Philosophy

Aug 4

Take me back to North Beach

Take me back to North Beach so I can float on the waters, my body forming a bare cross... surrendered to the All Powerful

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Marieke de Koker

Aug 1

Neverending Story

The deep clouds have brought their storms, both destruction and nourishment bring about change, for one must die to be reborn

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 30

My Ship

A ship that spends its existence anchored in place will never fulfill its destiny, never to set sail on the wild tides... Will you

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 29

Break

We are told to bend but never break. But shattering into pieces allows us to rebuild ourselves in ways we could never imagine, rendering

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 18

I am impossible

I follow my heart and it shows me things I never knew was possible, because the heart is far more intelligent than the mind

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 7

Transcendant

The wind sends her whispers... Traveling through time itself to speak wisdoms and fill our hearts, we stood there listening to this language

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 19

Nothing and Everything

Do not ask me to choose between the sun and the moon, between night and day, between earth and sky and water... for I could never choose...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 18

Empty Wall, Full Heart

There is no greater inspiration than an empty wall, I will give away all of my paintings so that the world may become my gallery... My joys

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 10

Choice

Sometimes we mistake what is comfortable and known for being a choice

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 10

True faith

True faith is not believing that life will change to favor you. It is recognizing that you hold the power to thrive in spite of what...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 8

Deconstructed: A Series of Haiku

Birth is beautiful, it is bloodshed and membranes spilled out on the floor... Do you see beauty in process and creation, or does blood...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 8

Beloved Sweater

I say goodbye to my beloved sweater - my skin - outgrown and outworn I shed, bittersweet... You who have carried me all these years, you...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 6

This Is Me

Anarchy: the moth emerging from its cocoon saying, "This is me."

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 6

I am moss

Give me humid warmth and sunlight with occasional mists and I will grow without roots or rains, asking for little, giving everything

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 5

Namaqua

My awakening is Namaqualand in August. I am bleeding orange, pink escapes from my lips, purple appears in my dreams at night...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 5

Learning To Walk

The higher I jump, the higher I fly, I wait in vain for my bones to crush on the hard ground but they never do. Or have I just not...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 4

I bathe in myself

My thoughts are too deep, I don't want to let them pass... I bathe in myself

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 2

Strangers

When we speak with someone we perceive to be a stranger, we realize we are not strangers at all

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 1

True Love

Nothing is expected, nothing is owed. Just be, and being is the greatest gift

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Marieke de Koker

May 31

Purpose II

Find your life's purpose not in doing, but in being

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