The Definable You

The foundation of a calm heart, balanced perspective and quiet mind is your thoughts. Fight not against the action of others but against the  runaway interpretations and perceptions of your mind.  Your thoughts define who you see yourself as being. What you are is undefinable in terms of the cosmic and universal, as it fluctuates and evolves moment to moment and day to day based on the  context you are in and the stimulus you are exposed to. But who you think you are is definable. Our thoughts married to our perception are the developers of this sometimes fragile and fluctuating definition/self creation, alias the ego.

6:56am 

Friday, January 17, 2014

Shared Wisdom (April 11, 2012)

 

© Lloyd Pollard 2012

WORDS THAT CAME TO SPIRIT THIS WEEK:

A man is not a man when you know him as a man. 
What you know is what you don't know.
When you think you know the simplest thing is when that thing's complexity has escaped you.
I can feel you and that is the most accurate thing. Feeling, not knowing.


AFTERTHOUGHT:
I do not need to know you. Being aware of you is the greater gift of energy, respect and love.
Lloyd Pollard - Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 5:32am

What Do You Want To Be?

Know yourself

Express yourself

Trust yourself and

Be yourself.

Don't explain yourself.

I am not to be explained but experienced.

I am not to be known but felt.

I am not potential but possibility realized.

I am alive.

L. Pollard

Friday, April 6, 2012 - 7:00pm

Bookmark#2 - Me & You

There’s a heart for every heart

A silence for every sound

A love for every hate.

There’s a sunshine for every rain

A joy for every pain

A me for every you.

Don’t expect anything

Just accept everything.

I love you.

© 2010 Lloyd Pollard

* To make this Mark: kasp74@mac.com

Bookmark#1 - YOU

YOU

If it doesn’t happen inside of you

It won't happen outside of you.

What is in you will always

come out of you.

The amount of energy and life

it costs you to contain, hold back

and dress up what you are inside

is measured by your peace of mind,

happiness and health.

Work in, then workout.

© Lloyd Pollard 2010

* To make this your MARK: kasp74@mac.com

Lean On Me...please

"Put You Head On My Shoulder"
© Lloyd Pollard
Paint on Paper
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

Hold me as if for the first time

Hold me as if for the last time.

Hold me like you've never held me before.

Hold me like you'll never hold me again.

Hold me now

Hold me forever

Hold me as your life's treasure...

But please, just hold me.

The Ancient Trinity

"God, Ancestor and Man"
© Lloyd Pollard
Paint on Paper
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

Within the beautiful abstract adventure that is our mortal lives, walks our ancestors. In every way and day, they offer us guidance and wisdom even as they speak to God on our behalf.

This ancient transaction is what must be acknowledged and maintained if we are to have inner peace and not lose our bond with the blessings of our past.

Do not be overwhelmed by the joy of the present and the hope of the future without the sobriety of the past.

Live long in laughter and love.

Abstract Portrait: Painted Photograph

Abstract Portrait: Painted Photograph
Originally uploaded by lloyd.pollard

The depth and mystery of a man is always be greater than what you think of him and what you have seen. The greatest part of every being is the unknown and unconscious.

Grow to know thyself, the best has yet to be revealed.

Celestial Beauty of All Things

Sexy Celestial Beauty
Originally uploaded by lloyd.pollard

The stars, the sun, the gods and all their children bow before her grace, presence and divinity. Such is her nature. Such is her dominion. Such is her birthright. This is the goddess. This is the feminine. This is our mothers, sisters, daughters, wives and lovers.

FUBU - Fantastic Urban Beauty Untouched

"Mask of Redemption and Beauty"
© Lloyd Pollard
Paint on Photograph
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

The Ancients not only walked before us, but they walk within us.
Their wisdom is our intuition.
Their love is our desire to be our best.

Africa will always find its children, no matter how many generations afar they are from her earthly womb.
No matter how contemporary they become.

No tree grows tall without deep roots.

A Divine Dance...

"Angels in a Dance"
© Lloyd Pollard
Pen on Paper
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

All things are all things, differentiated only by our perception and experience of them.

Aspects of the Women We Love

"Painted Female Torso"
© Lloyd Pollard
Acrylic & Pastel on Paper
Private Collection
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

Her love is in the curve of her hips, the line of her spine and the complexity of her grace and mind.

More at FLICKr

A Deviant view

Tattoo Male Torso...

"Painted Torso"
© Lloyd Pollard
Acrylic & Pastel on Paper
Private Collection
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

The experiences of life are the intricate marks tattooed into the soul of our skin.
Are we not beautiful?

A Collaboration: Don't Explain

"Don't Explain"
© Deb Brown


Hush now, you don't have to explain.

There is little to gain in this rain of pain.

Please, I am still yours.



It doesn't matter when you are with me - right or wrong.

Tears and chatter don't matter.

I'm glad you're back.

You don't have to explain.

About This Collaboration:
Debo is one of those great expressive spirits that, depending on their form of expression (singer, dancer, painter, writer, etc.), we call an artist. She radiates and symbolizes an original energy. You know what they say about original things? They only come around only once, so enjoy them. So I hope you enjoy Debo and her visual energy as much as I do.

African Ancestor Adorned...

"Ancestor Adorned [B&W Detail (Pt. 1)]"
© Lloyd Pollard
Original Work 20" x 48" in colour
Acrylic on Canvas
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

In the heavens the ancestors and gods cohabit, as they watch us struggle with expectations, fears, divinity, destiny and humanity.

Tribal Totem:The Story of Genisis

"Totem: Man's First Chice" © Lloyd Pollard
Size of Unframed Work 16"x20"
Ink on Paper
Previously Unpublished.
First Blog Publication.

As we rose from temptation upon the wings of knowledge, knowing and light
We were born into the sacred dimension of the gods, ancestors and saints
Where the stories of God are made manifest in our rise and fall

Stuff Spiritual People Love (#5): The Divine Hand of God...

"The Divine" © Lloyd Pollard
Size of Unframed Work 14"x18"
Ink, Acrylic & Pastel on Paper
Previously Unpublished.
Not Previously Exhibited.

It is an ancient understanding that man sought the divine essence, will and energy of God through the reverence and worship of their ancestors, who intercede on their behalf at the feet of God.

How we treat our ancestors and elders dictates how the Divine will treat us.

It Takes Two...

"You & I" © Lloyd Pollard
Size of Unframed Work 16"x20"
Ink & Acrlic on Paper
Previously Published.
Previously Exhibited - Solo Show.

You & I
United
Separate
Equal and
Strong.

You & I
Eternal
Respectful
Passionate and
Calm...together.

Mouth to Mouth (Breath of Life)...

"Spiritual Passion" © Lloyd Pollard
Size of Unframed Work 16"x20"
Pastel on Paper
First published in this blog.
Previously Exhibited - Solo Show.
In Private Collection

Passion of a spiritual kind moves
Beyond a breath
Beyond a fire
Beyond a joy
Beyond a desire.

Let not your love be troubled
Nor your hope be afraid.
Seek in the spirit and you shall find ancestral aid.

"Scream!!!"

"Scream!!!"
Originally uploaded by lloyd.pollard

The ancient spirits scream their wise reminder to care for the mother upon which we live and depend.

The ancient pain of mother earth continues to echo in our every step away from harmony with her.