through time and space

mjd - commissioned offering bowl - 2015

soul connections.

genderless

timeless

anchors so profound

their weight

belies

their ethereal nature.

a missed phone call

means nothing

to a bond

that can make one

a believer

in the idea of 

holding hands

through lifetimes. 

invisible cords

a thousand invisible cords - mjd 2013

'when we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe.'
- john muir

mjd 2013

just imagine what we would see
if we could make the invisible cords visible.

but
since we cannot, 
we have the heart to guide us
and remind us.

mjd 2013

the tugging we feel
in joy, 
sorrow, 
compassion, 
understanding

are all evidence
that we are connected not only to each other
but to all living things.

loose ends

various fibers, hemp and linen paper

we are connected to others

through a tapestry of place and time.

before us are the ancestors - of all living things

and earth forms.

beside us are family, friends, the global community

and all that grows and exists.

after us is the future we help to (hope to) honor, create and preserve.

mjd - 2013

loose ends are not things left unaccounted for -

at least, they don't have to be.

give them purpose.

like hands reaching out

or a rope thrown to a drowning person,

they are available and willing

to any being who needs them.

creating ties where none existed before. 

remembering

'whatever affects one directly,

affects all indirectly.

i can never be what i ought to be

until you are what you ought to be.

this is the interrelated structure

of reality.'

~ dr. martin luther king, jr.

our lives are interwoven and connected - 
be mindful, be kind, be true, be strong...

'whatever your life's work is, do it well.

a man should do his job so well that

the living, the dead and the unborn

could do it no better.'

~ dr. martin luther king, jr.