Pausing By

A L O H A From Honolulu!

There is a difference between:

Rushing through, passing through, and pausing. 'Rushing through' shows some sights, 'passing through' reveals even more but 'pausing' makes us part of the scene,

rewarding & revealing what we never noticed before.

Find a place where there's joy,
and the joy will
burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell

If you can feel that 

staying human 

is worthwhile, 

even when it can’t have

any result whatever, 

you’ve beaten them.

    George Orwell

Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive. Howard Thurman

Grey skies are just
clouds passing over.
Duke Ellington

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

Linking To
Monday Murals 

Hawaii Charlot Mural

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Life throws challenges

and every challenge comes

with rainbows and lights

to conquer it.

Amit Ray

Jean Charlot, Link

the significant French-born

American artist,

came to Hawaii in 1949 to

create frescoes

for the University of Hawaii.

He had already worked with

Diego Rivera and

Frida Kahlo in the

Mexican Muralism Renaissance

of the early 1920s  

In 1951 First Hawaiian Bank

[then Bishop National Bank]

commissioned Charlot to create this

large mural of several panels for

its new Waikiki Branch at the corner

of Kalakaua Avenue and Lewers Street.

[A few blocks from my home.

We have been First Hawaiian Bank

customers for 30 years]

Titled

“Early Cultural Exchanges

Between Hawaii and the Outer World"

this work is set between

1780 and 1830

depicting the immense changes

and multitude of introductions

to Hawaii during those years.

Charlot and his wife

made Hawaii their home,

and the artist

deeply studied Hawaiian

language,

history and culture.

Above we see a Chief trading

a fine feathered cape for

western goods like metal nails,

textiles, and tools.

This panel depicts the sitting

for a famous painting of

Kamehameha the Great in

red waistcoat accompanied

by wife Ka'ahumanu. Charlot

appreciated the role of

Hawaii's women and often

depicted them in his work.

                                            link

We see a Hawaiian guard

with spear, and

a Chinese person gifting

Hawaii it's first Banyan Tree.

The tiny plant promises the giant treasures we enjoy throughout

the islands today!

A foreign dignitary or

sea captain offers his

complements to the

King and Queen. 

" 'He wanted to make clear. . .

that the Hawaiians had

their own powerful culture

and were dynamically involved

in the historic drama unfolding

around them —

not passive primitives.

That is something that must

be underscored,' said his son

and biographer, 

John Charlot." Link

I heard a bird sing

In the dark of December

A magical thing

And sweet to remember.

'We are nearer to Spring

Than we were in September,'

I heard a bird sing

In the dark of December.

   Oliver Herford,

                                                  I Heard a Bird Sing

 

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Love You,

   Cloudia & Pixie

Links

Monday Murals

Nature Notes

From The Archives

AWWW Monday

Monday Murals

A   L   O   H   A  !

 Chinatown Honolulu Streets

A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

       Beatles 

The face is more honest than

 the mouth will ever be.

     Daphne Orebaugh

The look on someone's face 

when they're doing what they love 

is contagious and inspiring.     

     Taylor Swift

Mistakes 

are part of the dues 

one pays

 for a full life. 

        Sophia Loren

Linking To

Monday Murals

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On a bumpy flight,

we look to the 

flight attendants.

Searching their faces

we decide how frightened 

[or not] to be.

Our brains are social.

Automatically reading

the environment,

especially faces,

to make sense of things

and to decide how to feel.

What message

are You broadcasting?

In these unsettling times

who is countering

polarization?

Calmer, connected people

make better choices.

This election year,

please do your part.

Love You,

                                       cloudia

Urban Critters

A  L  O  H  A !

 Honolulu Mural Critters

So ready your mettle 

and steady your heart. 

It’s time for my story’s 

mysterious start...

   Robert Paul Weston, Zorgamazoo

 The smaller the creature, 

the bolder its spirit.

                 Suzy Kassem

Every creature has a right 

to be on this Earth. 

Who am I to disrupt 

the natural order? 

"Respect" 

is a good word worth 

handing down to our children.

              Laurence Overmire

Linking To

Saturday Critters
Monday Murals

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Thank You

Friend!

                Fondly, cloudia

Stepping Over

A  L  O  H  A !

"Dreams are illustrations... 

from the book your soul 

is writing about you."     

                   Marsha Norman

“…to know how to 

think with emotions and 

feel with intellect…” 

      Fernando Pessoa

“Life is what we make of it. 

Travel is the traveler. 

What we see isn't 

what we see but 

what we are.” 

              Fernando Pessoa

“There are no norms. 

All people are exceptions to 

a rule that doesn’t exist.” 

            Fernando Pessoa

Linking to

Monday Murals

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Thank YOU

Friend!

             Fondly, cloudia

Summer's Here

A  L  O  H  A !

- And the time is right

for painting in the street!

Absorption is the best sort of

distraction. Don't you think?

“Exaggeration is the octopus 
of the English language” 

             Matthew Pearl

Linking to

Monday Murals

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Thank YOU

Friend!

            Fondly, cloudia

Half Way To All The Way

A  L  O  H  A !

"A man is already 

halfway in love with 

any woman who 

listens to him."

              Brendan Francis

"Maybe you don't need 

the whole world to 

love you, you know, 

maybe you just 

need one person."

       Kermit The Frog

"Each moment of a 

happy lover's hour is 

worth an age of dull 

and common life."

Aphra Behn

Linking to

Monday Murals

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Thank YOU

Friend!

           Warmly, cloudia

The Compass Rose

A  L  O  H  A !

“The compass rose is nothing 

but a star with an infinite 

number of rays pointing 

in all directions.

Diamond Head Road, Oahu

It is the one true 

and perfect symbol 

of the universe.

And it is the one 

most accurate 

symbol of you.

US Army Corps of Engineers, Sausalito Link

Spread your arms 

in an embrace, 

throw your head back, 

and prepare to receive 

and send coordinates 

of being. 

Light & Hands Play

- For, at last 

you know—you are the 

navigator, the captain, 

and the ship.” 

       Vera Nazarian

Linking to

Monday Murals
Tuesday's Treasures

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Thank YOU

Friend!

             Fondly, cloudia