Coming to Life (8)

How wonderful to recognize the presence

of a mistaken idea as a mistaken idea!

Such notions have power

only if they are believed in

and only as long as the belief lasts.

Even before truth is realized,

guilt, blame, and bitterness 

begin to die, and inspired ideas

get born as we begin to see

what questionable ideas

we are living around.

—Polly Berrien Berends, Coming to Life

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Give Up Your Part in the Melodrama

3.5 x 5.5" postcard; acrylic, ink, and collage on cardstock
abstract
2020

Coming to Life (3)

So for now

travel with me

on this journey

by train of thought.

Look out the window of your soul

and see for yourself

how the light strikes the ground—

from your particular vantage point,

at this now and that here.

I wish you a pleasant journey,

 a bon voyage,

a good seeing.

Polly Berends, Coming to Life

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Begin to Notice What Is Uppermost in Your Mind
3.5 x 5.5" postcard; acrylic, ink, and collage on cardstock
abstract
2020