9.14.2012

rooftop melody

life is a miracle 
and i am grateful to be HERE 

taichong, taiwan

8.25.2012

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.)

8.03.2012

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 . )))

8.01.2012

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

7.31.2012

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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7.27.2012

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