There is but a bitter sweet taste
that lingers on
cycling trivialities
to distract what’s real
corrupt love and friendship
leaving a path of senseless destruction
to the one who I loved
but could not love
I forgive you
and so
Off I go
down these city sidewalks
whose sparkle has been lost
some time ago.
fotoMahaloness
the hälts black and white archive treasure trove documenting the passage of time however timeless in that they bring me directly back to that very moment.
To keep words to a minimum which perhaps might seem counterintuitive to a blog called WordPress… as the old saying goes a photo says a thousand words and my minimotions multiply that tenfold. First up some flora from my mom’s magic garden. I have been blessed all these years with her green thumb wizardry, a true sanctuary it is, so peaceful and easy on the eyes, nose, ears, touch, mind, soul….
And now a couple of minimotions including on the road footage from a recent film job I was on, travelling back in time.
’saw horses’ 💛 hälts went to the ranch for some work minimoiton.
’travelling thru prehistorica’ 🚜 hälts time travel minimotion with soundscape ‘swollen river’ featuring some on the road footage captured in the past few dayzzzzzz.
’time travelling at the speed of the moon’ 🚜 hälts minimotion with soundscape ‘now and then’ featuring a bunch of recent footage travelling along country roads at the crack of dawn, and some backyard painting with some flash edits of a magic bus mural I once painted…perhaps a response to the recent sighting of the beast.
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be the mountain
the badlands 
flashbackMahaloness
yellow roses from my mom’s garden sanctuary garden old mural days and a WIP called ‘Creator’ do we or do we not hold the key to the universe?… red bear or blue bear (painting detail) wolf man from the hälts drawing book collection made moons ago, I guess I was thinking about the modern self portrait mural spontaneous mural 2012 Paia town North Shore Maui
Everything comes around and goes around; forgetting, letting go, moving onwards is futile until one finds it within themselves to forgive and be forgiven.
early hybrid art incorporating a b&w photo and painting using digi tech
Q: Do I wish I could reverse time?
A: No.
Time is what happens to us, life changes, our friends change, our family changes, our planet changes, everything we know changes. This is what life is, a process of change, a movement, a dance, a song, a painting, a leaf that turns orange, a slow river that meanders into the distance, a candle that blows out on a birthday cake.
and now a quote that I came across recently….
Because we don’t know when we will die
We get to think of life as an independent inexhaustible world
Yet, everything only happens a certain amount of times
And a very small amount really
How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon in your childhood
Some afternoon that’s so deeply a part of your being
that you cannot even conceive of your life without it
How many more times will you watch the full moon rise?
Perhaps 20
Yet it all seems limitless.
-Paul Bowles
fotoMahaloness
documents from fall that include both my art and some moments from a BC sojourn to see my elders.
‘sacred place’ hälts hybrid art
in life there is death, I found this Robin in the yard and laid her to rest in a peaceful ceremony, honouring her life.
a fall scene
I want to be a cloud
just a beautiful tree on a sunny fall day
the garden continues to transforms
a grouse I befriended
my dad is a courageous man, he has lived a full life and without him I would not be here making art, photographing nature, writing blogs, and experiencing this beautiful life, thank you and happy birthday, job well done❤️
‘fall hiatus’ 🍁 new hälts mininaturedoc with soundscape ‘5 elements’ featuring some magical BC moments 🌜 and goodnight
When ‘in it’ time ceases.
fotoMahalonessrecent creative explorations.
nothing is lost -W.Blake (Paia protective hidden wall mural)
fades to white.
life’s journey flashes in minds eye
as the pigment hits the blank canvas
do I try to immortalize
a job that is forever
while time has it’s own story to tell.
fotoMahaloness
3 self PPF
subject based on a lady I saw on a tram car one day.
ink on paper
c.2006
architectural self (sacred architecture)
watercolour in process stage
c.2013 
year of the rabbit
mise en scene ‘in the studio’
simulacrum upside down nature
digital foto
swellgod
maui drawings/doodle
found pen on salvaged building material placed on gifted Polynesian Prince’s Sun lava-lava
made on maui c. 2012
I specialize in making art for humans and otherwise.
As winter cycle swirls into place, a period of introspection kicks in.
Time is ticking ticking ticking
Fotomahaloness -do what you love, what makes you tick. Painting collage various mediums, all mahaloness.
What are you waiting for. support me please
Many lifetimes of mahaloness to you
Whatever you are doing, keep doing it, do it well and from the heart, balanced with mind. Do it consciously, work at it, be sharp, courageous, get it out there, one word, one mark one frame at a time. Be true to yourself for when you are in Mahaloness there is no such thing as wasting time.
