The experience of emptiness & void ( #ViaNegativa) is essential to #Merton’s art. True, w/o letting go there can be no #art — less is better than too much — but in Merton the soul's movement from #contemplation/ #ViaPositiva to #creativity & art is washed thru the #nothingness of God. https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2025/05/28/merton-and-the-via-negativa/

Dogs and a tuba
Beatboxing a joyful noise
Make smiley faces
#haiku #Music #Original #BeatBoxing #Tuba #NOLA #dogsofmastodon #Today #YouTube #Video #Eclipse #Dolls #ArtAsMeditation #BodyPrayer #Poetry #575Prompt #TuneTuesday #Funk #Jazz #ViaPositiva @naropau https://youtu.be/YignIt_Acwo

The #mystic in us is the lover, & love brings both #joy & #hope. The mystic goes to the edge & does not faint; the mystic faces the terror of Joy (#ViaPositiva) & Darkness (ViaNegativa) & doesn't flinch, but launches into the deep. This is part of the #spiritualwarrior archetype. https://bit.ly/4hwiUdh

The #4PathsOfCreationSpirituality - the #ViaPositiva, #ViaNegativa, #ViaCreativa & #ViaTransformativa - are the means by which we deepen our #vocation as #spiritualwarriors & move beyond #blame or #selfpity to become strong & useful #citizens of #strength, #conscience and #confidence. https://bit.ly/40Awghy

Suddenly I have a minor hit. Then it fades. I never quite know why a video get seen by more than 20 people, #Video #Original #Song #Opera #ViaPositiva #MyLife #LaDolceVida
https://youtu.be/-5ymH1ZERtU

In trying times like those we are entering into, become like a camel and store the #ViaPositiva, your love of #life and #joy in life and #biophilia, in your camel's hump as we journey across a desert horizon beginning January 20. And #resist. bit.ly/3Tz8mQW

Funny ending Here
Eternally uninvolved
In an instant Now
#haiku #Thursday #Micropoem
#575form #Ecumenical
#ArtAsMeditation
#Wisdom
#QuakerMoments
#Vedanta
#ViaPositiva
#Idealism
@kathygriffin @PearlPolanski https://youtu.be/CNA63KfkAsE