HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2012












West Virginia 10.27.12

The ring around the Moon is caused by the refraction of Moonlight (which of course is reflected sunlight) from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. The shape of the ice crystals results in a focusing of the light into a ring. Since the ice crystals typically have the same shape, namely a hexagonal shape, the Moon ring is almost always the same size.

Less typical are the halos that may be produced by different angles in the crystals. They can create halos with an angle of 46 degrees.



Thanks, Sarah 
Rebeccan Simonetti, we like to call her Fin -- is an amazing artist. I am lucky to call her a friend, although we haven't spent much time together -- she inspires me through the mystical world wide web with every post she makes. These screen shots are from a recent project she did while she was in China. As she explains, "On a visit to southeast China in August 2012, I filmed a series of site-specific performances in several industrial and textile factories. Borrowing from the Communist-era practice of singing to factory workers in order to motivate them to greater production, I sang Part of That World from Walt Disney’s The Little Mermaid." Go to her website to see more about this piece along with her other works, which include paintings, drawings, installations/sculpture, and beautiful musical performances. 

DTDT, FIN. 

YOU ARE GOLD
















My friend Patrick is in Wildeflower. Patrick and I met in France almost four years ago 
and he visited me in Virginia almost two years ago. Max and also are Facebook friends, just for fun! 

I like this song. It is sweet. 

Wildeflower: Good Girl














fear is a cry out for love 


























10.20.12
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA

1. THERE YOU ARE 2. DIGDOGDIG JEWELRY 
3. ONE WITH THE OCEAN 4. TEMPLE 4. FREE FLOW

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” 
― Dalai Lama XIV



































“He was universally loved and respected — a sweet, sweet man who was Hawaiian-style, generous to a fault, giving to those he felt worthy…” -Steve Pezman (publisher of The Surfer’s Journal)
RIP Donald Takayama.  
mind visions of the atlantic and beyond 






#YOLO

Through a Glass Brightly

on Nowness.com.