Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Transcendental Tuesday

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone

Look how bright everything is today! Fall is brilliant. Fall is a cache of the year's bounty that transcends seasons. It is a boldly sensual time of year. The brightest orange Begonia blossom I've ever seen sits on the deck table, bursting with its here-I-am-savor-my-succulent-blossom-love-I'll-give-for-as-long-as-I-can-give-in-these-final-holding-on-to-grand-summer-slouching-into-autumn-days Begonia magnanimity.

No, no one can argue this color. 

But why are my photos always crooked? 

Today, I'm working on answering that question and tweaking this blog's pages. I've deleted a couple of pages below the header and added, after much deliberation, an "About Me" page entitled Meet the Suburban Soliloquist. Creative, no?

I am thinking about adding old letters. And postcards. I wonder if anyone kept any of my old letters and how badly composed they may be. I am thinking about changing the header photo for some original artwork. Yet again.

I'm happily in that zone. It's about time, eh? 

Begonia essence, I have read, balances feelings of insecurity, quells the blues, increases body awareness and sensation, and eases fear. It does so by collecting the body's misplaced fragments and fusing them back togethera healing tonic for the heart and soul. I keep sniffing the flower. I think it works.

35 comments:

  1. It's a brilliant colour in every sense of the word. I'm glad autumn / fall has that creative effect on you - it makes me want to curl up on the sofa!

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  2. Its good to mix things up once in a while, why not?

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  3. Jayne, fall always puts me in a creative mode. Although the autumn air in Florida lacks the sparkling crispness of New England, it does carry on its breath traces of change. This inspires a stirring response, inciting an urge in me to relive something wonderful and chancy, but to take it even further this time.
    I’m as restless as a pile of leaves on a windy day…looking to do something new.
    I love that you’re revamping the blog, mixing things old and new together, creating something unexpected and beautiful. I can’t wait to see what you do.
    That blossom is magnificent!

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  4. Sharon- I wonder what the days are looking like across the pond this October? The last time I was in Europe it was late September, and a very long time ago. It was quite beautiful though, I remember.

    And I can curl of with the best of 'em--especially when the fire's stoked! ;)

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  5. Dicky- I think so, too. It's time. I'm working on it in bits and spurts.

    And I see how well you've done with the transition/adjustments you made to your site. Success! ;)

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  6. transcendental tuesday! if that isn't nice what is?

    i'm also enjoying the crisp fall weather but something tells me this nice weather isn't going to last.

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  7. Leah- Wonderful and chancy! I like the way you think. And taking it even further? You're going to have to elaborate on that... I wonder what's going on over at Eating Life Raw?! I guess I'm just going to have to pay you a visit, eh?

    Whatever it is, I'm certain you won't be blowing away with the leaves!

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  8. Billy- You know what they say in these parts: "If you don't like the weather in New England, wait a few minutes, it'll change." (I think that was Twain.) But it's still gorgeous here today.

    I think we should make every Tuesday transcendental. ;)

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  9. I am deeply craving begonia essence.
    Darn, pear schnapps will have to do.

    I love the energy autumn brings. The cool refreshing air after a long, hot, humid summer. I've always thought that this is more appropriate for beginning a new year...well, I can see the argument for spring beginning a new year too. But I never could grasp January?

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  10. Jayne, that begonia is awesome!

    Loving the changing colors here in the midwest. The weather has been warm and beautiful...but rain and cooler temps on the way for the weekend - writing time again.

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  11. Leonora- Pear Schnapps is an excellent accompaniment to Begonia essence. We should really get them together some time. Must be beautiful in your neck of woods this time of year.

    January is easier to grasp with skis on! ;)

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  12. Loree- That is a benefit of rain--the contemplation that always seems to go along with it does tend to further the writing process. By week's end, we'll be seeing some of the wet stuff, too.

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  13. Nothing more absorbing than blog re-design. There's a particular state of nervous creativity, time and all externals forgotten. Only a bright orange-red begonia could break through that zone.

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  14. I like the smell of lilacs. Also the smell of vanilla, both have a way of balancing me out a bit.

