The 60-Second Sabbath

Dreams

  • Magic

    I believe in magic,because I have known love. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Empty Glass

    "This is me," he said,picking up the glass and holding it,bottom side up,in the air between them;"Completely empty." Post-divorce,released from his job,out of his foreclosed home,zero-balanced in all accounts:"Emp-tee."He righted the glass and set it back on the table. "My… Continue reading

  • The Path

    So you,too,tread the pathto the sacred?Share with me your observations. I feel like a memberof a secret society,where identifying fellow-travelerstakes great sensitivityand the practical skillsof silence and patience,until the light of another–unexpectedly–touches me. And…? I anticipate (and find) joywhile being… Continue reading

  • For Those Who Rise at Night

    I rise at night,wander empty rooms–the cats remain asleep at the foot of the bed,black fur blending to darkness. I listen for the voice–listen in vainfor the voice I knowcan shake me,awaken meto freedom. Perhaps tomorrow nightI will rise againand… Continue reading

  • Lily of the Valley

    Oh, lily of the valley(a valley fraught with fears),you grow so purely fragiledrenched with the storm of tears. Your bells ring sweet and simple,hung from your towers of green,and promise of a futureof peace, as yet unseen. Oh, lily of… Continue reading

  • Seeing

    The scales fell from his eyes,and for the first time he sawthe nothingness in their stare,the empty ache of their longing,the unbridgeable distance between their hearts;he knew no going back. The scales had beenboth curse and grace;the former he'd known;the… Continue reading

  • Freedom

    I am only as freeas my heart is pure. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading

  • The Call

    Why do we focuson what divides us? Instead ask,"What is itin this other faiththat is admirableand reflects our shared values?" No one asks usto forsake what makes us unique;but God calls us (now, right now)to heal the worldthrough our commonalites.… Continue reading

  • Changing the World

    Will my photographschange the world? Yes,if just one imagemoves a single heartcloser to beauty,thoughtfulnessor wonder. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Elephant

    Yes,there may bean elephant in the room,but there are other animals in this zoo,each with it's own power, beauty, grace… Toss that elephanta peanut or two,and let's dance and laughwith the peacock, the gazelle and the kangaroo. Text and image ©… Continue reading