Urban Buddha
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Supporters, It is with pleasure to announce that the 15 foot tall Sculpture of URBAN BUDDHA “Be the Flower Not the Bee” is happily installed at the corner of Michigan Ave. and Roosevelt Rd.,…
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nothing left to take away
I haven’t been sculpting much these days but I’ve been moving the many sculptures I do have from one place to the next and as I was loading a 200 pound piece into my car I remember that my first…
you’re worthless. you can change the world.
Amazing isn’t it? Change your perspective and your perspective changes everything. More? The heart of contemplative practice when the mind sinks into the heart
50 years ago today.
Earlier this year, I pilgrimaged to the memorial and site where John F. Kennedy was shot. I wanted to see for myself what they built to remember a guy who altered so many people with his incomplete but giant life,…
kind thoughts are the roots..
I posted a quote from Emerson yesterday and asked the question “what could be better than Emerson?”… my friend Tod Nielsen quickly trumped me: Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the…
Hell Bent on Happiness
The subways in New York are dirty and gritty and really alive. I sort of became addicted to them as I immerse in the rhythm and vibe of the whole thing… watching the daily travelers, the lost tourists, the folks…
do all the good you can
I’ve had this written on my wall behind my desk for a long time… I want to die tired and used up…. this reminds me everyday what I have to do.
Everyone needs a little Rumi now and then…
When Love comes suddenly and taps on your window, run and let it in but first shut the door of your reason. Even the smallest hint chases love away like smoke that drowns the freshness of the morning breeze. To…