Said the Female Cardinal to the Wall
“YOU, ROCK….so now tell me who is the prettiest of them all?”
Said the Rock to the Cardinal
“This is just a shadow of yourself
Look at yourself as you are in real life – beyond the illusions and the shadows of doubt.
I hope you like what you see!
If not change and then come and rock with me cutie!
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I don’t think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don’t know who we are as individuals in this culture anymore.
INTROSPECTION FROM ROSH HASHANA TO YOM KIPPUR- a series
Saw this stump on a walk with Benji and I was sure it was trying to tell me something about the “10 days of awe” “The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe or the Days of Repentance. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur.”
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Seasons come and go, mixed with pleasures, displeasures, anger, romance, anxiety, jealousies, fears, joys, loss, gain, laughs, cries, snow, sun, warm cold- It is all in there in the circle of a year – taking us away from the essence
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and saw these glaring transgressions .. and for these I am sorry – You know who you are .. and I am truly sorry
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Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay SOUNDS OF THE SHOFAR Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah THESE ARE REFLECTED IN SHELL FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOFAR TEKIAH,Single shell- the “blast,” one long blast with a clear tone. SHEVARIM, Three curved shells – a “broken,” sighing sound of three short calls. TERUAH – 9 SMALL SHELLS the “alarm,” a rapid series of nine or more very short notes. TEKIAH GEDOLLAH – Rams horn – “the great Tekiah,” a single unbroken blast, held as long as possible. (A combination of Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah, ending with a Tekiah Gedolah.) ” Awake, sleepers from your sleep! Arise, slumberers, from your slumber! Scrutinize your deeds and return to repentance and remember your creator! Those forgetters of the truth in the vanities of time and those who stray all their year in vanity and emptiness which can neither help nor save. Look to your souls, better your ways and deeds. Let each one of you abandon your evil way and your thoughts which are not good.” “The shofar symbolizes the major theme of the Days of Repentance, during which we commemorate the beginning of the world. We try to make a new start within ourselves, and to return to the beginning of the cycle. The shofar, with its powerful and profound calls, removes the obstacles before us and helps us reach this new start.” What did Elvis say about this? I’M ALL SHOOK UP Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay A well’a bless my soul What’sa wrong with me? I’m itchin’ like a man in a fuzzy tree My friends say I’m actin’ wild as a bug I’m all shook up Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, ya
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A time to spend with the core
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while walking Benjy.
Found this Picasso in the ICE of the park. New Years resolutions in Cold Cubism
January 01 2017
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INTROSPECTION, DECISION AND ACTION
Throw away the rocks in your backpack that hold you down and keep the stuff that helps you move forward and upward
From the Rosha Hashana series
AKA Know (what) to hold and (what) to fold (Kenny Rogers-kinda)
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Know When to Hold ’Em and When to Fold ‘Em