Widening the Circle

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.  

Albert Einstein

How wide is your circle?

Comments

[Lauren]

love <3

[kabailly]

tres jolies compos , ma preferarence à la 1

[Slugs On The Refrigerator]

Oh my. That bottom one is just beautiful!

[julochka]

margie, i am totally in awe every time i visit here. your creativity, your open heart, your love of nature, it's so very beautiful and inspiring.

of course, i love the bottom one most--it's the colors i love, the møn's klint merfish and i can see eyes in the peacock feathers. absolute perfection.

xox,
/julie

[meplusmolly]

Gorgeous, so thought provoking. I'm happy to say my circle is widening all the time ;0

[melissa]

fabulous. i like thinking about how wide my circle could be if i let it grow.

[Adamandia]

hmm...an embroidery hoop...i'd love to see what embroidery you have done...

[mayaluna]

Such a beautiful way to open our hearts and eyes to the process of widening. Thank you, Margie.

[angelune]

so so pretty.

[nantucketmermaid]

Hi Margaret...saw your stone in Country Living...LOVE IT! I featured you on my blog,www.nantucketmermaid.blogspot.com...thanks so much for your inspiration! :):)

[Rane]

Your eyes are so talented
at seeing nature.
I love this quote from
Albert... my father use
to always say it.
The way you place nature
and your art is very touching. Don't ever stop
you inspire the world.
love
Rane and kids.
~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~

[Jessie]

My circle is not as wide as it should be. I love your site. I don't know you, but I love you. Maybe that's depression and pregnancy talking, but I don't think so. I love you Margie.

[Patricia]

Your nature circles are gorgeous. My circle has definitely widened since I've known you, Margie. It's grown to include moss, snails, and other crawling creatures.

[therese]

that is absolutely beautiful - the words, the images go so well together. i think i have to put this post up on my 'inspiring' list!

[Abigail]

Beautiful!

[miesmama]

How absolutely beautiful! Since visiting the Natural History museum, I am seeing a whole new beauty in collections, yours are stunning! :D

[jackie]

The embroidery hoop collections! I love them! My circle has grown so wide this past year I hardly now how to contain it. I guess I won't. I'll just let it continue to organically bulge and press outwards ever farther.

[pomegranates]

beautiful and inspiring...my daughter and i need to make some of these..

[paula]

Thank you so much for making your stones. I love them and they make me feel thrillingly delightful! I've been working on making a fish. I don't see a way to post the picture here, but you can see it at http://paula.edmiston.org/fish.jpg

Thank you.
paula

[paula]

Oh, and here is a poem for you

Stone
by Charles Simac

Go inside a stone
That would be my way.
Let somebody else become a dove
Or gnash with a tiger's tooth.
I am happy to be a stone.

From the outside the stone is a riddle:
No one knows how to answer it.
Yet within, it must be cool and quiet
Even though a cow steps on it full weight,
Even though a child throws it in a river;
The stone sinks, slow, unperturbed
To the river bottom
Where the fishes come to knock on it
And listen.

I have seen sparks fly out
When two stones are rubbed,
So perhaps it is not dark inside after all;
Perhaps there is a moon shining
From somewhere, as though behind a hill-
Just enough light to make out
The strange writings, the star-charts
On the inner walls.