Orange (Door Hinge)

Orange

3/23/2008

Purple patience

Strange

Arrangements

Continuing hence

With common sense

Swinging loose

Like that old rusty

Orange

Door-hinge

'Orange Door Hinge'
Acrylic & Watercolor on canvas panel
A. Bougie - December 2012

Trenchtown Rock - Community Jam @ Green Love Fest 8/16/2014 4:29pm

Give Me - The Divine Mystery

Seemingly we saw
Eye to eye
Now I find all my
Attempts at communication
Deemed unworthy
Of garnering reply
Nevermind the bother
The fears of those who saw her
Open and exposed
While fully clothed
Sheathed and wreathed
In truth untimely
Too soon to name
No one wins this game
Of cold shoulders
Shrugging away chances
At intensifying
These tango dances
Quick on their feet
These minds meet
Without time to pause
For a shared cause
An even exchange

Revelations uprooted
Before they could grow
Gumption
Learning to function
As whole entities
The ego says let go
I need no
Other spirit to survive
So full in and of myself
Nothing matters, no one else
Progress will stagnate
With those who fail
To relate

Bodhisattva
Teach me
Of the divine mystery
In the grand scheme of things
Give me the joy
Appreciation and love bring
Goals worthy
Of accomplishing
Ideas and dreams shared
Frequencies dared
To humble
Releasing fears of distance
Dread of failure
A new composition
Good premonition
Felt within
Now can begin
The path from exile
Traversing this track
There’s no looking back
Without retrospect
No regret
These lessons are worthy
Of the pain
These lessons are worthy
Of the time
The full time taken to learn
All these unspoken, related themes
Connecting things
Mirroring
The drive
To keep ourselves alive
Growing consistently
Bodhisattva
You and me

(9/3/2009)

Enveloped

I, I want to be excited,
I want to be enthralled-
I want to breathe life in,
And taste it with my all-
And waste it not at all
And I can feel her inside-
More alive than I remember before,
More intrinsic to my being
More casual than debating
New thoughts I'd tried erasing
New levels I've found elating,
New revelations- no more waiting!
Live without a known rating,
Live I continue creating
Live for the knowledge I'm currently baiting
Enveloped by the love I see-
Enveloped by the breeze around me,
Enveloped by the light and the energy
Home where ever I may be,
Home alone going crazy
Home is a residence inside me
Why don't you come along, I'm sure you'll see-
Why, it's high time you felt free
Why, how should it ought to be?
I don't always make perfect sense-
I don't always act so dense,
I don't always pattern the rhyme
But I always try to have a good time
But I always try to save my, or your
Butt, I into conversations-
Speaking about lost nations,
Speaking about new excitations
Speaking with interesting relations
Not knowing what will happen next-
Not knowing where the mystery will lead me,
Not knowing the gist of your mystery
Finding relief in breathing-
Finding freedom in movement-
Finding ecstasy in dreams
Looking at the world in new reverie,
Looking at myself quite differently
Looking to understand everything-
Behind what you say to me,
Behind me in my memory
Behind my assurance
Ahead in the distance
A head in the clouds-
Ahead of the crowds

3/2004

New Soundcloud - Hear me out!

I started a soundcloud! A. Bougie - Acapella playlist - I only have a few Acapella tracks recorded a few years back in mono right now but I'll try to get some better quality tracks up soon, including some from my latest performance at Cosmic Alignment Festival of the Arts!

#TBT #ThrowBackThursday

Enjoy The Ride

Unsure of where the road

Will take me

But I know

Where I want to go

Still learning how

To draw the map

Attaining skills

I sometimes lack

The courage

To step up

Instead of backward

Now I have learned

To not fear failure

So much as to not try

If needed I'll find

My hidden strength

Stored and waiting

To be drawn upon

In thanks I will

Appreciate

Each small grace

As it takes place

And experience

All feeling

Unabashed

Grateful

To have

Every moment

I'm given

A choice

I choose

To enjoy

The ride

© 7/31/2008 Amber Morgaine Bougie
 (From the 'Energy Joins All' collection)

On the 11th Day (of playing trombone)

Aloha Friends- 

I have made the best crazy decision of my life & bought a trombone even though I'd never played a brass instrument before... 

Now I am in love!!!

At first I sounded like someone doing bad things to an elephant, but now I'm starting to get the hang of it!!

