Tag: Culture

  • Paris…

    a poem by Bonnee Klein Gilligan

    Eiffel Tower, Paris - Photo by Light   ©2003-2008 Bonnee Klein Gilligan. All rights reserved.

    Ah Paris ’tis the city of love

        a beautiful place indeed.

    Enjoy yourself and if you like

        have a pastry for me.

    A croissant, pasty or a tart

        with cream, and fruit, and crust.

    Such a delight with every bite 

        is sinful, and a must.

    Have an espresso at a street cafe

       and watch the passersby

    In thought, or talk, or steadfast walk

        so busy with their lives.

    Enjoy a walk along the Seine

        or boat ride to the Louvre.

    With easy access everywhere

        you can also ride the Tube.

    Enjoy your trip to Paris

        have a glass of wine for me.

    And over here I’ll taste it

        on my lips, just wait and see.

    I taste a red, hardy and full

        it’s peppery and smooth.

    Oh no it’s white, a crisp delight

       it’s flowery… oh no it’s bright.

    Did you have two, or maybe three

       I’m so confused it must be me.

    I taste a tart, and coffee too

        my senses don’t know what to do.

    Enjoy your trip to Paris

        and I’ll be here with you

    Or is it there, I just don’t know

        with you I’m split in two.

    I don’t know what I’m doing

       and I don’t know what I see

    All I know that I like you

        and you’ll have the best from me.

    Enjoy your trip to Paris friend

        best wishes, bon voyage

    I don’t know how to end this

       so I’ll just press the pause…

  • Moon Walker

    Moon Walker  ©1997-2008 Bonnee Klein Gilligan. All rights reserved. 

    Moon Walker is a Shamanic Heart Healer.

    Spiritual, Esoteric. Opening, loving, allowing. He has so much compassion that hate dissolves into love. Singer, dancer, healer and spiritual facilitator. Original 9" x 12" pastel drawing was commissioned in 1997.

    Giclee prints of my work are available at Spirit Art Gallery.

    ~Bonnee Klein Gilligan

  • Amazonian Shaman

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    Amazonian Shaman. Pastel  9″ x 12″.

    Spiritual, esoteric. A highly respected teacher, holy man, psychic, singer and healer. Penetrating, revealing. Original was commissioned. 

    Giclee prints are available at Spirit Art Gallery.

    ~Bonnee Klein Gilligan

  • Just the Black Notes…

    Inspiring! Wintley Phipps tells the history of the song Amazing Grace, its roots in slavery. His rendition of the song gave me chills and brought tears. Hope you enjoy it too.

    ~Bonnee

  • The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Indian Elder

    It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

    I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

    It doesn’t interest me how old you are.

    I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

    It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon.

    I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear or further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with JOY, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.

    It doesn’t interest me if the story you’re telling me is true.

    I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday, and if you can source your life from ITS presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “YES!”

    It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.

    I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.

    It doesn’t interest me who you are, how you came to be here.

    I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

    It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.

    I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you can truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

    ~Bonnee Klein Gilligan