Saturday, January 31, 2009

Less Is More - by Ocean http://www.Ecoize.com

Less is More by Ocean, http://www.Ecoize.com

We’ve been urged to over-consume by all those wishing to profit o n 
our excesses.

Especially in America, land of the corralled buyers, we’re bombarded 
with ads, so-called studies, and other propagandistic promo that forces us 
to believe that o n a simple sandwich, piles and piles of goo and heart-killing 
fats and death foods are mandatory.

Actually, have you ever tried a sprout sandwich?

Yes, a sandwich with, maybe, Veganaise, or a dash of Bragg’s Liquid 
Aminos, or just some simple organic olive oil and Bragg’s Apple Cider 
Vinegar and a little Celtic Sea Salt?

It’s not o nly completely filling, but it allows your digestive system 
to operate, unclogged-up with all those extra and body-arresting cruelty foods 
you’ve been lied to about.

You don’t need all that protein. In fact, it harms your kidneys, in 
addition to causing all your energy to be centered in your gut, where the 
blood is pulled in its’ desperate daily task of doing something with 
all that garbage and those dead bodies you keep throwing into it.

Also, just the toxins in those death foods will lead to, well, you know.

Along with the hormones, the adrenaline, and the blobs of fat your bloodstream 
will be having to deal with, while it navigates through your weakened veins 
in an attempt to rid itself of these things your body was never designed to 
manage, you place heavy burdens o n your vehicle, in addition to burdens o n 
your soul.

Just like you can’t fool Mother Nature, you can’t fool yourself.

Inside, you know right from wrong.

You know that taking advantage of the weak by the strong is evil.

You know that taking the life from an innocent and helpless being is against 
everything you’d like to believe about yourself.

You know that you cannot divide your morality.

Either you’re good, and you do good to all of the helpless, or you are 
without mercy, and evil.

Those things are simple.
Your mind and your heart knows it, and your soul feels it.

Rid yourself of those putrid and dead corpses you’ve buried in your 
own body, cleanse them out by eating o nly compassionate, pure plant foods, 
and then gauge how you feel after o ne month.

Even after o ne compassionate meal, like that sprout sandwich o n toasted sprouted
grain bread, like Ezekial bread, found in the freezer of your health food 
store, then see how you feel.

Add a cup of miso soup, if you like, with some fresh cut-up garlic, and maybe 
a few cubes of tofu and a handful of freshly chopped herbs.

Divine!

Also, add a glass of stevia with ginger powder and/or cinnamon – doubly 
divine!

Finish with a cup of green tea, and you have a meal fit for royalty!

When you stop eating like a sewer and clogging your system like a stopped-up 
drain, you’ll feel tremendously better and your body will find time 
in order to heal and to repair those above-mentioned weakening veins, along 
with all your other systems.

You’ll begin not o nly to feel better, but to look better too!

Win-win-win-win situation!

You become kind, you eat kindness foods, you feel great, and you look great! You live longer, stay fit and able, youthful-looking, and happy too!

Veganize  today!

Wealthize by Ocean http://www.Wealthize.com

Wealthize by Ocean http://www.Wealthize.com


Wealth comes in many forms.


For instance, I always feel so rich when I am surrounded by my rescued pets.


And I recall times when, as a child, I had wished with all my heart that 
I could have pets that could be indoors, and as many as I wanted.


I am very wealthy with pets, which makes me very wealthy with love.


Most of us are very wealthy with many things – like, someone I know 
is very wealthy with perfumes.


Some are wealthy with cars, with tools, with collections of all kinds.

Some are wealthy with a beautiful abundance of trees right outside.
Others are wealthy with shoes, or books, or with popularity, or with long, lovely hair !


Lots are wealthy with art supplies. What ? We can go to any store and find 
them for a pittance, you might say, but think of the days when so many artistic 
and struggling geniuses abounded who would almost have sold their own souls 
for some good art supplies.


When you learn to slant the angle of your view of life to include all you 
have and have had, you’ll find that you are – and always have 
been – wealthy indeed.


Even the Pygmies of the Great Forest in Africa - who own next to nothing in actual items - know they are very lucky, and very wealthy. They consider themselves children of the forest itself, 
and pride themselves o n acting in harmony with their provider.


Can you imagine someone of the Western nations saying he or she was the child 
of the plains? Of the swamplands ? Of the mountains ?


Besides hippies, I mean. And Native Americans. And sages and mystics and cosmic people.

Of course, any bohemian worth his or her salt agrees with this. And others. 
Any surfer will agree that he is the child of the coast and the sea, for sure.


