Prose | Paul Hawkwood

Apr 6, 2022
2 min

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...

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Wonder and Gratitude - a Starry Night and the Sound of Onions Cooking.

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Jan 4, 2022
2 min

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...

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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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Nine Non-obvious Ways to have Deeper Conversations: a Guide to Talking with Each Other - NYT article

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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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The Play of Yin and Yang - Seeing the World in Black and White, Old and New.

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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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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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"Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen" - My Experience and the Video

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Jan 16, 2021
2 min

"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....

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Jan 10, 2021
1 min

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,...

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Intuition, Dead Grasses, and Photography

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Jan 8, 2021
3 min

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...

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Sunrise in Sedona on New Year's Day (or, What's a 9:08?)

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Jan 1, 2021
2 min

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...

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The World As a Play, the Self as the Actor

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Dec 30, 2020
2 min

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...

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Simplicity vs. Minimalism - Seeing More by Looking at Less.

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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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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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A Portrait by My Mother...and the Portraits We Make of Ourselves

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Nov 21, 2020
2 min

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...

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Nov 14, 2020
2 min

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...

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Nov 11, 2020
2 min

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,...

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Chairs, Normalcy, and Sitting out the Pandemic

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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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"Who Would You Be Without Your Story?" - Byron Katie's method for questioning painful beliefs.

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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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