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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
Moon in Afternoon
I have discovered the sky. One of the things I relish about being in Arizona is not just how clear the sky is, but how vast it is. Here,...
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paulhawkwood
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Breakfast Bowl: Art or Awareness?
About four years ago, I pulled my iPhone out of my pocket and took (made? created? shot?) a photograph of my breakfast bowl. As I sat...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 23, 2021
- 1 min
Walled Light
This is the corner of a bedroom in our house in Sedona. This is part of the original house, which my wife's father and mother built...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
A Frame Around the Infinite
Window The clock says it’s time to raise the shades, look out the window, see the sun gliding through the grass. You can see more when...
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paulhawkwood
- Dec 27, 2020
- 2 min
Simplicity vs. Minimalism - Seeing More by Looking at Less.
Here's an experiment: for a few moments, gaze at this photograph while holding the word "simplicity" in your awareness. Note how the word...
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paulhawkwood
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
Grates and Gratefulness Under the Sun
Ok, it's a so-so pun, but I think this rusted iron grating suggests the beautiful interconnection and wholeness we can experience when we...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 30, 2020
- 1 min
The Beauty of Light and Shadow
This is the lampshade on my home office desk in Eugene. I took a photo of it because of how the many lines, shapes, and shadows created...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Seeing What Can be Seen
It's interesting how a camera can teach us to see. The world is so utterly full of objects, places, shapes and shadows, color and light,...
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paulhawkwood
- Oct 24, 2020
- 1 min
Chairs, Normalcy, and Sitting out the Pandemic
While I'm waiting for my latte to be made at our favorite coffee shop one Sunday morning, I look around the usually-busy cafe at all the...
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paulhawkwood
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
"Who Would You Be Without Your Story?" - Byron Katie's method for questioning painful beliefs.
Most of the stories we tell ourselves aren't really real... Sun umbrella reflection on glass picnic table. Have you ever noticed how your...
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