Cheerful and Colorful

Hopeful

Spiral art by Paula Manning-Lewis

Very lovely.

Awakening

Chroma Sunset

Grateful

Light of Love

Peace is Patriotic

Sending Karma With Love

Solitude

Visit her blog Manning Lewis Studios 

and see more of her art.

All that God created

All that God created was already 

in God's presence before the world began, 

before the beginning of time. 

All that exists, exists for the glory of God. 

God desires that all the world be pure in his sight. 

So do not injure the earth. 

Do not destroy the earth. 

God I'm your opus. 

Before time began, I was an idea in your mind. 

All that God wills, I will. 

The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions. 

Glance at the sun.

See the moon and the stars.

Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings.

Now,

Think.

~Hildegard of Bingen

The Guardians of his Beauty

We are the guardians of His Beauty

We are the protector

Of the Sun.

There is only one reason

We have followed God into this world:

To encourage laughter, freedom, dance

And love.

Let a noble cry inside of you speak to me

Saying,

"Hafiz,

Don't just sit there on the moon tonight

Doing nothing -

Help unfurl my heart into the Friend's Mind,

Help, Old Man, to heal my wounded wings!"

We are the companions of His Beauty.

We are the guardians

Of Truth.

Every man, plant and creature in Existence,

Every woman, child, vein and note

Is a servant of our Beloved -

A harbinger of Joy,

The harbinger of Light.

- 60 Wild And Sweet Poems of Hafiz

Solar Halos

A solar halo looks like a giant mandala of light in the sky.

Wikipedia says: A halo (from Greek ἅλως; also known as a nimbus, icebow or gloriole) is an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals creating colored or white arcs and spots in the sky. Many are near the sun or moon but others are elsewhere and even in the opposite part of the sky. They can also form around artificial lights in very cold weather when ice crystals called diamond dust are floating in the nearby air.

Here are more cool images collected from various sources:

Images courtesy of Way Cool Pictures, Black Holes and Astrostuff, web biz 2u, Geoff Cloake, Science Photo Library, and elsewhere around the web.

Glance At The Sun

Glance at the sun.

See the moon and the stars.

Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings.

Now,

Think.

~Hildegard of Bingen