by Bela Johnson | Oct 8, 2018 | creativity, musings, nature, Uncategorized
There’s an invisible portal in the mantle covering Earth; look closely without staring: focus softly, not sharp, and you might conjure enough filaments to pop through, unexpectedly shifting into another realm long ago expunged from collective recall; Most...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 3, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Aloha Ka Makani O Kohala! The observant will note this small hand-painted sign upon entering the sacred lands of North Kohala, known generally and simply as Kohala; Faded in the relentless sunlight of that desert region, scrubs of kiawe punctuate shoreline...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 28, 2018 | musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
My love for the land, whether thick wood or freshwater, has never left my awareness, ever seeking shelter in the bosom of Creation, Gaia Mother, by whatever name she may be known; And as I return to this rugged terrain of my birth, I am reminded that grace is ever...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 21, 2018 | nature, Uncategorized
The river runs, swollen in spring from a source high up in crevasses of snags jutting skyward of tree line, cracks perpetually harboring snowpack, bald crags carved by weather and the bare relentless blaze of a beneficent sun; Churning down gullies and sluices,...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 4, 2018 | art, lifestyle, perspective, Uncategorized
Anxiety for me is not a teeth-chattering, nerve-rattling affair, rather the tendency of an untended mind to flutter toward the familiar always a heartbeat away from cool, grounded sanity; When you return at day’s end, I step into your world for a moment of comic...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 29, 2018 | Hawaii, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
So much to contemplate, days without distraction save the pattering and drumming of rain and more rain upon metal roof, wind in absentia selling short the hurricane; Time alone in a storm differs from time alone by intent, the former leaving one feeling trapped and...
