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Tag Archives: Perception
As Sinners Saved By Grace
Based in part on the Book of Matthew: As Sinners Saved By Grace by Michael Romani Let there be no kind of mistake We must move beyond heartbreak For the good of God’s and our sake To give as much … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Above, Bent, Candle, Choice, Conclusion, Cross, Daily, Discern, Distortion, Earn, Embrace, Example, Experience, Extend, Eyes, False, Father, Fault, Filter, Finished Work, Forgiveness, Give, God, Grace, Hand In Hand, Harvest, Heal, Heartbreak, Heaven, Humble, Hurt, Impress, Inspire, Interpretation, Jesus, Judge, Judgment Day, Kind, Life, Light, Little, Loss, Love, Manipulation, Matthew, Meant, Mend, Mindful, Mistake, Mistakes, Night, Objective, Offer, Path, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Point of Fact, Prayer, Presentation, Pretension, Repeat, Right Action, Sake, Salt of the Earth, Sample, Satisfaction, Seed, Shine, Sin, Sin No More, Snap Judgment, Sobriety, Son, Spark, Subjective, Take, Thought, Truth, Understand, Walk, World, Wrong
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More Forgiveness Than I Deserve
The part of the sermon that I caught today had to do with forgiveness. Really I suppose it’s a matter of perception, correct? And it’s not about deserving. We all deserve ‘justice’. What we get is God’s mercy and love … Continue reading
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Tagged Behind, Blessed, Check, Christ, Conscience, Cross, Deserve, Embrace, Flow, Forget, Forgive, Forgiveness, Gift, Glad, God, Grace, Grateful, Happiness, His, Hope, Justice, Letting Go, Live, Lord, Love, Mercy, Mind, More, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Pray, Presence, Regret, Self, Sermon, Slight, Stress, Strife, Surrender, Trouble, Trust, Truth, Wrongs
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Tilting Mental Windmills
On bad days, I awake wondering if maybe Don Quixote wasn’t on to something in his belief of pursuing impossible dreams. Other days, I dare to dream these. Tilting Mental Windmills by Michael Romani Captured frames from your window Map … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Awake, Better, Beyond, Blink, Blur, Bound, Brain Fog, Brave, Brave New World, Cherish, Collaborator, Cornucopia, Corridor, Curious, Cut, Dare, Daze, Deception, Decisions, Don Quixote, Door, Early, Embrace, Everyone, Experience, Fear, Feeling, Feign, Flow, Fragments, Frames, Glory, Grip, Hands, Hope, Humanity, Impossible Dreams, Join, Kung Fu, Last, Late, Learn, Life, Life After Death, Lose, Map, Mental, Mind, Moment, Musician, Pain, Perception, Photograph, Plead, Poems, Poetry, Pose, Preference, Puzzle, Riff, Story, Subject, Surly, Tears, Thrill, Tilt, Time, Together, Too Far, Twenty First Century, Walk, Will, Win, Windmills, Window, Wonder, World
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Vision Strikes Its Pose
Always insight be it on stage or on screen, there’s a lot that goes into being a costume designer, right? Vision Strikes Its Pose by Michael Romani To design, to tell a story A costume in all its glory Accents … Continue reading
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Tagged Accent, Actor, Audience, Brilliance, Choice, Chose, Color, Costume, Costume Design, Creation, Detection, Dream, Fabric, Flow, Fluidity, Glory, Heart, Humanity, Illuminate, Imagination, Inventory, Know, Larger Than Life, Laundry, Life, Movie, Need, Painter, Perception, Performing Arts, Photograph, Playwright, Plot, Poem, Poetry, Pose, Read, Reflection, Screen, Script, See, Seen, Stage, Story, Strike, Subtle, Texture, Theater, Vanity, Vision, Wardrobe, Worn
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Architectural Abstractions
Lost my list of days celebrated in December, soooo… I am pitch hitting with this one: Architectural Abstractions by Michael Romani There in the art of geometry The spatial relationship is everything Crystalized rocks bend into symmetry Organizing rugged bits … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Accentuate, Architect, Art, Blend, Breathe, Building, Capability, Capacity, Choice, Conception, Concrete, Design, Down, Dream, Filter, Fully Being, Geometry, Hand In Hand, Masterpiece, Mind, Natural Light, New World, Nothing, Obscure, Overlap, Parabolic, Participate, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Science, Scope, Something, Spatial, Spectator, Symmetry, Understand, Walls
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Thought For the Day: Do Not Allow People’s Limited Perceptions Define Yourself
“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.” – Virginia Satir
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Tagged Allow, Define, Limit, People, Perception, Thought For the Day, Virginia Satir, We
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Beauty In A Blade of Grass
It isn’t so long ago that mental illness was seen as the Devil’s work. I was watching a show tonight and it reminded me of this. Beauty In A Blade of Grass by Michael Romani Scratching at the walls Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Asylum, Beauty, Blade, Claw, Closure, Compromise, Devil, Fear, Grass, Madness, Memory, Mental Illness, Obscene, Outlaw, Pain, Pass, Perception, Photograph, Pinky Swear, Poem, Poetry, Sadness, Sanity, Satan, Shade, Shame, Soul, Walls, Wicked, Wrath
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Non-Binary Paradise Revealed
Have you ever wondered about Satan’s role as God’s prosecutor and role as sinful man’s adversary? John Milton did. At times, I find that interesting to look at as well. Non-Binary Paradise Revealed by Michael Romani Consider if you might … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Beauty, Contrast, Darkness, Degree of Separation, Dissonance, God, Heaven, Hell, Humanity, John Milton, Line, Mankind, Narrow, Noble, Non-Binary, Perception, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Prosecutor, Revelation, Satan, Soul, Story, Strict, Unfold
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Lost Faces of Chernobyl
Nuclear is one of the safest and cleanest paths to provide energy. The problem is that it takes just one disaster to stir up the worst fear. I can’t say it’s not reasonable that it is that way. Lost Faces … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash, Chernobyl, Denial, Devour, Disaster, Endurance, Energy, Fallow, Hiroshima, Horror, Life, Nuclear, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacrifice, Soviet Russia, Truth, Ugly
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The Wrong of Pop
Dedicated to Taylor Swift’s latest effort: The Wrong of Pop by Michael Romani A penchant for speaking truth Ove humble country strums Might speak of passion and youth But offer no excuse for Jazzercize drums Idiosyncratic bits of garish tackiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Catchiness, Confront, Country, Disbelief, Empty, End Game, Excuse, Frazzle, Grief, Helium, Humble, Indignity, Jazzercize, Passion, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Prep Rally, Selfie, Shelf, Smug, Sonic, Spill, Strum, Tacky, Taylor Swift, Tricks, Truth
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