I believe attention brings what we want from hope into the present. We hope when we feel we lack, and pure attention, such as in your description of the dog, provides what it is we often are looking for. Then, from that place we can take what we experience and move it into future moments!
Nature gives me hope, too! I recently wrote a poem about August, my birthday month, and the beauty and unrefined details I see or imagine happening in August. Maybe I’ll try to shorten it into a haiku. Thank you for the inspiration!
From what I understand ... which isn't much ... is that buying art is a tax shelter, especially if it's stuff done by famous artists. You spend $10M on a Picasso or Renoir and you don't have to pay taxes because you're a steward of that art piece. I think. I'm probably wrong on this, but I think the tax code has something to do with it. Also it's tres chick to say "I have a Renoir in my bathroom."
I believe attention brings what we want from hope into the present. We hope when we feel we lack, and pure attention, such as in your description of the dog, provides what it is we often are looking for. Then, from that place we can take what we experience and move it into future moments!
Love this poem and love the accompanying drawing!
Thanks! I completely agree about our attention brining what we want from hope into the present.
Really beautiful poem and drawing. 🌞✨
Thank you 🙏!
Ahh, great prompt, Jason. Thank you for this! A friend sent me two pictures for encouragement. I wrote a haiku about one of them this morning.
Church bells and blue skies
Light bathes the adobe walls
Amber glow brings hope.
Beautiful poem, Stella. Now I really want to see the picture too!
Beautiful
Thanks!
Now I just want to meet that waddling black-and-white dog! 🫶
I'm most hopeful in the morning. ☀️Here's my slice of haiku...
sugar first, always
the cream, seconds from stirring,
leaves me inspired
I love it! Mornings are usually my most hopeful time as well
Awesome concept and execution with the haiku in the comic, the sunrise is a perfect metaphor - love this
Thanks!
Nature gives me hope, too! I recently wrote a poem about August, my birthday month, and the beauty and unrefined details I see or imagine happening in August. Maybe I’ll try to shorten it into a haiku. Thank you for the inspiration!
https://open.substack.com/pub/stingingnettle/p/a-love-letter-to-august-poem?r=1fiy28&utm_medium=ios&utm_ca
Thanks for sharing this! I love it! I'm also an August baby.
Thank you for reading!
"Poetry and art are not luxury goods. They are our way of building and sharing hope."
I often wonder
When I view an art collection
Do they see each one.
I sometimes see private art collections are more like hunting trophies than museums.
From what I understand ... which isn't much ... is that buying art is a tax shelter, especially if it's stuff done by famous artists. You spend $10M on a Picasso or Renoir and you don't have to pay taxes because you're a steward of that art piece. I think. I'm probably wrong on this, but I think the tax code has something to do with it. Also it's tres chick to say "I have a Renoir in my bathroom."