{"id":6069,"date":"2012-03-30T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T09:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2013-02-03T15:10:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T14:10:17","slug":"47-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/47-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"47 steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, getting higher requires some effort&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/steps.jpg\"><img wpfc-lazyload-disable=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6071\" title=\"steps\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/steps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/steps.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/steps-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"250\" valign=\"top\">Inspanning vereist.<\/p>\n<p>Zevenenveertig treden<\/p>\n<p>dan zie ik de zee<\/td>\n<td width=\"10\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"300\" valign=\"top\"><strong> <\/strong>Forty seven steps.<\/p>\n<p>Some effort is required<\/p>\n<p>to see the ocean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The sweet Rebecca hosts &#8216;Haiku my Heart.&#8217;<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s the core of the haiku circle. Kindred spirits gather around her<br \/>\nto share their haiku and images each Friday.<br \/>\nFind the list of participants <a href=\"http:\/\/corazon.typepad.com\/recuerda_mi_corazon\/2012\/03\/haiku-my-heart-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">here on Recuerda Mi Corazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and sometimes,<br \/>\nwithout noticing you were even climbing,<br \/>\nyou reach a peak from which you have a view you never knew<br \/>\nit lay waiting there for you to see all along.<\/p>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>All the creative work I did in the last Months seem to point in this direction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words from the Past<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/17-pastwords.jpg\"><img wpfc-lazyload-disable=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6077\" title=\"17-pastwords\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/17-pastwords.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/17-pastwords.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/17-pastwords-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>(Size: 35 x 25 cm - 13.8 x 9.8 inch)<\/pre>\n<p><em>Phrases from the past pass me by.<br \/>\nThe words you once said<br \/>\nhang in the balance.<br \/>\nJingling like shells in the wind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looking back, I can see how I came to this art piece and this way of working.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what happens when you reach a top. You have an overview on<br \/>\nthe path that lead you there.<\/p>\n<p>I can choose the direction I want to go from here.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve already captured a glimpse of the path that I want to explore next.<br \/>\nCarefully, I took the first steps on that new, creative journey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sand dunes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/18-sanddunes.jpg\"><img wpfc-lazyload-disable=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6078\" title=\"18-sanddunes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/18-sanddunes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/18-sanddunes.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/18-sanddunes-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>(Size: 25 x 35 cm - 9.8 x 13.8 inch)<\/pre>\n<p>I plan to walk this path further.<br \/>\nI will come across rocks.<br \/>\nI will surely stumble.<br \/>\nI might even retrace my steps,<br \/>\nbut right now<br \/>\nthis is the path I have to take.<br \/>\nThis is the art I want to make.<\/p>\n<p>So much is happening in my life<br \/>\nthis is yet another turning point<br \/>\nthey all seem to come at once<br \/>\n(What was there with &#8216;crossroads&#8217; again?)<br \/>\nbut I feel I&#8217;m heading in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still on that mountain top today though.<br \/>\nFeeling high. Lightheaded.<\/p>\n<p>Only one sentence comes to mind.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep on rockin&#8217; in the free world<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, getting higher requires some effort&#8230; Inspanning vereist. Zevenenveertig treden dan zie ik de zee Forty seven steps. Some effort is required to see the ocean The sweet Rebecca hosts &#8216;Haiku my Heart.&#8217; She&#8217;s the core of the haiku circle. Kindred spirits gather around her to share their haiku and images each Friday. 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