I might have called the project DLW: David Loves Whimsy. Perhaps that’s a wormhole into another dimension. However, we were strapped in, on the pad, and the rockets were blazing. Here, dear reader, I say, don’t (DO NOT) put a fork in the toaster. And DO NOT write in this book without FIRST testing your writing instrument for bleed through. File availability. Here’s the PDF of my first ever coloring book.
… Here are all the words in the coloring book. DLW David’s Little Whimsies A Coloring Book for Lois Mom © 2024 David L White Search ‘whimsy” @ GigAHug.com … Dedication This book is dedicated to my dear wife, Pat, of 36 years, who encourages and allows me to continue becoming. To my mother Lois, who read to me when I was an only child - my first three years. To Sally … thanks for asking if a particular art piece was for sale. A simple question can move the mountain. It’s 2024, the 50th anniversary year of my first published book of poems. I’d been wondering if I was going to put another book together. The first book was completely hand lettered. And here, my first coloring book, also done by hand. Surprise! ~~~ A few people have said to me: “I can’t draw.” Laughing, I have replied: “Neither can I!” This little book is more about allowing mystery and inspiration than it is about any definition of art. Be more you. ~~~ Project Notes David’s Little Whimsies “The fullest possible enjoyment is to be found by reducing your ego to zero.” ~ G. K. Chesterton I have found the greatest joy scribbling on scrap paper. I have thought there’s nothing artistic I can do with that. I now reconsider waste and failure. Anyway, here’s this coloring book. I learned to upgrade my doodle paper. And I continue to practice with edges more often. The Blank Page The intimidation factor may seem greater when one insists that there is only one blank page available. “There is nothing to abandon or practice. No meditation or post-meditation. Just this. - Miranda Shaw - The Natural Abiding ~~~ "Nothing happens, until something moves.”~ Albert Einstein“Something obviously moved, Einstein. Everything’s happening.”~ David L WhiteYou there, dear reader, make something move! There are extra pages here at the end. Thank you for visiting and taking some time for your self.
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Friday, August 16, 2024
Whimsy
Saturday, July 27, 2024
6Q July 27, 2024
"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope." - Thomas Merton … You have sole ownership of your vision. And the Universe will give you what you want within your vision. What happens with most people is that they muddy their vision with "reality". Their vision becomes full of not only what they want but what everybody else thinks about what they want, too. Your work is to clarify and purify your vision so that the vibration that you are offering can then be answered. Abraham-Hicks … If you trust me, believe when I tell you that you are the pure awareness that illuminates consciousness and its infinite content. Realise this and live accordingly. If you do not believe me, then go within, enquiring "What am I"? or, focus your mind on "l am", which is pure and simple being. Nisargadatta Maharaj … When you change radically it affects all mankind. So, we are saying observe and investigate 'what is', not how to go beyond what is', not how to transform 'what is'. If you do, then the duality comes into being, therefore conflict. - J Krishnamurti … The whole movement of life is learning. There is never a time in which there is no learning. Every action is a movement of learning and every relationship is learning. Jiddu Krishnamurti … Stop talking yourself out of opportunities because you don't feel like you're "ready" yet. It's time. You're ready now. — unknown Thank you for visiting and taking some time for your self.
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Saturday, July 20, 2024
6Q July 20, 2024
EMPATHY IS A WILLINGNESS TO OFFER CURIOSITY AND COMPASSIONATE PRESENCE FOR ANOTHER PERSON'S EXPERIENCE WITHOUT TRYING TO FIX THEM OR INSERT YOUR OWN AGENDA. Wise Heart … "sometimes you have to tell people when you miss them. you have to let them know how you feel. it's good for the soul to pour yourself out but it's even better if you do so with someone you love." — r. m. drake … PAIN IN THE BODY EXISTS TO WAKE US UP TO A PHYSICAL PROBLEM. PAIN IN THE PSYCHE EXISTS TO WAKE US UP TO A SPIRITUAL ONE. We are not meant to live in chronic psychological pain, any more than we are meant to live in chronic physical distress. Pain serves as a signal that something about the way we're living is not serving us. When this kind of pain shows up, we have to treat the root cause, not the symptom. Forget the bubble baths and splurge days. Go deep with your life. Get aligned with what matters. Surround yourself with meaningful community and challenges that grow you. The pain doesn't go away through numbing. It goes away through conscious and deliberate design. Heidi Priebe … You are allowed to be both a Masterpiece and a Work in Progress, simultaneously. … The reason you want every single thing that you want, is because you think you will feel really good when you get there. But, if you don't feel really good on your way to there, you can't get there. You have to be satisfied with what is while you're reaching for more. Abraham-Hicks … Never in the history of calming down has anyone calmed down by being told to calm down. Thank you for visiting and taking some time for your self.
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