mjd - 2015 - open - sterling ring realizing that the thing to be most feared is lacking the courage  to remain open in heart and...

mjd. 2015 present moment offering bowl our world  is in need (always) of peace of love & kindness. while it may be b...

sitting with the last light - mjd 2013 i had the great good fortune to hear thich nhat hanh speak in manhattan today. it was cal...

these bits had been sitting on my bench -  the 'be still's have been incorporated into work and found new homes...  in this t...

exercise kindness  or at least do no harm...  as we are all connected, connected, connected... 

found on my walk - the fragile strength of a bee's wing the oak tree hidden inside of an acorn the return to earth promised by...

throughout my life, i have always seen this question as being multi-faceted... professionally, i wanted to be a scientist and an artist...  ...

'feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.' ~ william arthur ward hamsa hand urban mila...

'painting is just another way of keeping a diary.' ~ picasso i would take it a bit further for myself and say 'creating'......

'remember there's no such thing as  a small act of kindness. every act creates a ripple with no logical end.' - scott adams ...