beauty
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Necessarily Beautiful
One can see the world's selfishness, cruelty and isolation,and still believe in and see its beauty, goodness and connection.The latter remains the realityhidden behind and beneath the former. To believe and see is often difficult.It's a long journey toward awareness:God is in and… Continue reading
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Go Gracefully
Go gracefullylike the heron risingfrom the mirrorof its cypress-rimmed pond,with two languid flapsof its wide, white wings–once, twice, away–toes briefly trailing parallel linesin the breathless, calm waterwhere early bronze sunlightripples, spreads and returns to stillness. Text and image © 2011… Continue reading
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All God Wants
All God wantsis to sit silently beside you on the porch swing,gazing at the sun setting over the lake,listening to the whippoorwill deep in the beech wood,watching the bats swoop after insects,knowing that this is enough. Text and image ©… Continue reading
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Bast
As my cat twists to groom himselfhe's backlit by the setting rays of Ra,the aura of his black fur turned to bronze–Bast bathing on a carpet of golden thread. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Tree of Madness
In a seldom visited corner of the Gardengrows the Tree of Madness,so well hiddenits fruit ripens unforbidden. But one warm afternoonas she pushes curiously through the jungletendrils trailing over her bare shouldersEve comes upon it– twisted branches, spiny fruit, roots coiling… Continue reading
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To My Inner Artist
Dear Inner Artist, I so believe in you. I so believe that you have something important to say and much more to discover. The photography you do is good–sometimes amazingly, remarkably good. It comes from a place of authenticity, deep… Continue reading
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Night Will Blossom
We all grow old. You are older today than yesterday. This is as true for me (at 57) as for the toddler, the teen, the twenty-something. We grow old. I'm not afraid of this. I may have been once (and… Continue reading
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To See with the Eyes of the Divine
In an often-quoted passage from the writings of Thomas Merton, he relates the following epiphany, experienced while standing on a street corner in Louisville, Kentucky: "I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they… Continue reading