Absolutely Clear - Shams al-Din Hafiz

Absolutely Clear


Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.

Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.

Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,

My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.

Shams al-Din Hafiz

I deal in LOVE....

This quote taken from St.Augustine is to the point.It has been on my mind alot lately regarding what is love,how does it happen,when do we know it happened etc.After the chemical aftermath,is that true love that which is left?Wondering the thoughts of others on this planet in search of love or if you are even searching at all.Does it really matter??


"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin6. "Love is the beauty of the soul."
--St. Augustine

Painting and passion

This painting was inspired by a picture of a sunset I saw that my dear friend Linda put up o the internet.This is the view from her house.It is an abstract view of the sunset.Right now that painting is somewhere between here and there......

















The above painting was inspired by the sun......sunsets are always fascinating to me and the fact that the colours don't come directly out of a tube, you have to play with them like a child to bring them together and get the hues you want. And this painting is actually at my friend Amber's house.I gave it as a house warming gift.I was inspired by her personality because she is always happy and cheery when I see her and her name was also an inspiration. :)

























I am always and will continue throughout my life paint scenes I think would be in the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys if it was illustrated.That book inspires may of my paintings.























This painting is the ocean and land.The land looks like it is on fire and may be full of turmoil.