Farewell and Thanks For All the Fish

 

“Don’t be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.”

-Richard Bach

 

Well this is it folks, Sometime in the next 24 hours, this site will vanish. Rising from its ashes tho will be http://wakingspirals.com . The site will evolve over the next few months. It will feature the quotes, poetry, short essays and artwork that I’ve had here plus a web shop where you can buy prints of my art and order tarot readings among other things.
I want to thank everyone who has commented and liked my work or even those who just stopped by. Here is hoping we meet again over at the new site.
Blessings, G

 

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Winding Paths by G A Rosenberg

 

Final Wakingspirals.me Gallery Update

 

Tonight will be the last night of new postings on http://wakingspirals.me . It may well be the last post on the site as I close for a few days to focus on the renovation and move to http://wakingspirals.com. Thank you all for the support that you have given me.
Blessings, G

 
The art gallery page for 2015 has been updated on Waking Spirals (http://wakingspirals.me) and now has my art from August.
Please browse through and if you have an interest in purchasing any prints please contact me at rambled@mac.com.

 

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September 2015

 

October 2015

 

Understanding

 

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
— Frank Herbert

 

Innocence is often the price we pay for knowledge and often it is a worthwhile exchange. When we encounter something new we often try to connect it with something that we have known before. When we can do this, we often avoid delving deeper as there is no reason to. We feel we understand it already. It is only when we can’t make an automatic connection that we seek more knowledge in order to reach a level of understanding. However once we grasp something we can no longer claim innocence of it.
Blessings, G

 

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The Other Side of the Garden by G A Rosenberg

 

Tossed in the Cosmic Storm by G A Rosenberg

 

Of Shadow and Light (Redux)

 

Standing in darkness
and reaching out for the light
Balance in Motion

 

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Of Shadow and Light (Redux) by G A Rosenberg

 

Name It

 

“To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass.”
— Amiri Baraka

 

Name your fears
Name your hopes
Name your dreams
Name your loves and your hates
for to name something
gives you power over it.
You can call on something that has a name
You can invoke it and evoke it
Draw it out into the open
and deal with it openly.
Compare that to a nameless dread
or a feeling of hope
or a breath of love.
Naming it makes it real.
— G A Rosenberg

 

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Penguin Keep by G A Rosenberg

 

Floating Within the Stream by G A Rosenberg

 

Wake-Up Call

 

“I would like to write a Book which would drive men mad, which would be like an open door leading them where they would never have consented to go, in short, a door that opens onto reality.”
― Antonin Artaud

 

In dreamlike existence
I move through life
seeking wakefulness
Everywhere are lullabies
temptations towards sleep
lulling me
through media melodies
into stupor
Where is the alarm
that will awaken me?
What will turn my face
towards the new day’s sun?
— G A Rosenberg

 

Blessings, G

 

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Through a Keyhole to a Better Existence by G A Rosenberg

 

Whispers From the Well by G A Rosenberg

 

Inner Gateway Through Her Being (Redux)

 

I’m lost within her
terrible grace and presence
my soul encompassed

 

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Inner Gateway Through Her Being by G A Rosenberg

 

Creative Pessimism

 

“Don’t struggle so much, the best things happen when not expected.”
— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

 

My mind seldom stops. This has its positive aspects and its drawbacks. Learning to meditate was a challenge. Even now, I tend to overthink most things. Going into new situations I tend to look at them from all angles trying to consider ways in which they can backfire and coming up with possible solutions ahead of time. At times it becomes something of a game, somewhere between chess and mental masturbation. Still there are times when none of my disaster scenarios play out no matter how prepared I may be for them and I get surprised. This happens often enough that I extol the virtues of creative pessimism. It’s not that I expect things to go wrong as much as I try to be prepared. Yes I realize how neurotic this seems yet I often find that working through a mishap can be ever so much more rewarding than things going right from the beginning. At least it keeps my mind occupied.
Blessings, G

 

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Conscious Navigation by G A Rosenberg

 

At the Edge by G A Rosenberg

 

Reflective Mandala by G A Rosenberg

 

Burning

 

“I want a blaze of light to flame in me forever in a timeless, dear love of everything. And why should I pretend to want anything else?”
— Jack Kerouac

 

I light up the night
from within
as the spectrum of flame
burns within me
Different emotional resonances
blaze out from inside
allowing me to touch
the world
and be touched in return
May all that blocks me burn
leaving only pure being
my essential self
to remain.
— G A Rosenberg

 

Blessings, G

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Within Wheels by G A Rosenberg

 

A Darker Place by G A Rosenberg

 

On Strange Shores (Redux)

 

Floating aimlessly
on emotional oceans
what shore will find us?

 

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On Strange Shores by G A Rosenberg