"Le Terrain du Vide~ The Ground of Emptiness"

 

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La terrain du vide et les squelettes de lumiere

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Within the ground of emptiness

there are hidden bones of light

where, like nightfall, we quietly slide

out of our given skin

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Our canvas of colors became loosened

as our bones were washed clean

in a liquid unknowing

we are opened, glistening wet

  and we slip into darkened light 

that is breathing between our worlds

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 We are circling

the structures of a land

that we cannot see

and a substance of colors

remains to guide us

like northern light

into the beauty of everything.

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God creates paint

that we may hold colors of love 

within us

and come to know 

the many names of beauty

and the many names of God.

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For you 

May you have happiness and peace

in this next year of life

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Happy Birthday

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August 24, 1951

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Paintings by David Holt

From a series of Sacred Geometry

color canvass scale ~ 5' x 5'6"

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"Une Geometrie Sacree"~ A Sacred Geometry

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We listened to rain 

as it fell onto quiet trees

with patterns of water

that fell into us 

and we stepped through doorways

timeless and unbound

into the landscape of a wish

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Beauty will braid our geometrical line

into the soul that reaches

toward a hidden star

yet we cannot name this, nor should we

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Enter the painting

 where a sacred compass is held

  the dervish moving within the center point

swirling shapes of a linear arc
toward a hidden curve

returning to us
 the breath of balance
 and speaks without words a mystical language

unveiling patterns within an ancient dream

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Open deeper

into the substance of light 

 tracing our kaleidoscopic skin
from elements moving through time

and carve your sacred path of colors

etched from imagination
into geometrical bodies

that reveal our invisible world
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We are gathering

on a vertical horizon

holding the elements 

that are carried from our birth

your essence is earth

and she gave you fire

while I hold the wind in my hands

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We listened to rain

as it fell onto quiet trees

with patterns of water 

that fell into us

 as we became starborn

the gardens bloomed once again.

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Paintings by David Holt

A series of Sacred Geometry

 canvas scale ~ 5' x 5'6" 

My deepest gratitude is with you for your gift of contemplating the geometry of beauty in this world and returning it to us, reshaped and exquisite.

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" La Gentillesse, la Coherence de l'Ame"~ Kindness, the Coherence of Soul

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La Gentillesse
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There is a coherence of light
inside of everything
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An invisible wind is breathing
shaping clouds
 bearing kindness
carving a merciful symmetry
into the soul of the world
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Time unfolds for us
as we melt back into light
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There is no darkness
that we need to fear,
it is only a deepening of wisdom
that opens more purely
into forgiveness
and grace
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We are all, everything,
a geometry of kindness
wholly designed,
and marked by the Sacred
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The blooms arrived on her favorite vine
the one she asked after
blossoms came to greet her
as she melted back
 into her holy light
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You are not alone
or without her
her light is now woven
into everything around you
and you are held by it
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This is the Kindness
and the coherence of Souls.
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For both of you
Summer Solstice
2020

" Alchimie du Demantelant de la Lumiere"~ Alchemy of Dismantling Light

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Lumiere de demontage

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There is an alchemy in dismantling light
it asks for release
of what we once held
it asks that we open
into something different, and largely uncertain
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We are, all of us, being reshaped
by tremendous imagination
from the holy Artist's hands
do not be afraid
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Transformation is unfolding
with exquisite care
as there is tenderness
within the lion
 hunting for the cub
do not be afraid
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Inside of a darkness that has been rendered
the love that we seek and search for
is Love that is also seeking us
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We must relinquish now
open the shadows
open ourselves
the alchemical melt
 of quickened silver
ore of iron, the sulphured red
return the liquid pieces
to sacred luminous gold
 all within the dismantling light.
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It has been said the Essence of Light travels within itself toward itself.
This journey is wholly a movement of Love.
There is no distance.
There is neither beginning nor end.
There is only Beauty unveiled, and in unveiling comes to know itself.
May we become increasingly intimate with our own paths of light,
and increasingly guided by the movement of Love as it unveils itself through us.
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"Les Maisons des Hommes"~The Houses of Men

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Les maisons des hommes

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An unusual wind 

stirs within the doorways

of the houses of men

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Swift and stealth

this wind opens

the prayers and songs

that can fill your mouth

with the taste of silence

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It is a freedom 

that paints this quiet sky

and the clouds that breathe 

between the planets

now watchfully unfurl

over the cities of ghosts

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And the walls that were once built

to contain our lives,

with structures that were agreed to

and conformed with

have now become a different geometry 

transforming,

 returning us to wind
and the opening earth

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Timeless and unbound
we enter sanctuary,
the unending wholeness of sky
  and remember
 our ancient houses of light
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Les maisons des hommes
va changer de forme,
 et devenir
une maison de lumiere ancestrale
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" Tenant la Racine du Ciel"~ Holding the Root of Heaven

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Nous tenons le ciel

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The spaces between us carry light

even inside of distance

we are joined

as we breathe one another

into the holy

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I cannot contain you

your beauty is your own

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I can only love you

and release you

as you journey

into mystery

and travel paths

that I do not know

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I whisper and weave
fragments of kindness

and the opening flowers

that bloom with light 

into the soul that holds you

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And the soul that you hold 

within yourself

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There is a liquid fire
within your mind
but I hold the sky
within my hands
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And with my hands
I will bring us back
to a holy root
of what is true
and beautiful
and strong
among us
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"Un Voyage sans Temp"~ A Journey without Time

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A journey without time

or any measured distance

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We are all reaching

inside of all directions

that speak or call

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What is essential

has always been

and always will be

love

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We enter sacrifice

and blessing

and kindness

that is shared

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We are learning

to reshape

what was once known

and no longer recognized

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We are learning to shape again

the light of stars

 and to speak the language of wind

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We do not know

if we will survive

and in turn

this question is shaping us

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Mercy is ancient

ask for it

and ask to be shown 

what is required

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I want to hold your hand

yet it is my imagination

that holds the memory

of your skin on mine

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We carry each others breath

inside of this world

and now

we must each remember

how to become

 a scent of light

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