rooftop melody

life is a miracle 

and i am grateful to be HERE 

taichong, taiwan

open!

big bag
empty bowl
open heart

yes, yes, and
yes

what makes you come ALIVE?
go and do that

(photos: 1- roof of old temple near Black Pagoda (烏塔) in Fuzhou, China
(福州). This mandala has infinite stories to tell- look closely, and see
yourself, and the whole Universe, reflected within. 2- I am overjoyed
to return to Taiwan, the gorgeous green island behind me, on the ship
from Fuzhou, China to Jeelong, Taiwan.)

The Fall: 6 years

six years ago

gravity grabbed little crow flying

and crashed her down to make her his own 

grinding her into mountain mush, blood and bone stew on stone

she lived 

now 

yoga teacher rises into headstand

arms shaking in arm balance postures 

two hands of uneven pressure

tears of focus and frustration 

soon enough 

second surgery to remove the metal from the first surgery

then no more surgeries

rest, recovery, deep dreams, solid strengthening 

and a burning inner fire

small suns radiating from belly, heart, throat, and head

eyes shining from face, hands, and feet

earth crow singing in the dead of night

take these broken wings and learn to fly 

powerful black wings shining forth all the colors of the rainbow

--
 ~~~~~~~
    jiling . 林基玲
    www.JazArt.blogspot.com 
    skype: Lin.JiLing
    china: 183.138.34551
    qq: 1521559095
    taiwan: 09.1291.1946
    usa: 626.344.9140

((( . fortune favors the BOLD . )))

pupate

wake up 

cells dancing 

on stage of life 

poetry manifest 

in each breath

creation and destruction 

shiva shakti 

balance 

push pull reach hold

allow surrender 

trust

giving more than receiving

living to serve 

i

am

yours

my dear fellow caterpillars 

sink down into the shadow 

weave it around you 

feel the fear

bask in the musky dark

be the still silent 

center

in the middle of the movement 

feel your insides 

wriggling and twisting

transforming and exploding

painful

pupation 

let the magic

shine forth

aching rays 

of screaming sunlight

streaming out

wings emerging

exploding

death of an old known 

birth of a new unknown known 

dear universe of gay great illuminitably everything 

nothing 

mountains that rise and sink with the rise and fall of my belly and chest

each in and out breath

cells dancing 

atoms imploding exploding exploring dances

dreaming within dreams of dreams dreamed

dreamer, who? 

dear birds drifting on drafts rising from ancient chasms

soaring cliffs steeply dropping down

roaring waterfalls caressing endless sunsets and moonrises

world of great magic beauty 

dear small still silent cocoons hanging old and dry on dead branches 

wake up

wake up 

wake up 

the

time

is

   N   O   W

--
 ~~~~~~~
    jiling . 林基玲
    www.JazArt.blogspot.com 
    skype: Lin.JiLing
    china: 183.138.34551
    qq: 1521559095
    taiwan: 09.1291.1946
    usa: 626.344.9140

((( . fortune favors the BOLD . )))

dragon

we're more than halfway through the auspicious year of the dragon,
that highly prophesized-about year 2012

time to embrace that dragon energy and spit some fire

laughter moon

round moon

we admire each other 

she, seemingly free in the sky

yet tied to the gravitational pull of the earth 

i, seemingly free here in shanghai 

yet tied to the endless samsara cycle of karmic patterns 

moon cycles are part of natural phenomena 

she must not go, "i want to end this pattern!" 

i seek to liberate from my cyclical patterns 

with a desire for "freedom" 

what is THAT really? 

(by the way- uploading photos in china has been a challenge...) 

--
 ~~~~~~~
    jiling . 林基玲
    www.JazArt.blogspot.com

    skype: Lin.JiLing 
    china: 183.138.34551

    qq: 1521559095

    usa: 626.344.9140

((( . love . gratitude . presence . )))

 

mailing address:

Jiling Lin, c.c. Kazu Koikeda, Annamaya
No.3 Taojiang Rd Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200031 China.

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love

butterfly kisses naked under a waterfall
strangers turned best friends
watching sunset with students turned teachers to the still silence of
birdsong and laughter
climbing uphill for 2 hours through the rain, then turning around to
see a rainbow in the landscape down below
magic, magnificence, magnetism, and danger of screeslopes
sound of windhorse prayer flags sending out prayers in all directions,
to big storm-sending rain

love manifests in the most humble ways

Boudanath stupa- Kathmandu, Nepal

devotion comes in many forms and colors
just don't hurt others, raise yourself up, and it's all beautiful
what's your form of devotion?