....what if?

"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed…I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other.”

Thomas Merton

Amma

........amma

I'm sorry I had to take the photo clip down...it was very cool...showing this Spirited Figure in her new surroundings....however it didn't seem to work well on my blog so I was afraid it might make your computers react negatively too.

.........posting Amma again because of a glitch

....I had to take the little montage down...
my computer didn't like it...so here she is...
I hope you like her....
A bit about the day I delivered her is in an earlier post....

.....Amma goes home

I delivered the Amma Spirit Figure on Saturday....
I'm always a little nervous about unveilings...even though in my heart of hearts, I knew that the energy from Sharon, the woman who asked me to create the piece, along with Amma's energy had come together with my muse to create a wonderful Spirit Figure.....

I arrived Saturday morning, her husband let me in....Sharon was on the phone...they are awaiting the birth of a new grandchild....We waited for Sharon to come into the room before taking her figure out of the box...
my anticipation was huge....

I knew immediately that this figure had found her home....
they love her as much as I do.
I didn't know when I decided to put roses around the her neck that Amma always smells like roses.

I was able to hang her on the wall of her new home..in a sunny room near the garden, it felt like it is the room the family comes together in...
I left feeling good about what I do.
And I feel I have made a new friend..

Later in the day I found the montage below in my email box....
Sharon gave me permission to post it...so I could share with you.
Hope you like her...
I seem to have made it a bit to big for my blog space....
right now I haven't the time to find out how to make it smaller...

.....Amma, Amma, ready to go

Well, she is furnished! Amma...amen....

I'm excited because this Spirit Figure has such fabulous energy and she looks good too. ....from start to finish this figure brought everything together in such an easy way...like finding the perfect size prayer flags in Oregon....I've put up the little mess & I deliver her either tomorrow, or Saturday. .

One of my favorite things about this experience is knowing where she is going...a very inviting, loving space...it feels gentle...a place where I was offered tea and homemade biscuits when I arrived to talk about the figure and what the vision was. She will have some fine and wonderful art & craft & flowers around her ....I'm excited to share her with you and with the lady of the house.

It was needless hugging ...
it wasn't a greeting. It was happening all day."
-- Noreen Hajinlian,
principal of New Jersey middle school that has banned hugging.


One must be on guard against needless hugging!