[+]Aaroneous Monk[+]

"this is the world as best as I can remember it"

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Calm & Prayerful

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  I saw a quote from one of our modern Orthodox saints recently that said to always be “calm and prayerful”.   So, so simple.  It has atta...
Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Bravely Creating Art

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  It was a still life arrangement of bowl, bottle, iron, & plant.  I’m not sure where the art teacher got the iron from but it was a cap...
Monday, November 04, 2024

Beauty Can Find Us

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  There are those that would chafe at ignominious chores thinking  that their time is being wasted. But even as a dog is doing its  business...
Thursday, September 05, 2024

The Tin Woodsman

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  I’m a Tin Man a thin man a not-so-thick-of-skin man. I’m not tan (a bit wan) an alley, not-so Tin Pan. Not Dapper Dan nor Clippers fan If ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

It Will Never Grow

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The steel tree with glass leaves is impervious to the elements  and beautiful in its own way but it will never grow.  You must absorb suffer...
Monday, August 26, 2024

The Shadow Doesn’t Lie

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The shadow doesn’t lie  but neither is it  the whole truth.  Yet we are preoccupied  with imagining layers  we know nothing of. ***
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

The Chameleon

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  Blending in  or zoning out? (the two are  not mutually exclusive) Spending zen or muck about? (understanding them may be elusive) Either w...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Waiting for a Storm

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Waiting for the storm to arrive on this island vacation getaway (the family sleeping in, maybe dreaming of the coming deluge)    Strange fee...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

What is it About Beauty?

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  What is it about beauty  that sets the universe aright? It’s like deep breathing  and suddenly understanding  what oxygen is and how the b...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

“McCarty”

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  The soldier screams while Idu broods and the books gather dust. Memories of Kevin pulse in the dark, his signature glowing in the light of...
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A. Monk
“Aaroneous Monk” brings to mind the image of a bumbling but well-meaning hermit who continually trips himself up in his overgrown beard as he attempts to battle evil in the world but, more often than not, forgets about the darkness in his own heart. It also sounds similar to the legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, but with a faux-Greek twist. Thelonious was known for being able to maintain two disparate rhythms going at the same time with his hands seemingly disconnected from each other. That kinda sums up my struggle...
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