January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 by Melba Christie at Poemattic

My Sunflower

“If you take a flower in your

hand and really look at it,

it’s your world for a moment.”

― Georgia O’Keeffe

On Creativity
Originally posted on Melba Christie at Poemattic: “The creative mind plays with the objects it loves” – Carl Jung ? I recently visited the exhibit of Frida Kahlo at the New York Botanical Gardens. I took this picture of…
On Creativity and Mindfulness
I do not think one can exist without the other. We must be mindful of the creative process and what it means to be creative. Isaac Asimov once said that to be creative, “isolation was a requirement.” At times I believe this is true. But there are times I do not want to be isolated … Continue reading "On Creativity and Mindfulness"
Take one minute to make peace
Originally posted on Melba Christie at Poemattic: Take a minute today to make peace. Start with yourself breathe deeply and believe it can happen if we all try. Plant a seed send someone a LOL write someone you love a letter and wish them peace Peace is not a season it should be a way…
On Meditation
Meditation brings us closer to the silence we all need right now the more silent and still the more awareness grows like wild ferns in the deep forest. Peace evolves from within: the soul develops hardy muscles to keep depression out; like a great cyclone fence it protects, but still lets the sun rays … Continue reading "On Meditation"
Quotes that could have been poems
Originally posted on Melba Christie at Poemattic: Photo by Melba Christie (c) 2012 ? Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ? “I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.” – Duke Ellington ? “If…