(Finding the Way Out) Who knew When all this began That we would get stuck here? . In this tunnel between hope and despair This cutting of lively figure from spacious ground This endless loop This eternal triangle of reiteration This stultifying daylight robbery of Soul from Spirit from Material…

The landscape shapes the stream, which shapes the landscape . The stream doesn’t make the landscape . We are creations, not creators of our situation . Knowing this brings humility, relieving us from feeling solely responsible — and so accepting undue credit, blame and shame — for what happens to…

Your Constant Companion I am always with you Do you hear me As I seek To find a way To guide you? . Do I call you softly? Do I chastise you harshly? Am I calm or rough with you Or somewhere in between? . Do I soothe? Do I…

How do we as human beings come to know and understand the complexities of the natural world in which we are situated? And how does the way in which we do this affect the way in which we live? And how does the way in which we live affect the…

I have long been both puzzled and disconcerted by the popular conception of ‘The Web of Life’. It is not at all clear to me what this is really supposed to mean. What does it mean to you, I wonder? A succinct (Oxford) dictionary description of ‘web’ is (1) a…

Every living being has a unique, receptive-in-responsive self/awareness, which simultaneously both influences and is influenced by its contextual neighbourhood (https://admrayner.medium.com/self-in-neighbourhood-neighbourhood-in-self-the-comprehensive-situational-awareness-of-natural-ae62ede623bf ). Please bear this in mind whenever you glibly tell someone to ‘be objective’, ‘not take it personally’, ‘lose yourself’, ‘disregard ego’, ‘be your own boss’, ‘be independent’, ‘take control’…

Somethingness & Nothingness Every body is a dynamic inclusion of nothingness Which makes it somethingness Temporarily That includes you And that includes me Quite obviously . But when for no good reason We stand aside from where we stand To deny this reality And split or merge One apart from…

I am grown past caring Past sharing Past daring To put my soul on line Where resistance begins And receptivity ends As an impenetrable wall Unyielding to all Transgressions Yet utterly without foundation . Influence remains as life passes There is so much Joy in my life, work and art …