Why not adopt this feeling, this claim, that you are lucky – that you belong in a world of abundance, and that you were born with wealth and will o nly live in wealth no matter what.


One o nly has to recognize it. It really is – for most of us in the 
West, at least, true.


One should never compare o neself, except to find gratitude for o ne’s 
position.


The attitude of gratitude we hear about is the surest way to happiness and 
contentment, therefore, to confidence, a feeling of safety, and the ability 
to succeed.

Don't you feel richer already ?




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Friday, January 16, 2009

Ocean Blog


I'm a music artist who loves to endorse healthy, eco magazines like this one where I'm on the cover:




I'm also delighted to be instrumental in showing people how to get healthy by going vegan!

An interview with Ocean is featured on Famousveggie.com in their Celeb Interviews section, and here is a link - Ocean on FamousVeggie

I love to contribute my talents in order to help - I think it's the essence of happiness, and I adore being healthy, being vegan, and being compassionate.

I'm posting here since I already have a quasi-political blog I was asked to keep at Ecoize.com, named Ocean's Ocean, and I also do the Mermaid Blog, which is a fantasy tale ( and connected to an epic trilogy I have written called The Mers ), and this one is various musings, ideas, moods, and so on, so it's fun !

I like to think of ideas to help people, as I do on sites where I contribute articles on everything from living eco to helping animals (including us), vegan recipes, my own travel adventures, on being a musician, being a fan of classic films, being in love with history, into anthropology and other cultures, art, design, illustration, stories, and writing, among many other interests.

How do I find the time to follow so many interests, I ask myself. And I know that only because I'm vegan do I have such energy!
I don't do just one thing ever - for instance, I have two books I'm writing now at the same time! 
Also I am doing a series of paintings on a certain theme for a show.
And, of course, I do my music very often - meaning I produce tunes I write, and/or sing somewhere.
I have a real interest in making life better for everyone (of all species),  and every place, than it would have been if I had not been born.

Other Ocean Magazine Features, some Ocean Interviews etc. :

Ocean Poetry



Cover of Mermaid Tales by Ocean, a Book of Sea Poetry
(Artwork by Ocean)

I have several books of poetry:

       Ocean Poetry

The above is a collection of sea poems, some heavy, and some light in theme - many, spiritual, and many, basic, sensual, and descriptive.


From Ocean's Grief Poems
(And Visit Ocean's Grief Site For Those Who Have Suffered Losses - And If Your Loved One Was Your Pet, Visit OurSunny.com)


And here is a new poem, in a different tone:

IT SNOWED TODAY
  - OCEAN

IT SNOWED TODAY
MORNING-TIME
FROSTED WHITE FUZZY GLAZE
OVER FACE OF SUN
SHINING IN STREAMS
LIKE NEW TESTAMENT PAINTINGS
OF GOD’S LIGHT, ILLUMINATING
HARD BORDERS ON CUMULUS FRAMES
IT TOOK MY HURT TO ANOTHER PLANE
AND I REMAIN
HERE AMONG QUIET GHOSTS.
I WISH THAT THEY’D DISTURB ME.
MY DOGS, SLEEPING NEARBY 
SNORE -
THEY KEEP ME- SAVE ME
FROM THE HARSH THINGS,
THE TRUTHS THAT I AVOID
THAT I AM IN
DESPITE MY CHAGRIN
THAT I AM LOST - HERE
WITHOUT 
YET I MADE THE DECISION
TO STAY 
TO MISS THE  WARMTH
TO FEEL THE GLOOM
TO HAVE THE ROOM
TO MOURN


I have been in mourning for a few years now, for someone very close to me.
I am not always sunshiny, and sometimes my poetry is the best way to vent feelings of loss.
I had gone to a place, in a Northern clime, where once I had lived, and was reminded what Winter really is.
I feel for all you who are experiencing the extreme cold - whether of the weather alone or from the loss of a loved one.


Here's another sad poem:

GONE- POEM BY OCEAN

ALL CHANGED
FOREVER, NOW
MEASURED NOT
BY LENGTH 
AND TIME
BUT BY WHEN YOU
WERE HERE
AND WHEN YOU
WERE NOT.
GONE, NOW,
BUT NOT
FORGOT



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The Tiny Butterfly by Ocean

The Tiny Butterfly - Article by Ocean


I"m wintering on a tropical island, and this week is very unseasonably cold.

The wind had blown a tiny, beautiful butterfly into the pool, and, as I do every morning, I had walked around to see if any moths, bees, or other bugs had fallen or been blown into the water.

