A Sense of Space

A Sense of Space, a photo by TomRaven (Away) on Flickr.

"Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery, teach me how to trust my heart, my mind, my intuition, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit. Teach me to trust these things so that I may enter my sacred space and love beyond my fear, and thus walk in balance with the passing of each glorious sun."
— American Indian Lakota Prayer

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The Romance of Sunset

The Romance of Sunset, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor."
"When love is not madness it is not love."
— Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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Land of the Long White Cloud

Land of the Long White Cloud, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Clambering up the Cold Mountain path,
The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on:
The long gorge choked with scree and boulders,
The wide creek, the mist-blurred grass.
The moss is slippery, though there's been no rain
The pine sings, but there's no wind.
Who can leap the world's ties
And sit with me among the white clouds?"
— Han-shan

Kapiti Island lies dreaming between sea and sky, under the long white cloud...

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Flying To The Sun

Flying To The Sun, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

“It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.”
― Haruki Murakami

Its getting really cold here in the UK... so I'm planning on flying to the sun :-)

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Molten Dawn

Molten Dawn, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"O Dionysus, we feel you near,
stirring like molten lava
under the ravaged earth,
flowing from the wounds of your trees
in tears of sap,
screaming with the rage
of your hunted beasts."
— Euripides (The Bacchae)

The volcano Mt Ruapehu is clearly visible on the horizon, some 320 kms/200 miles away, as the dawn light reflects on the breaking surf on the black volcanic sand of the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.

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Retreating Ocean, Advancing Sky

Retreating Ocean, Advancing Sky, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling; and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. The great wave of the tide moved further along the island and the water lifted."
— William Golding (Lord of the Flies)

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Sun Arise

Sun Arise, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly."
— Baha'i Writings

The sun rises over the Kapiti Coast in the south west of the North Island of New Zealand.

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