The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • My Hope

    My hope? That death bringsa return to the Womb: quiet,darkness,warmth. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Will I Be Loved?

    I am frightened. I feel the heat of the Beloved'sunrelenting, all-exposing light.How will I handleevery shadow erased,every secret stripped bare? Such vulnerability can only be bornewith the assurance of acceptance.When I am known–naked, authentic, true–can I be loved? Will I… Continue reading

  • Look Up

    Within your perceptual fielda noxious concept takes root.It's all your awareness can see,an obsession that batters your heart. Look up. It's only one weed in a meadow of blooms,one prickly but singular plant.Stretching for miles are blossoms of dawn:all yours… Continue reading

  • Slovenly Abandon

    We are all artists.When you create,do so with slovenly abandon.If it's real, authentic,people will listen;they will believe you.Write, sing, dance, act, draw, paint, photograph, sculpt….Do it, damn it!Yes,you! Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  … Continue reading

  • 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

  • Burn Hot

    "What is to give light, must endure burning," wrote Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl. Greatly humbled by the context of this quote, I none-the-less suggest that it does fit, here and now, for many of us. When we are called to… Continue reading