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boy-oh-boy…

kellya — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:11:02 +0000

jackson, 13 weeks

A new pup has joined our family…Jackson Henry Heisenberg. We got him from the Dumb Friends League (local shelter) a few weeks ago…I simply could not resist those blue eyes!!!

Jackson is a cardigan welsh corgi mix…not completely sure what he’s “mixed” with…we’re thinking husky? Nonetheless, he is so much fun and is keeping me very, very busy…it’s been a long time since I’ve had a puppy in the house, under my feet and biting my ankles!

winter’s fate and the fruit tree

kellya — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:17:41 +0000

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom? but we hope it, we know it…
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

live with abandon, live without doubt

kellya — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:12:47 +0000

If we didn’t live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I’ve no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged…
- Virginia Woolf

waterdrops in a dark time

kellya — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:07:33 +0000

In a dark time, the eye begins to see,
I meet my shadow in the deepening shade;

I hear my echo in the echoing wood–
A lord of nature weeping to a tree,
I live between the heron and the wren,
Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den.

- excerpt from the poem, In a Dark Time
by Theodore Roethke

the downhill run

kellya — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:44:56 +0000

I know what the uphill climb is like…
simply putting one foot in front of the other, creeping one step closer to my goal…head down, staying as focused as I can. Not wanting to get discouraged and see how much further I have to go. Not wanting to ask, “Am I there yet?”

I’ve arrived at the top…
the satisfaction, the exhausted mind and body. Time to catch my breath and say, “I made it!” So now what?

What goes up must come down…
the force of mental gravity pulls me back down and while I descend I find myself already thinking about the next climb; what’s next? when can i do this again? wait…there’s something wrong here…

The art of running downhill…

Time to stop thinking about what’s next; instead I must run…RUN downhill as fast as I can with reckless abandon and stay in the moment. I tell myself to just enjoy the ride because this is so much easier than going uphill. I will never have this moment again…and the best part is, I’ve realized that life doesn’t always have to be an uphill climb.

running on the open trail

kellya — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:58:43 +0000

Running along the “trail of truth”…where thoughts and emotions rise to the surface and problems seem to unravel themselves and float up to the sky as my feet carry me along a beautiful path which leads me to a more peaceful place.

one person, many possibilities

kellya — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:24:00 +0000

“one”
© 2009 kelly angard

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can’t be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt…
- lyrics by U2

love is the answer

kellya — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Every once in awhile, I see something which makes every single part of me exclaim, “yes, yes, yes…I so get this! This is exactly what I have been trying to convey through my photography, my artwork, my writing!” This exclamation of “yes!” not only brings about an abstract, interpersonal connection with humanity at large and a spiritual alignment with individuals whom I have never met, it truly reinforces my belief that we are not as alone as we think we are…we are all truly one. And that no matter the question…

Love IS the answer!

…and love inspires. One such inspiration is author, speaker and founder of The Foundation Educating for Peace, Isha. Isha is a unique, grounded, modern-day visionary and author. Her book and newly-released movie, “Why Walk When You Can Fly?” reveals her personal journey of transformation and awakening. Her passion for horses and hawks conceptually expresses the nature, spirit and possibility which lies within each of us…one which resonnates so deep within me.

love your mother!

kellya — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:13:00 +0000

paying tribute to mother earth…
Happy Earth Day!

My dear, talented friend, Carrie, from Original Hardware, passed on a beautiful poem that is just perfect for today. Here’s an excerpt:

Listening to Spring

by Macrina Wiederkehr

How quietly the earth breathes forth new life.

How eagerly the sun bleeds forth the spring.

I am listening.

I am listening to seeds breaking open,

to roots growing strong beneath the ground

to green shoots rising up from winter wombs.

I am listening to thorns blossoming,

to barren branches laughing out new growth,

to wildflowers dancing through the meadows.

I am listening…

the nature of art

kellya — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:21:00 +0000

As an artist, there are some pieces i create which are so personal, so poignant, so evocative, i find it difficult to share them with the world when they are finished. as much as a part of me wants to share my favorite and most meaningful work, i end up keeping these works to myself…waiting for the time i feel enough distance from them, separated from them personally. i wait until i feel i can put “them” — and therefore, myself — out there for the world to see. this one took a year and a half…

For some, this may simply be an image of two anonymous people captured in a moment…nothing more, nothing less. and that is fine; it is what it is to the viewer.

But for me, this work, this image speaks of so much more. For me, this image is a bank of a thousand thoughts…a catalyst for heart-breaking stories or song lyrics yet to be written.
For me, it whispers to a curious mind…i want to know more.
i want to imagine more.
i want to create more.
i want to be more.