Flying Carpet May 2012

May Flying Carpet is dedicated to
Matsuo Basho 1644-1694 

haiku poet of Japan:
pictured next is a shrine dedicated to Basho

Basho writes:
speechless before
these budding spring green leaves
in blazing sunlight 

Flying Carpet zooms
to Land of the Rising Sun
fly through darkest night

Omotesando
fashion’s windows reflecting
funky frumpy me

hardness: steel and glass
softness: Meiji forest shrine
Tokyo conundrum

ancient Fuji-san
on Shinkansen: sneak a peek
frenzied cameras click!

silver pavilion
sand becomes perfect mountain
imagined moonlight

captured sun
a prisoner of
azaleas

Aoi Matsuri
600 year old parade
men almost as old

melodious walk
forest concert birdsong air
Miho harmonies

at Daitokuji
"the air in Japan is free"
each tea bowl “priceless”

Somushi tea house
persimmon wabi sabi
infilling beauty

returning heart walks
a mandala spiderweb
temple pilgrimage

Special thanks to Steve Beimel, Nancy Craft, Jean McLaughlin,
Andy Bender, Tomoko Kisaka, and adventurers all!

In April the Flying Carpet spotted 

"the prairie dog gnome garden statue"

while rumbling through the canyons to "Gothic Towers.”

“As you can see, it's always spring here,” 

he remarked gesturing at the festooned trees.

“I always thought I'd end up in an asylum. 

I decided to pre-empt them and build my own.” 

 “Heroes of Dictators Alley”

sashaying past
"the missile nosecone tipi doghouse"
we departed.

 
“It made sense at the time."

(perhaps this could be THE slogan of the 60's!)

Onward to Denver!

The Clyfford Still Museum 

“I never wanted color to be color, 

texture to be texture, 

images to become images.
I wanted them all to fuse into a living spirit.”

--- Clyfford Still

great transition to graffiti wall outside of Wax Tracks

and "home" to
The "Denver Scooter Museum" Garage

Returning to spring/exquisite Santa Fe 
lilac lunacy
and wisteria hysteria...
“We all ripen.”---Dana

Special thanks to:
Linda, Dana, Ellen, Adam, Zack, Daniel, Pamela, & Racine

March Flying Carpet 2012

In March the Flying Carpet

reveled in the 

Land of Shadows

chiaroscuro snowfall

memory etching

hypnogogic  musings

flotsam/ jetsam

sudden felicity

spring

February Flying Carpet 2012

In February the Flying Carpet

beheld

AN EXUBERANCE OF VALENTINES

Then the Flying Carpet

undulated through

A GERIATRIC OF SNOWBIRDS

and 

A SQUADRON OF SAGUARO

to Tucson, Arizona

went gaga over

A GAGGLE OF GOLF CARTS

went barrel racing through

A CACOPHONY OF CACTUS

slithered through the shadows of

AN AMAZEMENT OF ALOES

paid homage to Our Lady at

AN OVERFLOWING OF OFFERINGS

and hustled home.

Special thanks to Valentiners everywhere,
Bob, Laurel, and Z

January Flying Carpet 2012

In January the Flying Carpet flies
to Coconut Grove Florida
in a

Trans/ Trance
Translating Pattern

conflagration of clouds
elegaic sunset

luscious exploding
cycad blossoms

 

lunar prickles

heliconium salsa costumes

traveler palm jigsaw hearts

shadow baskets

gossamer
order and chaos

Then the Flying Carpet

giddy-ups to Houston

for Zack's show Raw Beauty at Wade Wilson Art

 http://www.wadewilsonart.com

 and then floats to Tadao Ando's 

Modern Art Museum of Fort  Worth

paradox: 

water rippling over stones

recalling raked dry gardens

Special thanks to Karoon and Henri, David Fairchild,

Wade, Ando, and Z, Painter &  Chauffeur Deluxe

December Flying Carpet

In December the Flying Carpet 

REFLECTED

back over the wondrous year of 2011.

"Binding up the brokenhearted"

"Floating and edging towards the glimmer"

"Diners... orchid handkerchiefs... windup cars..."

"The destiny of a lifetime in a glimpse"

"Muse-jumping hummingbird mornings"

"Bimulous Plaza  nights"

"Hovering memory cobwebs"

Special Thanks to all of you 

who have flown with me this year

and

Blessings in The Year of the Dragon 2012

November Flying Carpet

In November the Flying Carpet bought a ticket 

 at the CLIFFS OF INSANITY AMUSEMENT PARK

and rode these rides... 

"The Scared Silly" with Katarina

"The Mysteries of Roswell" with  M#@QQT

 "The Batteries Not Included" with Carl Hungus

"The Crazy Wave" with Fuzz

"The Bed of Doom" with Swiss Cheese

"The Tilt-A-Whirl" with the Eyeball Kid

 

Flying Carpet tips a fool's cap to The Spirit of Levity