p e a c e
palpable as the presence of a Presence
yet utterly ineffable
a benediction without diction
beyond the grope of thought
a blessedness without symbol
not experienced as other but
immanent
– inescapably so –
oh!
silence
immaculate all-adoring silence
Image: Miriam Louisa Simons – detail, Stained Glass Morning
Missa Gaia Series, 1987-88. Painting on silk, stitching.
Private Collection, Auckland New Zealand
echoes from emptiness 
Indifeasible, ineluctable, irrepresible, unlocatable PRESENCE
So lovely! Thank you!
Here is another play on Presence:
https://feelingtoinfinity.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/presence-2/
Blessings!
Thank you my dear friends Alberto and Bob. I love your feedback and appreciation.
Your “play on Presence” is profound and wonderfully poetic Bob – I hope readers will click through to your site.
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Stunning and gorgeous!
Thank you dear Patricia! How kind of you to visit – and take the time to comment. Deeply appreciated. Bowing… x
I loved the Rothko illustration, but this one of your own ‘fabric’ says so much more. It is seamless, indivisible.
Smiles. Thank you dear Cara. I loved the Rothko painting too – it captures the luminosity, the energy of the ‘blessing’. But “Stained Glass Morning” wanted to go with the post – it was very persistent. So I did something new (for me) and replaced the image.
The way my ‘work’ has been expressing this seamlessness and other aspects of the inexpressible, for decades, without my yet having an articulate understanding, is so interesting to me. I am catching up slowly… thank you for noticing! 🙂