the case of my portraits, with color. I use color freely to express the subject's personality---i.e. yellow for intelligence, violet for moodiness---” http://www.janetsnell.weebly.com “Janet Snell By Herself” currently on exhibit at Standing Rock Gallery, KENT http://www.kentbiz.com/events/details/standing-rock-presents-janet-snellby-herself-2262

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