Sunrise Along the Riverside

Seeing the sun rise

From along the riverside

A new crescent moon

Riding high

Still up in the sky

Periwinkle pale-yellow peach

As the sun begins its' reach

To come upon

True dawn

The risen river rushes

Reflecting

Poem © A. Bougie  5/2/2008
Painting © A. Bougie - December 2012 

acrylic and watercolor on 12" x 16" canvas panel

Mooladhara Chakra Infinity

If you look inward you will not find an end. There is no seperation from source to root.
-November 2012-
Original design,  acrylic on bristol board.

Ever The Same - I Tell You - Commutate - The Divine Aligned - Please Take Flight

Energy Joins All

Original Artwork by - Amber Morgaine Bougie
Acrylic Paint on Canvas - November 2012

The symbol which makes the focal point on this piece I first drew one night over 10 years ago and have come to call Eidjah. It means to me something akin to my view on God. My belief is that everything in existence is energy- all that is, was and will be. This energy which is everlasting, is ever evolving and is something of which we are all equal parts of.  This energy is divine, it flows from the source within us all and is joined together inextricably in what we call the cosmos.

I shortened this meaning to make the title of my 2nd collection of poetry-     "Energy Joins All"

Here is a 5 poem sampler from "Energy Joins All" I find poignant for the spirit of the journeys I see being tread today...

Ever the Same

Wanting more

I saw less

Advancing ideas

Erupting from your mind

Stagnation and denial

Centers of comfort

Blanket your ambition

To grow

For it is easier 

Not to know

Than give in

To the wonder

Of mysteries

Beyond ourselves

Or pre-conceptions

On the depth

Of the well

And your inept ability

To see

Spectrums unfathomed

Unfolding within

Your sub-conscious untold

Fragments forming

A fragile pile

Of excuses

Probable explanations

Reasons to remain

Undeveloped, and

Ever the same

(2010)

I Tell You

I tell you it’s

Unwise

Living these

Half-hearted

Lives

I tell you I

Despise

Seeing those

Half-open

Eyes

I tell you to

Wake-up

There’s no chance

No time to

Make-up

Any chances you

Pass-by

So be

Alive

Fully open your

Half-shut

Eyes

I tell you now

That everything

Relies

Depends on your

Perspective

I tell you my

Glass is

Half-full

And filling still

By the strength

Of my will

(3/21/2008)

Commutate

The energy had been
Alternating
In and out, in
Spatters and spurts
Come around to find
In that state
Nothing really works
The time has come now
At this moment in fate
That we flick the switch
An initiative to commutate
A change over to
Inner-directed
Direct current
Ever going
On flowing
Down stream
Straight energy
This modification
Should be one of
A lasting duration

(12/22/2007)

The Divine Aligned

The time has come

To move along

Remembering

To stand tall

And remain strong

Live for today

Learning to hold

The fantasies at bay

But keep the dream alive

See the

Silver lines

That entwine

Reality

And the divine

__________

Aligned

Vibrations resounding

Surrounding

Sere tendrils

With the water

Of life

Hidden light

Bubbles forth

A silent source

The geyser

Heated by the fire

From within

(8/7/2008)

Please Take Flight

God

Please

Let me grow

Help me to know

Everything I need

In order to succeed

These otherworldly plans

I’ve made

To engage fully

My mind

Make proper use

Of time

Taking steps

On the road

The only one for me

Clearly I can see

Everything coming along

At a faster relative pace

Working toward this place

Of dreams and learning

Meditation and growth

Joy and peace

I will not release

My motivation

Or belief

Something this way comes

To some it numbs

All reason

Others awaken

Spirits formerly dormant

Opening eyes

As they realize

A full picture colored

Created

With intentions

With ideas and inventions

Kaleidoscopically

In tune with what we see

These arrays of displays
From which we must
Learn to look away

Distractions can endear

Imbibing us to fear

Our future failures

Into becoming

A reason not to try something

God

Please

Give me strength

To move away from the brink

Of desperation

Allow that I find

Sublime elation

Through my deeds

Solace in my self

Courage to uphold

My convictions

Grant me

Serenity

Humble wisdom

Based in light

As I learn

To make dreams

Take flight

(9/3/2009)

Happy Solstice 2012  - May this entrance into the new age be one done with mindfulness, and a focus on enlightening ourselves and  heightening our level of connection with the world around us. We must learn to return to a more symbiotic relationship with the environment,  as well as the people we are and affect. 

Thankfully I find ever increasing numbers of those who also realize this-

Let us remember our power now and work together in unity to co-create this new age, raising vibrations, filling it with the everlasting love & light that pours from the well within!