Category Archives: A glimpse of Peace

The Coziness of Our Beloved Earth

When she is able …

she will hold you gently amongst ancient trees , inviting you to hear their songs .

When she is permitted …

she will caress you with waters running free ….to clear away your debris .

When she is given notice …

she will reveal  miracles , sometimes in a place as small as a speck of light .

When she is respected …

her giving flows and flows .

Thank you beloved  Earth .

I Rise and Sometimes I Fall

In my dreams  ,  in deepest mediation I fly free .

I enter this life carrying the open heart from all of the lifetimes gone by .

And when the walls from the lower place of the  ego place are in the way I , sometimes , rise

and I , sometimes , fall.

Try and try again I try to see in a singular  breath all  of the grace

alive in the sacred space of life .

Alone and never alone . 

FREEDOM

She hides in plain view and  … can be heard singing in your ear .

A melody or a chant rising from within and turning into a declaration of life .

She looks above and over the lines that have been drawn

and sees a clear flight .

She will pound inside your heart  only when the cause is not right .

And tenderly caress your spirit’s wings into peace

and into the night .

‘Walking Across the Water ‘ acrylic 18×24″

A Fiery Night

An invitation to awaken  by a dream …

to go willingly or not at all ?

I dare to go .

And please leave your mask at the door , should you choose  to join me .

Laughing wildly or holding poses ,

the steps are all the same .

Loving life is free

so why or why charge a fee ?

‘Coming into Being’ chalk pastel 18×24 2/2013 #48

Quiet

Quiet .  A morning unfolds in sweetness and sounds of a willing life .

Hues gently strolling  in and waking the hopes for courage .

Smile .  Greetings to you  and with  a gift of warm eyes  I speak  with truth .

Wind comes with a blessing  and there is not sacrifice in a beating heart .

Roar .  Into the night the blues and magicians in the stars come awake .

Startled or peaceful  ,  it is you .

‘NEW DAWN’ 11×14 chalk pastels 2012 Donation to Bailey Boushay seattle

 

Warm Embrace

Warm embraces

and

forceful steps   are ….

lingering  and speaking .

Prayers are more than you think .

A silent language living in a single cell

and

then multiplying  as we think .

The way is compassion  not hate .

It is a choice , after all  ,  that warm embrace .

Friends

 

 

Fearless Mystery

Trading the idea of comfort for mystery , it comes and then it goes.

And

The familiar is already alive inside and goes where you go .

And

The mystery you imagine is alive inside

And

in the stars up above , in the mountain that you see and in  the whispers  among the trees .

And

in the depths of your eyes , in the love you seek and in the nudges from your soul

to grow .

‘Essence ‘

The ancient wounds … oh my , we thought you were  gone .   But here you are back again .

We love you not and   You must go… again .

That spinning web of tales that captures the broken ones . Never too late to see .

It’s you and it’s me and we are free .

Whose will shall  be done ?

I see you and know that we are both flesh .  The same love for you as for me .

We are free ,  won’t you see ?

Mon Coeur

There Go Eye

Waking up amidst the moments of imaging and living ,

there go eye .

In clear sight I see the waves  and choose to roll over them

and yearn to play .

The light draws me in and lets the laughter

go and all the while I roll and roll .

Waking up amidst a dream and clear blue light .

There is  a rhythm  and it is in

your heart .

The Earth’s Heart
http://chapman-art.com

 

Early Morn …Arise

The calm has settled into my heart  as the day has just begun.

Gentle light lifts my soul

And the songs of the night are whisked away .

A dance for keeping the joy alive

My oh my a swirl or a twirl  and  onward  we go .

'INNER VISION'

‘INNER VISION’