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THIS PROFILE PICTURE IS A PAINTING BY SAMUEL BAK. THE TITLE IS "INTERRUPTION". THIS BLOG IS ABOUT CHILDHOOD ABUSE, THE DESTRUCTION IT CAUSES AND HOW I FEEL A CONNECTION TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Ordinary Things by Ana Guardia #Trust30 (Post 43)

“Every artist was first an amateur.”

To be an artist one has to find beauty in ordinary things. Find 10 things of great beauty in the landscape that surrounds you. For example, crumple sheets on your bed in the morning, the smell of coffee making its way around a busy office.
(Author: Ana Guardia)

Ah, but here is the catch…what is ordinary about beauty?
1.      I love the sound of the chimes that are hanging from my ceiling fan.
2.      I love the touch of the keyboard as I type every word.
3.      I love the smell of my Scentsy burner.
4.      I love the sight of the trees as I gaze out the window.
5.      I love the taste of the hot coffee I sip.
6.      I love the sound coming from my iPod.
7.      I love the touch of the breeze gently caressing my face from the fan.
8.      I love the smell of my dog when she wakes up and asks to be let out.
9.      I love the sight of the shadows on the wall.
10.  I love the taste of my breakfast.

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”~~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”~~Kahlil Gibran

For me beauty comes from all the senses.  If you are aware, if your heart is open, you can find beauty in almost anything.  Oddly enough, I was sitting in a lobby and noticed a very small spider crawling around on the table.  As I observed its behavior, I was amazed.  It would crawl around for a while and then suddenly stop, raise its ‘head’ like it was looking around—checking out its surroundings, then move on.

It looked similar to this picture:
Copyright:  S. Karthikeyan


Move, observe, and then move on; unafraid of the path before you, knowing full well you can jump over any obstacle or weave a web and catch your negative thoughts before they become your reality.

Peace.
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7 comments:

  1. Denise UrenaJuly 14, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    I love this. One of my favorite posts from you.

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  2. UnknownJuly 14, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    Isn't it amazing the beauty that is all around us at all times? And it's all ours to drink in all the time. What a gift! Thanks for sharing what you noticed (I love the spider story).

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  3. tparkerJuly 14, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    And to think, how many people, myself included, would have squashed the little spider guy and failed to see...anything besides a threat.

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  4. Jyoti MishraJuly 15, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder..
    A good heart can see beauty even in tiny, lil things.
    As famous poet John Keat says
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
    Its loveliness increases; it will never..

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  5. Jyoti MishraJuly 15, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    Pass into nothingness;[next line]

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  6. Dorothy.ShaplandJuly 16, 2011 at 12:04 AM

    "catch your negative thoughts before they become your reality."
    WOW. Thanks for that!

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  7. RwJuly 16, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    beautiful images are wrapped in your words, i sense a calmness in the woman simply watching the spider Rw

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