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Weekly Quick Collage: Copper Cliff

Back to my weekly quick collages, and hopefully, posting much more regularly. Copper Cliff
collage, 5.5 x 5 inches

Instead of the short quotes I usually post with my collages, I thought I'd share with you some thoughts on mindfulness and happiness from philosopher, Zen Buddhist, Episcopal priest and spiritual teacher Alan Watts.  This comes from an article by Maria Popova entitled, "An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence", which you can find in its entirety here.

"What keeps us from happiness, Watts argues, is our inability to fully inhabit the present:

For most of us, mindfulness, or being completely in the present moment, is very difficult. Yet it seems we would almost certainly be happier if we could achieve this. What, then, is the best way to go about finding this mental state of "presence"?

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Long Time, No Post

Looking at my blog just now, I was shocked to see that I hadn't posted anything since last month's Searching for Roy G Biv.  I keep meaning to do a post, but sometimes life just keeps happening. So for now, I just want to wish you the happiest of holidays and a blessed solstice. I promise to post more artwork again soon!

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