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salander by Douglas Larsen

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:36:07 MST

wasp on a Moebius strip

atlas shrugging by Douglas Larsen

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:38:14 MST

a mere movement by the most lowly of servants can bring the whole world grinding to a halt

two hearts make three by Douglas Larsen

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:29:47 MST

Two hearts joined together with one endless looping ribbon, moebius strip, eternity, infinity, forever soul-mate love.

what lies beneath by Douglas Larsen

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:33:22 MST

beneath the superficialities, the window dressings, the trills and baroque trimmings, we are all essentially the same

ringo by Douglas Larsen

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:17:33 MST

we believe in things we cannot see

there is no spoon by Douglas Larsen

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:03:06 MST

there is no spoon - we cling to what we consider reality, what we think of as solid, but the concrete, tangible things we touch with our fingers are comprised of whirling dervishes, separated by vast spaces, a veritable universe in a grain of sand, and the reality is there is no spoon.

holes by Douglas Larsen

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:11:08 MST

holes. We carry them around worrying about them, the empty spaces, and yet it is from here that great sweeping sounds of miraculous music finally emerge, echoing, reverberating, filling us, lifting us up off our toes, spiraling us majestically high, our own music finally released, emanating from what once we considered our own emptiness. Virtual Shattered Glass Technique ©2007 by Douglas Christian Larsen, Soldier On! Inspirational Motivationals, fusing the power of words with all the colors of the rainbow. Soldier On. If you are interested in purchasing the fine-art prints or posters of Douglas Christian Larsen, please visit his professional portfolio at: DCLWolf @ ImageKind.com

melancholia by Douglas Larsen

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:12:36 MST

There does not appear to be meaning, but at a deeper level you have always known the truth, and the sadness remains at a slow, quiet burn, and you live with it, and perhaps even come to find comfort in the melancholia. Virtual Shattered Glass Technique ©2007 by Douglas Christian Larsen, Soldier On! Inspirational Motivationals, fusing the power of words with all the colors of the rainbow. Soldier On. If you are interested in purchasing the fine-art prints or posters of Douglas Christian Larsen, please visit his professional portfolio at: DCLWolf @ ImageKind.com

genny's moon by Douglas Larsen

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:02:14 MST

genny's moon. Genevieve, this is Moon, says Papa. Why does she follow? Genny asks. She always follows the special ones, Papa says. Can we always come and visit her, Genny wants to know. After you're born, it will not be so easy, Papa tells her, seriously, but we can always meet here in our dreams. Will we always dream? Genny asks. Yes, we will, but we must practice, Papa assures her. After you are gone, Genny wants to know, can I still meet you here? Papa says, I might be around for awhile, Genny, but yes, my precious sweet always, and forever. NEWS: Genevieve Nancy Larsen born 04/23/08! Please sign Genny's Guestbook. Virtual Shattered Glass Technique ©2007 by Douglas Christian Larsen, Soldier On! Inspirational Motivationals, fusing the power of words with all the colors of the rainbow. Purchase. If you are interested in purchasing the fine-art prints or posters of Douglas Christian Larsen, please visit his professional portfolio at: DCLWolf @ ImageKind.com

coalesce by Douglas Larsen

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:43:36 MST

coalesce. Emerging, just there before you, coming together, fusing, yet still wavy, blurred about the edges, but you know it for what it is, despite those who tell you that you are wrong, crazy, on the wrong path, as you follow your vision before you, it is alive and well and calling. Virtual Shattered Glass Technique ©2007 by Douglas Christian Larsen, Soldier On! Inspirational Motivationals, fusing the power of words with all the colors of the rainbow. Soldier On. If you are interested in purchasing the fine-art prints or posters of Douglas Christian Larsen, please visit his professional portfolio at: DCLWolf @ ImageKind.com

Blog Entry - January 16, 2008

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:16:12 MST

Art is a gift, deep within, very much like light. To view it from another angle, art is light that must emanate outward, it shouldn't be hidden but exposed, even as it exposes. Art is a means of releasing the light within, and generating new light. Light is art in the creative well, always filling, never exhausted, always welling up, liquid light. The light in the art must be freed and shared, as much as life is in the blood, and blood is activated water, energized, water innervated with life, and the infused water of life must bubble up and out of the well. Held back, contained, suppressed, the water dries, even as the light fades, becomes darkness. The only viable solution is to release and grow, coalesce the colors of light, all colors combined make white light, while the absence of color is darkness. As light escapes the well and infuses the darkness color overwhelms and sparks light and life all about, and the well in turn is filled again by the surrounding color of the lighted life sparkling as ruby crystals in the snow or luminescence in the foam of the dark waters.

