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martha phelps studio: November 2010
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An untamed life on purpose. Thursday, November 11, 2010. On this Veteran's Day, my favorite stunning song by John Gorka. Youtube version here. Let Them In" was made into song by John Gorka from a poem found in a hospital in the Philippines during World War II. The nurse that found the poem kept it all these years until the recent war brought out all the memorabilia. Luckily, her daughter sent a copy to John. Let them in, Peter. They are very tired. Give them couches where the angels sleep. To have to die.
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martha phelps studio: The Territories of Joy and Sorrow
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An untamed life on purpose. Sunday, June 27, 2010. The Territories of Joy and Sorrow. How does one who lives a wild and untamed life keep the inevitable sadness that goes with such a life at bay? State of being is not for the faint of heart. TH White wrote, in a conversation between Merlin and Arthur in the novel The Once and Future King. My current "to learn" list looks something like this:. More patience and trust. All the new web-building programs that my boss has asked me to digest. So that seems lik...
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martha phelps studio: Small Things
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An untamed life on purpose. Saturday, October 23, 2010. Do not think that love in order to be genuine. Has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.". Small things.like threads in an intricate and perfect web - a thousand tiny lifelines that keep one's heart intact at just the right moment. Small things.like beads on a string, slipping easily into place - tiny yet essential to the whole.
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martha phelps studio: July 2011
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An untamed life on purpose. Thursday, July 7, 2011. Please check out my new blog site hosted by WordPress: http:/ marthaleephelps.wordpress.com/. Posted by Martha Phelps. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. View my complete profile. All photographs and writing on this site are © martha lee phelps, unless otherwise credited. Please do not reproduce materials from this site without permission. Facebook Fans of Martha Phelps Studio. The Art of Non-Conformity.
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martha phelps studio: The Pine Reel
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An untamed life on purpose. Saturday, September 11, 2010. One Sierra mountain night,. Just a few hours before dawn,. After I had bid the dance hall adieu and. Started the slow walk up the trail toward sleep). There was this moment. How do you
say, “silhouette” in your language? When the sky glowed as silver as smooth abalone, and. A solstice moon, through pale gauze clouds,. Became back-light to four ancient pine trees. I was stopped by the beauty of it all:. The perfect relief of form from darkness, and.
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martha phelps studio: Life While-You-Wait
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An untamed life on purpose. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. I rarely re-post things that others have sent via email on the same day or even in the same month, but this incredible poem really called out to me to "send it along." A large and warm "hat tip" to Joe Riley and his ongoing sharing through Panhala, and to the poet, of course -Wislawa Szymborska. The photos are from me. Enjoy, mlp. I know nothing of the role I play. I only know it's mine. I can't exchange it. I have to guess on the spot. Is it fair, I ask.
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martha phelps studio: Foreign Objects
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An untamed life on purpose. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Sometimes this life is a foreign object to me. It's like something shiny but odd-looking,. That one comes across on the beach. You pick it up. Two fingered because of the sand and the muck -. And notice right away that there's that one wicked sharp edge. Too sharp, in fact -. To smooth with the fat skin of your thumb. But by using the edge of that soft old warm sweatshirt,. Protection is gained as well as a glorious and unexpected sheen. The Way It Is.
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martha phelps studio: Let Them In
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An untamed life on purpose. Thursday, November 11, 2010. On this Veteran's Day, my favorite stunning song by John Gorka. Youtube version here. Let Them In" was made into song by John Gorka from a poem found in a hospital in the Philippines during World War II. The nurse that found the poem kept it all these years until the recent war brought out all the memorabilia. Luckily, her daughter sent a copy to John. Let them in, Peter. They are very tired. Give them couches where the angels sleep. To have to die.
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martha phelps studio: You Reading This, Be Ready
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An untamed life on purpose. Tuesday, August 10, 2010. You Reading This, Be Ready. Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened. Sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world. Than the breathing respect that you carry. Wherever you go right now? For time to show you some better thoughts? When you turn around, starting here, lift this. New glimpse that you found; carry into evening.
