March Flying Carpet 2015

In March the Flying Carpet 

became a Fashion Show Runway

as Kyoto Style Maven Ritsuko Beimel 

nimbly hopped aboard

to scoop the new spring trends in Fanta Se

Accessorize Accessorize Accessorize 

with
Miso Pretty Now
Pasquales Menus
and left behind Tourist sombrero

The Just off the Plane from India Look

Meow Wolf Collective Collector Collection
of patches on patches on patches

Take wing!

Sikh and ye shall find

February Flying Carpet 2015

In February, the Flying Carpet 
went spelunking.

New Mexico is a place 
filled with people of unique vision.

Ra Paulette, 

"a digger of caves and a piler of rocks" 
is one of them.

He has dug transformative spaces

in the hoodoos

in and around his home.

He sculpts these sacred spaces

as a celebration.

To be in the earth

and surrounded by earth

with the light streaming in from above

and to be there

with two of the best

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Special thanks to R. and J.

(An excellent short film

entitled Cave Digger

can be seen on Vimeo.)

January Flying Carpet 2015

Otafuku's Dream

Japan Journal 2012

finally ready to be shared

Special thanks to:

Franziska 

who did the great animation on the website

Everyone who joined me in my travels

in 2012

and always Esprit

December Flying Carpet 2014

In December the Flying Carpet 

loves to be the still point 

in the midst of holiday madness...

"In an age of speed,

I begin to think,

nothing could be more invigorating

than going slow.

In an age of distraction,

nothing could feel more luxurious

than paying attention.

And in an age of constant movement,

nothing is more urgent

than sitting still."

-Pico Iyer in The Art of Stillness

A wise man once sent me this quote 

and it keeps returning to me again and again:

Don’t even listen;

simply wait, be quiet,

still and solitary.

The world will offer itself to be unmasked.

It has no choice;

it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

-Kafka

November Flying Carpet 2014

In November the Flying Carpet 
did loop-de-loops over Japan

Imperfection/ Perfection

 flow through eyes and heart

that moment! that moment!

   obscured/ revealed

                                               

reflection echoes

color chords

dissolution

same same only different

exquisite jumble

patterns that breathe

envisioning snow

yin/ yang pagoda boogie

Special Thanks:

Steve who started it all 
and lets it miraculously continue

Both Steve and Nancy 

who popped each moment in the oven 

and baked them all to perfection

 Andy: Volga Boatman, Lion Dancer, Unflappable Dumpling

Ritsuko and Sas, The Arashiyama Sisters

The Three Little Maids

The Haikuettes and Intrepid Adventurers

who came out to play

October Flying Carpet 2014

In October the Flying Carpet 
was dazzled by color...

 At the Denver Botanical Gardens 
Chihuly Exhibit

Electric Flame Blue jazzing 

against Roaring Vermillion

Not-Your-Grandma's 
Lavender shimmering

against Autumnal Grasses Mauve

Violent Violet squiggling

against Fathomless Grey

and 

Enflorescent Pacman Yellow

Tiger Tantrum prowling

against Black Eyed Midnight

Tuxedo Junction  marching

against Sumac Surrender

Special Thanks to Pamela

for an incandescent day

September Flying Carpet 2014

Goodbye Fanta Se Summer

Goodbye Fiesta
and it's fairy tale queen

and its occasionally Skanky Lowriders

and Lisa Law's  
"Make Love Not War" truck Silver

and the Pet Parade's
Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy

Goodbye Farmer's Market
Tomato Extravaganza

and the aphrodisiac smell 
of roasting green chili

Goodbye exquisite garden mornings

 and Hello Autumn!!!!