The 60-Second Sabbath

Photography

  • Sophia, Once Again

    "Sweetie," she said,"these things aren't happening to you,they're happening for you.There's a big difference." My blank lookmust have communicated my confusion. She patted me on the knee."You just sit with thatwhile I get us some tea." Text and image © 2014… Continue reading

  • Fashion Week

    Along the spare runwayskinny, slack-faced models slouch,whose bodies movebut faces do not. When did the lack of feelingbecome sexy? When did boredom(or is it death)become beauty? Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Labyrinth

    Imagine a metaphor for your life:     jungle cruise?    trial by jury?    Country Buffet?    roller coaster? I choose labyrinth:     in which I    occasionally glimpse the goal,    approach, turn away,    double back, reorient, begin again;… Continue reading

  • Releasing

    So many questions,so few answers,so little needto stress about either. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Dismissal

    Give me a balcony(somewhere on the East coast of Mexico),air scented with hidden hyacinth(sweet, exotic, sensual),a waning moon and the evening's first star(just freed from the hazy horizon),and a fresh-pressed volume of poetry(Rumi? Oliver? Collins?). You may leave now. Text… Continue reading

  • Circles

    Within your heartspins a circle of longing,an emptinessaching to be filled. It frightens you;what if you brave this nothingnessand disappear? But how can you not enteryour place of Ultimate Yearning? Welcome the Mysteryyou were created to embrace. Text and image ©… Continue reading

  • Dark Chocolate

    The bitter cuts the sweet,yields the richest, most satisyfing experienceon the tongue. So like life. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Seeing Good

    Today,right now,make the decisionto see the good around you:    beauty,    kindness,    color,    play,    love,    diversity,    possibilities. Observe the goodfor just 15 minutesand you will be    calmer,    more focused,    more creative, … Continue reading

  • Scanning

    Charmed childgrowing up on a Michigan beach,I stand on wind-built dunesand scan for whales,    for Russian subs,    for drowning victims…     for an adventure    and an extrordinary life. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Boots and Pants

    Boots and pantsand boots and pantsand pigs and batsand pigs and batsand glutes and latsand glutes and latsand wings and flapsand wings and flapsand maps and chartsand maps and chartsand fits and startsand…         …fits and startsand hearts and… Continue reading