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  15. I love Hipstamatic in a way that probably makes Jesus uncomfortable. Great shot. Great shot of creativity. You blushing begonia you. Here's one I recently learned from a voodoo priestess (yes, I'm serious): cedar oil on your shoulders, just a few drops, to keep you grounded and ward off spirits who would knock you off your foundation. Seems to work, so far.

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  16. hmmm....autumnal leaves are beginning to show their russet reds on your side of the pod, whilst spring growth is abundant on mine...that's all nice and poetic 'cept it spells hayfever for me.
    Dammit I am tempted to walk around with a gauze mask and swimming goggles on to alleviate my symptoms, however decorum prevents me from doing so...
    Now where was I going with this?
    Oh yeah...begonias..gorgeous plants. I love going down to the local Botanic Garden in autumn to watch them bloom.
    Speaking of blooming, it does wonders to mix things up/down/around on one's work every now n then. You are a writer dammit and this is your stuff so you can do what you bloody well please. So there! ;)

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  17. Holy cow, love that picture!

    And this, "The brightest orange Begonia blossom I've ever seen sits on the deck table, bursting with its here-I-am-savor-my-succulent-blossom-love-I'll-give-for-as-long-as-I-can-give-in-these-final-holding-on-to-grand-summer-slouching-into-autumn-days Begonia magnanimity."

    My kind of poetry.

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  18. i think hipstamatic makes 'em crooked on purpose?
    anyway, looove the shot!
    and those begonias sound like groovy little multi-taskers.

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  19. Nance- I am embarrassed to say how much time I spent on the new header today. Here it is almost 11:00pm and I'm still not happy with it. That is because it's my own design!

    I guess I did forget about time and, well, almost all externals. ;)

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  20. Angela- Oh, lilac in the bedroom. Always. And I must admit I like French vanilla coffee. And pumkin spice, too. It's that time... well, it will be in the morning. :x

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  21. Kimberly- Hipsta--one of the great gods it is! I'm still learning its ways, but quick becoming a follower. I understand your devotion.

    Off to find ceder oil tomorrow. Oh boy, I'd better slow down. ;)

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  22. Munk- Wednesday was not the same. Well, can't expect it every day, but at least I've been productive!

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  23. Dan- I still have a hard time with that concept--the other side of the world in a totally different season, never mind time zone!

    Spring is not kind to me either. Poor thing. I hope you make it through well--summer's just around the corner, no? :)

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  24. j- Well, thank you. I've still got my work cut out for me, though, when it comes, especially, to poetry. It's on my list of Things to Slay. ;)

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  25. id- You think? I wonder... I think it probably is designed like that so you have to order prints through Hipsta. (But then again, I love a conspiracy theory.) I cheat my sending them to Blogger email, but they're all lopsided! In fact, I think my whole blog is a bit lopsided. ;)

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  26. i wasn't thinking conspiracy, i thought it was just to give it that haphazard random look that the hipstamatic process seems to go for. i hadn't even thought it was a way to get you to order prints through them, i'm so naive sometimes. :)

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  27. id- Or maybe I am too cynical. ;)

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  28. I mourn the loss of my favorite time of year, Summer. But Autumn colors help in dealing with the 'withdrawal'.

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  29. I love your new header image! Very evocative.

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  30. Good for you for doing some work on your site. I always mean to, then get intimidated and don't! Fall tends to bring out creativity though! :)

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  31. Two things I'm terrified about: blog redesign and somebody saving old letters. Every time I do anything to my blog it blows up. I suspect my antique template is messing things up but I am loath to do anything about it. And whatever old letters or journals I've ever tripped across have been a source of humiliation. So charge on, brave soul.

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  32. Robert- Yes, they do brighten the landscape. Perhaps you should press some of those colorful leaves between a book so you can take them out for the winter months!

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  33. Thank you, Nance! So maybe it was worth all that time... ;)

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  34. Elizabeth- I wish I really knew how to work my way around a web site. Thank goodness for templates--not as many choices but still fun. :)

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