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Forest Stairs, Quiet Light
I find something captivating about stairs, especially ones that spiral or move in harmony with a building space or landscape. The stairs...
paulhawkwood
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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Wonder and Gratitude - a Starry Night and the Sound of Onions Cooking.
Many mornings we awaken before the sun has begun to illuminate the eastern sky. We turn our lights off after making ourselves café lattes...
paulhawkwood
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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Golden Graffiti, Golden Words
Recently I went to see the Arizona Copper Museum in Clarkdale, a small mining town about an hour from Sedona, with my sister and...
paulhawkwood
Nov 24, 20212 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Oct 14, 20211 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Aug 2, 20212 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Mar 6, 20213 min read
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"Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen" - My Experience and the Video
For a number of years, singing sacred choral music was my main spiritual practice - I loved singing in church and college choirs....
paulhawkwood
Jan 16, 20212 min read
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Eyes, Live Grasses, and Photography
It's winter. Why not refresh yourself by experiencing soft-focus grasses gently playing in subdued light! It's ok - your brain, heart,...
paulhawkwood
Jan 10, 20211 min read
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Intuition, Dead Grasses, and Photography
What does it mean to know something? When I read a non-fiction book, for example, my mind generally understands the information in a...
paulhawkwood
Jan 8, 20213 min read
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Sunrise in Sedona on New Year's Day (or, What's a 9:08?)
I thought I'd celebrate the dawn of the New Year (literally) by taking some sunrise photos where we live in Sedona. I consulted my...
paulhawkwood
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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The World As a Play, the Self as the Actor
We've probably all heard various ways of saying that life is like a dream or play. But have we really given that idea much thought? For...
paulhawkwood
Dec 30, 20202 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Dec 27, 20202 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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A Portrait by My Mother...and the Portraits We Make of Ourselves
A few months ago I re-found some drawings my mother made. I probably had seen them a very long time ago, but when I found them this past...
paulhawkwood
Nov 21, 20202 min read
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Up or Down...or Pausing and Seeing
A staircase in the Willamette National Forest creates both a practical means of getting up and down a hill, and a beautiful sculpture of...
paulhawkwood
Nov 14, 20202 min read
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Walking Through Sky and Water
When I was an English major in college, I fell in love with words—their sounds and rhythms and energies, their subtleties and brashness,...
paulhawkwood
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Oct 24, 20201 min read
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"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...
paulhawkwood
May 18, 20201 min read
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