God’s Eye
In the sky
at me stared God’s eye.
“I see you, God!” I cried.
Answered the sky:
“A voice distant calls,
of mine a son perhaps …
yet nowhere do I see
from where this voice calls out to me.”
I waved my arms and pleaded
and blinked God’s eye.
Answered the sky:
“Mountains don’t speak
with words like these,
as not the desert, ocean,
river, or forest trees …
yet nowhere do I see
the son that calls out to me.”
Here are some pics from my recent trip to Chicago. Enjoy!
Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.
Some pics from Crown Hill Cemetery and, of course … Doogie! Enjoy!
Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.
Downtown Indianapolis. The Art Museum. Orchids. And some other weird stuff. Enjoy!
Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.
Conversation with a Dog
Me:
Melancholy creature whose master is man,
we are none without our overlords.
Let us weep—you and I together—
for our inherited condition.
A Dog:
It is not the face of God
I see in my master,
but God himself.
And God sees in me my mortality,
and loves and pities me for it.
ice drops
remain
long after frozen rain fell
on an open umbrella
a bulwark
heavy
against all that is hurtful
the sun
may one day
melt them into water
The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.
I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on January 6th. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything really. I’ll post the results at www.bradseverance.com/category/100-day-project-number-three/
Enjoy!
Well, I’ve been a bit remiss in taking photographs. I feel the cold weather is mostly responsible. I just haven’t had the gumption to go out in the cold. Maybe I’m getting old … well, there’s no ‘maybe’ about it … still, I could’ve gathered up my courage to face the arctic conditions, but I didn’t. At any rate, I’m playing catch-up, and to do that, I’ve been going through all my photographs and just picking some up and putting a few filters on them. They are not my best work … but you gotta do what you gotta do. These will close out the year! Enjoy!
Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.
DO YOU HEAR THEM?
Do you hear them?
You spoke those words in your youth,
and still they are written,
penned in shadows on the dark hillside,
and still they are sung
by angels on the other side of the bright, blue sky.
What are you now?
A gutted fish?
What cruel fisherman wrenched
the bowels of your years
out of you?
Do you now beckon Death?
Will you not rise from your chamber
and sate yourself with your Master’s leavings?
The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.
I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on January 6th. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything really. I’ll post the results at www.bradseverance.com/category/100-day-project-number-three/
Enjoy!
A KISS
I feel a kiss
flutter between us—
a timid butterfly
Our lips don’t touch
Not a kiss, as such—
just delightful curiosity
There is a chance
As am I entranced—
my lips are tender parting
To close the space
and kiss your dear face—
my lips my heart imparting
The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.
I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on January 6th. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything really. I’ll post the results at www.bradseverance.com/category/100-day-project-number-three/
Enjoy!
Well, I’ve been a bit remiss in taking photographs. I feel the cold weather is mostly responsible. I just haven’t had the gumption to go out in the cold. Maybe I’m getting old … well, there’s no ‘maybe’ about it … still, I could’ve gathered up my courage to face the arctic conditions, but I didn’t. At any rate, I’m playing catch-up, and to do that, I’ve been going through all my photographs and just picking some up and putting a few filters on them. They are not my best work … but you gotta do what you gotta do. These will close out the year! Enjoy!
Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.