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Inner Peace is a state of inner calm, tranquility, and contentment that comes from a deep sense of harmony and acceptance of yourself and your surroundings regardless of external circumstances. It involves being in touch with your true self, free from inner conflicts, experiencing a sense of wholeness and fulfillment. Where do you find peace?… Read more: Relax. Breathe. Smile The Peace You Seek is Within

Sometimes we find our kindred spirits in the most unexpected places. My tailor, Mr. Bali, comes to work each day in a shirt and tie, a proper, older gentleman. He is from Turkey and has practiced all his life in a shamanistic tradition, a shaman himself. On occasion we have engaged in deep philosophical conversation,… Read more: Possibility for Peace

Free to Fly, Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture I love this sculpture, a spiral, the energy of ascending, taking flight, a sense of freedom and movement. I wanted to sculpt that feeling. It was what I was feeling. Having recently left my spiritual community, taking a significant new tact in my life, again at a new… Read more: Free to Fly

Over the last several years I have lost about 60 lbs, almost a third of my body weight. I feel better. All told I think I look better too. Back in my late twenties when I had trained for years as a triathelete and then maintained my fitness with diet, cardio exercise and weightlifting, one… Read more: Some Choices Can Make Themselves

So let’s talk some art. I paint with little tiny dots. Pointillism. Formally defined, pointillism is a method of painting using small, distinct dots of pure color that are mixed in the eye of viewer rather than before they are applied to the canvas. Introduced by George Seurat and Paul Signac in the 1880s, post-impressionism,… Read more: Art as Prayer