Lightarted Living: Let Your Life Dance Lightly on the Edges of Time

Lightarted Living: Let Your Life Dance Lightly on the Edges of Time: "Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them." Oliver Wendell Holmes Be Surprised ...

Let Your Life Dance Lightly on the Edges of Time

"Alas for those that never sing,

but die with all their music in them."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Be Surprised by Joy!

Sing! Dance! Laugh!

Enjoy Yourself--

It's later than you think.

Chinese Proverb

The Unsung Song

"I have spent my days 

stringing and unstringing my instrument,

while the song I came to sing

remains unsung."

Rabindranath Tagore

To Change Your Life

"To change one's life~

Start Immediately!

Do it Flamboyantly!

No Exceptions!"

William James

"Spend the afternoon.

You can't take it with you."

Annie Dillard

Be happy while you're living,

for you're a long time dead.

Scottish Proverb

"Let Your Life Lightly Dance on the Edges of Time~

Like the Dew on the Tip of a Leaf."

Rabindranath Tagore

Still Just Hanging Around? Get Dancing

Death twitches my ear.

"Live," he says, "I am coming."

Virgil

If you can talk, you can sing.

If you can walk, you can dance.

African Proverb

"To dance,

put your hand on your heart 

and listen to the sound of your soul."

Luigi Faccuito

My Musical Muses

Sue Flynn, the cellist, and her grandson Finn, the dancer, served as my muses. A music stand, bird and cat pictures, computer screen, and hanging coat added the base for the whimsical and pensive figures in the background.



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Lightarted Living: The Pale Moon~Judith L. Smith-Foote

Lightarted Living: The Pale Moon~Judith L. Smith-Foote: After wandering across the night sky The pale moon pauses  Above the windswept sea  To ponder the thin c...

The Pale Moon~Judith L. Smith-Foote

After wandering across the night sky

The pale moon pauses 

Above the windswept sea 

To ponder the thin cover offered by 

Waning clouds and slips of canyon fog

The Pale Moon

After wandering across the night sky

The pale moon pauses

Above the windswept sea

To ponder the thin cover offered by

Waning clouds and slips of canyon fog

And to wait for the

Rising sun’s glow and warmth

Before making its descent.

Judith L. Smith-Foote
Malibu Bay 2013

Judith L. Smith-Foote

Judith L. Smith-Foote aka Dr. Smith aka Judi is one of my all time favorite people. She's had a profound influence on my life. 

As my chosen mentor at UCLA, I was fortunate to sit alongside Judith to absorb her  insights into the world of physiological science and life. She was, and still is, like the rising sun's glow and warmth to me.

Both whimsical and wise, Judi has always engaged in a full array of extra-curricular activities in music and art--but writing poetry first appeared when she paused to retire after 42 years of wandering through a distinguished career at UCLA--and before she slipped into 'rehirement' to help establish the UCLA Herb Albert School of Music and to serve as Dean of the department. 

I don't think Judi will mind my recreating her Malibu Bay photo for her Pale Moon poem. She was always encouraging students to imagine what wasn't there, helping us think into the future. This is just one more exercise that allowed me to wander into pausing and pondering what is, what has been, and what is to be. 

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Lightarted Living: The Happy Pugs~ George and Leo

Lightarted Living: The Happy Pugs~ George and Leo: Don't put off your happy life! George and Leo The Happy Pugs Every day is the Best Day! George and Leo ...

The Happy Pugs~ George and Leo

Don't put off your happy life!

George and Leo

The Happy Pugs

Every day is the Best Day!

George and Leo

The Happy Pugs

Play~It's what's good for a body!

George and Leo

The Happy Pugs

George and Leo, the happy pugs 

Are rotund and very playful plugs.

Never naughty or pugnacious pugs;

They're just silly, nosey and bullish pugs.

George and Leo own the heart's of Rosemary, Janine and Robert Meyerott.  Thanks to Janine for sending the photos.

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Lightarted Living: Carefree as a Bird that Sings

Lightarted Living: Carefree as a Bird that Sings: Carefree to Be " Carefree to be, As a bird that sings. To go my own sweet way; To live and love each day . To reck n...

Carefree as a Bird that Sings

Carefree to Be

"Carefree to be,

As a bird that sings.

To go my own sweet way;

To live and love each day.

To reck not at all what may befall,

But to live and to love each day

Carefree as a bird."

Robert W. Service 

Origins: Titmouse Nest

The background and inspiration for today's

'carefree as a bird that sings' art

is this birdcam image 

of a Titmouse nest 

from Sue Flynn. 

There's a mama and two babies in this nest.

The sweet poem, 

written by Robert W. Service in 1912,

gently landed in my lap

~softly as a feather~

as I scanned my landscape

looking to unleash the truths

created by this image 

in my head.

Just think--

this poem 

has been flying around

in the ether 

for years 

waiting for a place to land.

Wishing You a Carefree Day

Wishing you a carefree day,

to be as a bird that sings,

~In your own sweet way~

~to live and love as you wish~

carefree as a bird.

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Lightarted Living: The Poetry of Life

Lightarted Living: The Poetry of Life: Alas for those that Never Sing "Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them." Oliver Wende...

The Poetry of Life

Alas for those that Never Sing

"Alas for those that never sing,

But die with all their music in them."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Voiceless

Time Enough

"The butterfly counts not months but moments,

and has time enough."

Rabindranath Tagore

Don't Stop Kissing

"though love be a day

and life be nothing,

it shall not stop kissing."

e.e. cummings

Your One Wild and Precious Life

"...Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver

The Seed at the Bottom of Your Heart

"Find the seed
at the bottom of your heart
and bring forth a flower.

Shigenori Kameoka

The Side Roads of Life

"The more side roads you stop to explore,

the less likely that life will pass you by."

Robert Brault

I Held a Moment in my Hand

"I held a moment in my hand,
brilliant as a star,
fragile as a flower,
a tiny sliver of one hour.
I dropped it carelessly, 
Ah!
I didn't know,
I held opportunity."

Hazel Lee

Carpe Diem~Come to Life Daily

"We die daily.
Happy those
who daily come to life as well."

George MacDonald

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Lightarted Living: Inhale Hope~Exhale Love: The Magical Alchemy of Li...

Lightarted Living: Inhale Hope~Exhale Love: The Magical Alchemy of Li...: ���� THE MAGICAL ALCHEMY OF LIFE Alchemy is a seemingly magical transformation  in which ordinary matter is used to create ...

Inhale Hope~Exhale Love: The Magical Alchemy of Life

💜💜

THE MAGICAL ALCHEMY OF LIFE

Alchemy is a seemingly magical transformation 

in which ordinary matter is used to create gold.

From Ordinary to Extraordinary

The alchemy of life can best be understood as 

the process of taking something ordinary 

and turning it into something extraordinary.

Your Most Extraordinary Alchemist Tool

Inhaling and exhaling

--ordinary aspects of life--

can be your most extraordinary alchemist tools 

to transform your inner life daily. 

Use Breathing to Transform

Allow your ordinary breaths to

become transformative and extraordinary. 

Practice conscious breathing to create magical moments

of peace and tranquility in a meditative way. 

💜💜

Slowly, consciously, and deliberately 

inhale hope and exhale love.

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All of Life is Magic

Magic, Magic,

All of Life is Magic.

How can Life be tragic 

When there's 

Magic in the Air?

💜💜

Carnival Musical

INHALE HOPE 💜 EXHALE LOVE

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Breath deeply 

WHISPER SWEET NOTHINGS

Let love swirl all around you and fill you with hope.

BREATH IN HOPE 💜 HOLD LOVE

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