A Pause for Beauty:
An artist’s journal.
The Big Me and The Little Me
I could be whatever I wanted to be if I trusted that music, that song, that vibration of God that was inside of me.
- Shirley MacLaine
Bird Talk
(If interested in this print, please email me: rod@herondance.org)
One time Caruso, the great operatic tenor, was struck with stage fright. He said his throat was paralyzed due to spasm caused by intense fear which constricted the muscles of his throat. Perspiration poured copiously down his face. He was ashamed because in a few minutes he had to out on the stage, yet he was shaking with fear and trepidation. He said, “They will laugh at me. I can’t sing.” Then he shouted in the presence of those behind the stage, “The Little Me wants to strangle the Big Me within.” He said to the Little Me, “Get out of here. The Big Me wants to sing through me.” By the Big Me, he meant the limitless power and wisdom of his subconscious mind, and he began to shout, “Get out, get out, the Big Me is going to sing!” His subconscious mind responded releasing the vital forces within him. When the call came, he walked out on the stage and sang gloriously and majestically, enthralling the audience.
- James P. Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Exploring the subject of the big me and the little me further, here’s the latest chapter, in first draft form, of my upcoming book, “The 45 Laws Of Living Life On Your Own Terms.” This chapter is entitled:
The Tao Te Ching Journal: A Path To Inner Quiet
Zen Mountain Journal blends Taoist hermit poetry, contemplative art, and reflections drawn from a lifetime shaped by wilderness, solitude, and decades doing creative work on the outer boundaries of our culture. These journals are companions for seekers — guides in the reconnection with inner quiet, beauty, and the “soundless music” of a life lived with simplicity and meaning.
• Size: 9.25 × 8.5 inches — convenient size for desk or lap.
• Hardcover — the book can be written in without a table or desk.
• Double wire-o bound to lay flat.
• Printed on Mohawk Superfine, a premium uncoated paper for a beautiful writing surface.
• 160 pages.