Blog Entry - October 26, 2007

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:05:51 MST

?Boys, you can break, You'll find out how much they can take, Boys will be strong, And boys soldier on, But boys would be gone without warmth from A woman's good, good heart.? - John Mayer ?Soldier On? is Ludwig von Beethoven, unable to hear the music he dearly loves, inescapably deafening, but indefatigably creating genius music he can only hear within the confines of his tortured mind, working, struggling, and improving, continuously improving. This is ?Soldier On.? ?Soldier On? is Sam and Frodo heading out into the wilderness alone, with absolutely no promise or guarantee of success (and seemingly, absolutely no chance for anything other than utter failure), with enemies incredibly powerful spread out before them resolute to stop and kill the two defenseless marchers, but Sam and Frodo courageously determined to see this thing through, marching, marching, and indefatigably marching. This is ?Soldier On.? ?Soldier On? is the incredibly valiant three hundred Spartans at Thermopylae dashing headlong into 1,000-to-one odds, and when threatened that the enemy arrows will be so numerous as to blot out the very sun, to reply with a grin: ?Then we will fight in the shade!? This is ?Soldier On.? ?Soldier On? is the faith-inspiring testimony of Joni Eareckson-Tada who suffered life-shattering quadriplegia as a teenager and overcame hopelessness to provide a message of hope and love to the whole world. Through her personal example of courage, artistry and faith in God, she has encouraged countless others in their tribulations and fiery trials. This is ?Soldier On.? ?Soldier On? is the proboscis-challenged Cyrano Hercule Savinien de Bergerac, with wit and verve standing strong against 100 swords to protect a lowly poet whose only crime was to tell the truth, and when cowardly struck down by an unseen assassin dropping a log on his head, to still stand up to death, ever a fierce and passionate soldier, nose to nose, sword drawn, sense of humor gloriously intact, and great panache unsoiled, to the very end. This is ?Soldier On.? "When eventually the devastatingly high cost of the cut-and-run policy becomes evident, even to its perpetrators, it will come to be seen as incredible that the United States allowed its will and its courage to fail, to give the point of giving our declared enemies a dramatic victory while placing on the line the lives of our civilian populations at home. I pray America recovers her nerve and has the grit to soldier on to victory. How much better to fight the declared enemy on the streets of Baghdad than those of New York." - Winston S. Churchill (grandson of Winston Churchill) ?Soldier On? is the persevering Apostle Paul, beaten repeatedly, left for dead, ridiculed and spat upon, chased, hunted, bounties on his head, persistently marching onward, in sickness and tribulation, with no financial compensation, marching, marching, all over the ancient world, changing the Planet Earth for all time with the Gospel of the Messiah; marching with eternal faith to his very death. This is ?Soldier On.? ?Soldier On? is the spirit of the heroic passengers of Flight 93, strangers to each other who instantly bond into a Fellowship of Freedom, who could have sat weeping with eyes tightly closed to impending death, but instead rose as one unified fist raised against the monsters of the modern world, to fight with courage and save the lives of potential victims in the thousands. This is ?Soldier On.? ?Soldier On? is the amazing guts of Aron Ralston who amputated his own arm with a pocketknife instead of surrendering to thirst, starvation, and the wilderness. And a few years before Bill Jeracki had to make a similar grim decision in amputating his own leg for survival. These men made brutal decisions against their very bodies in order to live. This is ?Soldier On.? ?Soldier On? is Crown Prince of Troy, Hektor, even after dreaming of his own death, with bravery and resolve departs the protective walls of Troy to face down the invulnerable glory-hound and demigod Achilles, hand to hand and head to head. For love of family and country Hektor stands bravely in a battle he has no chance to win, unflinchingly looking death in the eye. This is ?Soldier On.?

Blog Entry - October 23, 2007

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:08:44 MST

Definition of Soldier On: To continue, even when things seem impossible. To courageously resist bowing to discouragement, or disappointment, or even abandonment, to keep marching toward the light, even if things seem to be darkening all about the march. To Keep On Keeping On, spirits up, attitude good, with encouragement for compatriots on the march. This is Soldier On!