Tag: Meditative

  • Color me Calm 5

    Color me Calm 5

    Art is a great way to take a time out. Whether I am making art or appreciating it, art can take me somewhere else. It’s a journey of color, space, and the creation of something blank into something more.

    I Can Flow
    Art is its own path. It can be a stilling of the mind while our souls travel to a specific location or flow and fly freely on currents of hue and shape.

    Cooling Waters

    Mixing colors and watching each slant and stroke of the brush, each pencil mark leading to the next, each tilt of a paint pour spread across the canvas, and seeing each space fill in with vibrant colors can flow into an act of mindfulness and meditation in and of itself.


    I See My Depths

    Inspiration, imagination, and creativity express themselves.

    BLUE: water, cleansing, flowing, cooling, emotions, sleep, peace, serenity, sky, zen…

    What does blue symbolize to you?



    © Pilgrimage Studio
  • Today’s Shot 226

    Today’s Shot 226

    Nature’s Therapy

    Sun through the trees
    An old shot, walking through the Georgia swamp.

    “Drink your tea (or coffee) slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves … live the actual moment.”

    Thich Nhat Hanh


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  • Color me Calm 3

    Color me Calm 3

    Under Umbrellas

    Frogs sheltering under flowers in the rain ​

    🖍 🎨 The Escapist Coloring Club 🖍 🎨

    It has rained a lot here and I liked the thought of frogs using these flower heads as their umbrellas. There were a few days I wished I was small enough to fit under a flower. 😊



    © Pilgrimage Studio
  • Today’s Shot 188

    Today’s Shot 188

    Tree Gazing

    Looking up at the leaves and branches

    Memories

    Holding one child on a hip, and one by the hand – we gather under the trees.

    “Shh, listen!” The wind stirs the leaves. “The trees are clapping their hands!”


    Mindful Moments
  • Today’s Shot 182

    Today’s Shot 182

    Sky’s reflection in the lake

    August Photo a Day Challenge 11 – Vivid, Colorful


    Keeping cares

    Thinking that wears

    Is time spent

    That we wish to relent.

    However,

    In the midst of the fog

    Knee-deep in the bog,

    You may just find

    The cause for the bind.

    So, Look up. Look out.

    Give the new morning a shout!


    ©  Pilgrimage Studio
  • Today’s Shot 180

    Today’s Shot 180

    Sanctuary

    Gliding on still waters, the dip of the oars push me forward into turtle’s murky sanctuary. Am I still in the water, or am I rowing out into the clouds…

    Kayaking

    Shardorma

    A shardorma is a simple syllabic poetry form which consists of six lines following a syllable pattern of 3–5–3–3–5–7. The six lines can be a complete poem or they can be strung together as stanzas to form a long poem.


    Kayaking

    Sky’s looking-glass shifts

    The oar dips

    Dips again

    Turtles go splashing

    A living dream on water


    Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108: Sanctuary

    Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 189, # Poet’s Choice

    Word of the Day Challenge – Dream


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  • Today’s Shot 175

    Today’s Shot 175

    Rainy Day

    Shot of a shot!
    Sitting in the rain – Quail Habitat

    Busy

    Driven to accomplish

    Rain brings a pause

    Slowing life

    Serenity soaks the heart

    Thirst is quenched

    We have all we need

    Within


    Mid-Week Monochrome #42 – MWM


    Black and white

    Mindful Moments, Pilgrimage Studio
  • Today’s Shot 173

    Today’s Shot 173

    Unhurried

    Orange mushrooms
    Camping at Don Carter State Park, Georgia

    Allowing time-outs

    Slowing into the moment

    Risks joyful ventures


    Balancing all we Do

    Inner peace is a keeping of balance. There is joy in having enough time to do things quietly and without hurry.

    What is one thing I can take my time with today to really enjoy?


    🍄 Cee’s Flower of the Day – FOTD 🍄

    🍄Photo for the Week #72 -Vacation -PFTW🍄


    Stay cool my friends!

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  • Today’s Shot 169

    Today’s Shot 169

    Stay

    Travel, Selters, SC

    Beautiful spaces

    I could get lost on purpose

    And stay a good while

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  • Today’s Shot 160

    Today’s Shot 160

    Timeless

    Black-Eyed Susan
    Summer Blooms

    What are the best memories made of? Is it campfires and s’mores? What about that fishing trip or family vacation to the beach. Topping root beer with vanilla ice cream and watching the foam rise. Sitting quietly within nature’s gallery for a spell? Screaming and laughing down a steep ride at an amusement park. Grandma’s blackberry pie – and fried chicken. Waking up to the smell of fresh-brewed coffee and sizzling bacon…

    What do all of these things have in common?

    None of these things include checking off our to-do list, or increasing our income and refining our career. There are no business suits or board meetings. No deadlines or status checks.

    I think what all these things have in common is: a joyful leisure. It is all of our senses being in the present moment. It’s the fragrances, laughter, connections, and tastes. It’s watching in quietness – or being surrounded by familiar voices and faces. It’s in the keeping of our traditions and special moments shared. It’s hugs.

    These memories are timeless!

    What is one timeless thing that I can do today?

    Be well my friends!

    🌻 Cee’s Flower of the Day -FOTD 🌻

    🌻 Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #104: Summer🌻


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