meditative journey with saldage
a sharing of readings, thoughts, and images
They ask me where’s the sense
on jasper mountains?
I laugh and don’t reply,
in heart’s own quiet:
Peach petals float their streams
away in secret
To other skies and earths
than those of mortals
~Li Po*
Resilient: multiple exposure images of the ever-changing landscape along Hwy. 287 between Laramie, Wyoming and Fort Collins, Colorado in combination with Li Po’s poem, In the Mountains: A reply to the Vulgar” reflect the resilience of time and words.
*cited:
Li Po and Tu Fu
A Cooper
This section of railroad tracks is from a small rural community in eastern Wyoming…as we wandered through this part of America, it was not uncommon to see abandoned buildings which seem to be symbolic of discarded hopes and dreams.
This image “Discarded” is submitted in response to CEO’s B@W Photo Challenge: Any Tracks or Trains
On my coming back,
how many pathways are there
through the spring grasses?
~Buson*
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Y Sawa & E Shiffert
blow again–
and the closer the better,
autumn wind
~Ouchi Masahiro*
*cited:
Haiku before Haiku
Steven Carter
One of the current campaigns listed on Indiegogo, Five Folds One Cloth, tells us about a family invested in donating their home in St. Louis to charity and living their dream to:
Purchase land near Laramie, Wyoming where we currently reside. Procure bees, animals (sheep, goats and chickens) as well as equipment necessary to keep them. Your donations will enable us to become self sufficient by enabling us to sell the goods that are produced by the animals. Also you will help preserve a piece of Wyoming where the land and sky meet for generations upon generations. While the population in Wyoming is only 576,412 in 2013 it’s land is quietly being vanquished by commercial interest. If the goals are met then portions of land will be locked from development via conservation trusts. Keeping it pure throughout time.
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Five Folds One Cloth is not about a man trying to make it rich but it is about a father trying to give his family and other families something that will last well after I am gone.
To become part of this campaign of hopes and dreams or for addtional information, please visit Five Folds One Cloth
Indiegogo is a crowdfunding solution that empowers ideas and enables people to donate funds easily. On their site (http://www.indiegogo.com/about/our-story) they note that their mission is to provide a welcoming, supportive community that embraces collaboration, fearlessness and authenticity. “You provide the passion, we’ll provide industry leading tools and support to help you promote your campaign and raise funds quickly, easily and securely.”
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