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paulhawkwood
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
The Doorway
This is one of my earliest digital photographs, taken in December of 2011, during one of my walks in our neighborhood in Sedona. I was...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Barrier Reef
Barrier Reef Your tiny island has a barrier reef but the tide is rising fast. Let your castle turn back to sand and melt into the ocean’s...
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paulhawkwood
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
Even Strange Light Shines Forth
Even Strange Light Shines Forth Is there ever artificial light? sunlight and starlight, northern lights and flashlights, headlights and...
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paulhawkwood
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
The Beautiful Sewer
I enjoy seeing beauty in things that my mind initially overlooks or judges negatively. I was struck by this manhole cover while I was...
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paulhawkwood
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
Nine Non-obvious Ways to have Deeper Conversations: a Guide to Talking with Each Other - NYT article
One thing I love about the New York Times is that they have a wonderful collection of opinion writers who contribute a surprising and...
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paulhawkwood
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
The Numinous: Sacredness and Light
I love the word numinous as a word for describing that which we call holy or spiritually alive. One definition of numinous means, "to be...
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paulhawkwood
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
The Play of Yin and Yang - Seeing the World in Black and White, Old and New.
Each day I take a walk on the street I live on, and it ends on the corner where these stones and grasses offer a dramatic juxtaposition...
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paulhawkwood
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
An Impressionist Sunset
One thing I love about Sedona is the beauty of its sky - a beauty that manifests in so many ways that I find myself looking skyward much...
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paulhawkwood
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Jutta's Stairs
Jutta's Stairs Something ascends and descends these stairs. What is it? Sunlight? Song? Silence? It is a mystery. Bach the old magician...
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paulhawkwood
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Water World, Water Music
Water World The world is wrapped in water – wobbling and washing, sloshing and sliding, dripping and swishing - it sings as it swims. A...
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paulhawkwood
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Is it Art if it's Done by a Computer?
What makes something art? Does it need to be done by a human? I was looking through my photographs the other day and found this...
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paulhawkwood
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
Priest Lake and Living Silence
Priest Lake We step down from the truck onto the logging road west of Priest Lake. We step into silence too – the creaking of our engine...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
Thinking about God, the World, and Hats.
Recently I've been reflecting on the ways we think about God. It seems we think about God in the only way we can - as a very large...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
The Inner Kitchen
The Cubist Kitchen: A Silent Poem The windows reflect a cubist kitchen, the inner and outer panes a bit askew, projecting and reflecting...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
Art and The Garage
Many, many years ago - ok, decades ago - I spent a summer making leather goods with a friend in Central City, Colorado. Most of it was...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Smiling and Happiness - a poem and some research.
Smile Smiling sends synapses flying even if you're sad, it seems - so which is real? The face of sorrow or the chemistry of a grin?...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
Two Selves
Here’s an experiment: how many selves do you find within yourself? (I’m not talking about multiple personalities…) Most of us play many...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Swimming in Miracles
My heart, once cool and quiet is now alive with light. More and more, short poems come to me when I sit down to write. As I've thought...
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paulhawkwood
- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Water and Light - Seville's fountain
This is the fountain in the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain, where my wife and I spent a few days in June of 2015. The color version...
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paulhawkwood
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Commute
On my right, a dust-devil twirls in a bare plowed field. Beyond lies the Coast Range, a violet trace across the horizon. Between us,...
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