The 60-Second Sabbath

Gratitude

  • Into the Stream of Consciousness

    Dipping my toein the stream of consciousnessI find it oddly cooling–soothing in a wayI didn't anticipate. Next the foot..and soon, stripping to nothing,I take the plunge–waters of cluttered, un-institutionalized freshnesswash over me,tumble me in their turbulent current,bracing,bruising,bathing,revealing… Is this dream or… Continue reading

  • Hymn

    Lay down in stillness.Lay down in stillness.Lay down in stillness,    the stillness of God. Surrender to sorrow.Surrender to sorrow.Surrender to sorrow,     the sorrow of God. Rise up in wholeness.Rise up in wholeness.Rise up in wholeness,    the wholeness of God.… Continue reading

  • Porcelain

    We have a favorite CD,titled Porcelain–fragile music,delicate, round and translucent,soothing, cooling and smooth,layered with soft colorand subtle flavors,protective and nurturing. So many nightswe float to sleep,wrapped in gentle cadence… Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. (Porcelain… Continue reading

  • Fill in the Blanks

    blank page    blank heart a page of possibilities    a heart of possibilities with what will you fill yours?  Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • The Purpose of Beauty

    While walking solitary in the mountains, I emerge from the woodsand step out into clear and open air,into a vista of astonishing beauty,into sacred space beyond breathing. I ask:"Am I the only one to see this–beauty this piercingly expansive–which may… Continue reading

  • What Dirk Might Know

    Does Dirk understandhe's adopted? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • Failure

    Success buildson the rubble of repeated failure. No collapsed venture is wasted. Art, relationship, occupation–it's all the same:only those who gleefully fail,succeed. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • 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

  • What I Need from You

    Hey, Omar, my bartender:Share with me your wisdom. Hey, Isabel, assembling my burger:What has life taught you? Hey, Muhammad, my cabbie: What of your former lifemight illuminate mine? Hey, boss:If you were to mentor me,what guidance would you offer? Every one… Continue reading