The Dream of White Orchids

The Dream of White Orchids, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit.

Orchid Perfumes rise
As incense Wafted
By the Wings of Butterflies
- Basho

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Afterglow

Afterglow, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit.

In the wake of the vanquished sun
The golden Afterglow

The Haunting.

I'm haunted by the Ghost of Memories from a time long past.

Watching the rain always induces a kind of nostalgia for me.. Sometimes when I sit watching the rain coming down through an open door or window (car window in this case) I can drift so far away from the present.. and the curtain of rain acts like a screen replaying images of faint, half forgotten memories of times past.

Haunted in the Rain., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit.

I often delve into the spoken and unspoken language we use to create closeness or to distance ourselves from others.
What subtle agreements are made in the exchange of energy between two people?
We all nurture ideas about ourselves, others and the world in which we live.
We believe in the truth that these ideas hold for us.
Do these truths exist anywhere except in our own imagined reality?

The Lotus Eaters

Pale watchers weary of watching stars
That fall, and fall, and forever fall,
Tear-worn and troubled with many scars,
They seek the Lotus and end life's thrall.

Where Do I Begin...

Begin at the very beginning, perhaps before the Dawn of Time itself
Begin at the very precipice of darkness before light first flared up..
Begin in the instant before the universe burst onto the scene....

The search for answers (if there are any) perhaps will one day satisfactorily answered
and maybe the answer to that ultimate question of Life, The Universe & Everything
will be something other than 42..

Till then keep wandering and wondering Across The Universe.

Fiona Apple Cover Version of Beatles original on YouTube

Watching The Watcher.

A Face In The Wall., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit.

Over the mountain, watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness, waking the grapevine
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine

Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his question to heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving


(lyrics adapted from "Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun by Pink Floyd)

Orchidea.

Orchidea., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit.

If you were to be a flower
I wish you'd be a Wild Orchid

You so unique and wild.
With a soul different from them all
Different to touch, to hold, to look at.