Pre-Occupied

August 20, 2012 by 10 Comments
Chair, Occupied by Flowers

Chair, Occupied by Flowers © 2012 Bo Mackison

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ~  Thich Nhat Hanh

I saw this lovely chair in front of a shop window while walking on Main Street in Galena, Illinois. It’s not every day I find a chair already taken — by a swag of fragrant lavender!

August Break 2012

 

Bo Mackison is a photographer of the seeded earth and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is taking an August break from long written blog posts, but the photo walks and photo-blog continues.

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Take a Seat

September 26, 2011 by 3 Comments
Table and Chair

Take a Seat © 2011 Bo Mackison

. . . and you find yourself alone
and you must speak to the stars
or the rain-filled clouds
or anything at hand
to find your place.

When you are alone
you must do anything
to believe
and when you are
abandoned
you must speak
with everything
you know
and everything you are
in order
to belong.

If I have no one to turn to
I must claim my aloneness.

If I cannot speak
I must reclaim the prison
of my body.

If I have only darkness
I must claim the night.

And then,
even in the closest dark
the world
can find me.”

~ an excerpt from “What I Must Tell Myself” by David Whyte

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