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paulhawkwood
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Sunrise in Sedona on New Year's Day (or, What's a 9:08?)
I thought I'd celebrate the dawn of the New Year (literally) by taking some sunrise photos where we live in Sedona. I consulted my...
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paulhawkwood
Dec 27, 20202 min read
Simplicity vs. Minimalism - Seeing More by Looking at Less.
Here's an experiment: for a few moments, gaze at this photograph while holding the word "simplicity" in your awareness. Note how the word...
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paulhawkwood
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Grates and Gratefulness Under the Sun
Ok, it's a so-so pun, but I think this rusted iron grating suggests the beautiful interconnection and wholeness we can experience when we...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 30, 20201 min read
The Beauty of Light and Shadow
This is the lampshade on my home office desk in Eugene. I took a photo of it because of how the many lines, shapes, and shadows created...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 28, 20201 min read
Desert Sunset, Desert Clouds
One of the things I love about living in Sedona is the wondrous play of light at sunrise and sunset. Often the high clouds break up into...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 17, 20202 min read
Seeing What Can be Seen
It's interesting how a camera can teach us to see. The world is so utterly full of objects, places, shapes and shadows, color and light,...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 15, 20201 min read
The Heart Persists
I was walking by a retirement home in Eugene one morning on the way to our meditation center when I saw this simple heart drawn on the...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 14, 20202 min read
Up or Down...or Pausing and Seeing
A staircase in the Willamette National Forest creates both a practical means of getting up and down a hill, and a beautiful sculpture of...
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paulhawkwood
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Walking Through Sky and Water
When I was an English major in college, I fell in love with words—their sounds and rhythms and energies, their subtleties and brashness,...
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paulhawkwood
Oct 24, 20201 min read
Chairs, Normalcy, and Sitting out the Pandemic
While I'm waiting for my latte to be made at our favorite coffee shop one Sunday morning, I look around the usually-busy cafe at all the...
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paulhawkwood
Jun 22, 20202 min read
Beauty, Light, and Mystery Down Under - an Invitation
What is more real - the whole, or a part of the whole? On one hand, when we see the entirety of something, we identify it with its name...
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paulhawkwood
May 18, 20201 min read
"Who Would You Be Without Your Story?" - Byron Katie's method for questioning painful beliefs.
Most of the stories we tell ourselves aren't really real... Sun umbrella reflection on glass picnic table. Have you ever noticed how your...
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paulhawkwood
May 14, 20201 min read
Yin and Yang in the High Desert
A cool and misty morning in Sedona Have you heard the expression "high and dry"? Well, that can often be a description of Sedona,...
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