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Beauty and Vandalism in the High Country - a Choice.
For a number of years ago, I would go for a walk on the road near our home in Sedona, both to get the exercise and to see the world and...
paulhawkwood
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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Is it a Barrel, or a Sculpture?
Is this a barrel, or is it a sculpture of light and shadow, texture and curves? And is it simply an attractive planter, or does it have a...
paulhawkwood
Aug 29, 20223 min read
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Seeing Small Beauty
A few weeks ago we awoke to a light frost. When my wife and I stepped out on our second floor balcony to look around, I noticed that the...
paulhawkwood
Jan 13, 20221 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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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...
paulhawkwood
Nov 8, 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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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...
paulhawkwood
Aug 9, 20212 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
May 22, 20211 min read
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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...
paulhawkwood
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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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,...
paulhawkwood
Feb 21, 20212 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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Courthouse Butte - a Poem in Red Rock
Courthouse Butte I’m standing at the dirt end of Lee Mountain Road, not far from Oak Creek, watching the late rays of sun brush across...
paulhawkwood
Dec 29, 20201 min read
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Yin and Yang in the High Desert
A cool and misty morning in Sedona Have you heard the expression "high and dry"? Well, that can often be a description of Sedona,...
paulhawkwood
May 14, 20201 min read
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