encounter in ballard

in early december, ruth and i were on a date down in ballard and went into a little shop for tea and found ourselves surrounded by the paintings of joey bates. it has literally haunted me since then, such originality in beauty and grace is not often come by. if only i could be a more $eriou$ patron of the arts...
this was our favorite.

current soundtrack: voices i can't stop listening to...

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

if you've never listened to one of the greatest speeches in American history, don't let today go by without feeling the weight, momentum, conviction and hope of this man's words- there is a fire in him that i long to connect with. this morning i got up early to read about his life and understand the times a little bit more. we need his message today as much as we needed it in the civil rights movement. we have come so far and we have so far to go. what i love about his dream was that it was to bring the Kingdom of God through a social justice that was a beautiful and radical vision of humankind in partnership with the divine:
"Both man and God, made one in a marvelous unity of purpose through an overflowing love as the free gift of himself on the part of God and by perfect obedience and receptivity on the part of man, can transform the old into the new and drive out the deadly cancer of sin." (from his Strength to Love, 134)

smells familiar

this is a picture of where i live. that is why i have not posted in a while. i'm still alive- doing research for work, in the middle of my 4th yr of graduate school, starting to write my thesis. i like it here and i don't, but this is where i am.

happy new year!