This morning, I had already saved one bee and several little gnats, and then, out of the window, I noticed a little form - a very small butterfly, lying on the face of the pool, his wings completely spread out.

I ran outside, got the long net, and pulled him out to safety.

I placed him first on a bunch of dry grass, then noticed he was too water-logged to stand properly, so I placed him in the path of the upcoming sun.

Butterflies need sunshine in order to dry their wings in the mornings, from dew and mist, and this little guy needed it to warm him and to save his life.

I watched him for awhile, stood him up, his wings still closed tightly - held together by the wetness, and talked to him sweetly.

Then I went inside, knowing that ants and other predators were in their burrows, hiding from the biting wind.

His wings were blown about a little, but his spindly legs kept him holding onto the pavement around the pool, but not near enough so that he'd be blown in again.

Returning inside, I kept my dogs in, despite their pleas to go out and play, and have been watching him from the window, watching over him.

As I stood there, I prayed earnestly for this gorgeous little being - so intelligent and sweetly demonstrative - he knew I was helping him - and asked God to allow the sun to shine on him.

How miserable so many are in this cold weather! 

I couldn't imagine how awful it would be to get wet on a day like this.

I asked Him to send holy angels to surround and protect the little butterfly and afford him plenty of flowers and a happy, safe life.

Then, suddenly, the sunshine burst through the clouds, aiming their beaming light exactly at the place where the little creature of God stood, stawartly, bravely against the cold wind!

The flood of gratitude I felt was so intense1 Prayers said for someone who is so helpless feed our souls, and the immediate answer re-affirmed my faith!

God does answer prayers! Especially those for the helpless beings among us!

Imagine a world without butterflies! How empty it would be!

I hope everyone remembers to buy eco, especially for their yards and gardens, and to plant butterfly gardens in order to attract them and to give them a habitat that is, sadly, disappearing in too many places.

It's far more important to have natural, pesticide-free lawns for so many reasons!

Our waterways, and all the lives dependent upon them, are most vulnerable to what people put on their yards, and really, isn't it far more beautiful to have a natural yard? With bushes, plants, and trees that butterflies and other wildlife adore?

There are so many eco products now, that will not ruin our world, and will allow little enchanting beings like that butterfly to thrive !

Think Green!

I just checked, and my little butterfly pal is turning in the sunshine, allowing its' healing warmth to adorn his wings from all angles, preparing for flight.

Many butterflies only live for a few days. Even the magnificent Tiger Swallowtails have only two weeks to enjoy the flowers, meet their soulmate, dance in the sunlight, and lay eggs in the right habitat.

My friend outside will live, now, perhaps only three to four days, or a little longer.

Information on his exact lifespan couldn't be found on the internet. He's a Flulvous Hairstreak butterfly.

He's adorable, fetching, communicative, and decorative, as all beauteous beings are, and he brings joy wherever he is.

After all, butterflies do no harm - they eat only the pollen that flowers beg to offer them, they dance in the sunshine to the delight of all humans, and they help, along with bees, to pollinate the next generation of plants.

They must be very popular with God.

Don't we all want more, not less, butterflies?

Let's practice conservation and get our priorities right! Butterflies and the plants they love are far more important than having a boring-looking, plain, green lawn.

Ditch the pesticides and make way for eco products!

Vive the butterflies!


It might not have been the most optimal time to have been born. Far more cold than a butterfly would prefer, much more windy. And more precious, when we recall how huge a part of his life each hour is.

Each day is, to him, more than a decade of our own lives.

That's why I always brake for butterflies. See article here. 

None of us can rail against our own time zone, although we, as humans, and only us, can improve life for everyone on our planet, no matter what specie.

The tiny butterfly has flown. He took off into the bright, mid-morning light and is off finding seagrape trees and other fare, frolicing somewhere in the air, happy to be alive.

His pressence makes all of us happy to be alive - this is the gift of the butterflies.

And how many could be saved every day if all of us looked in pools to do some life-saving?

Every life matters, no matter how small.

What can we all do every day to save lives?

Any more ideas?


Here's One!

It’s Butterfly Season ! Print out the Beautiful, Hand-illustrated Butterfly Flier and Take it to your community bulletin boards and Save Some Butterflies ! Fly Here !

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Sites I Love



Among the slideshow pix below are some logos I've created for sites I love and endorse, and some I contribute to, like Ecoize.com and Veganize.com.

MermaidBlog.com is where an actual Mer transmits information to me, and I obligingly relate it to the world.


Joining TheMermaid.Net will allow you to join with me and other Merophiles in getting updates on oceanic and Mer things. The Mers? Well, naturally, they're the type of fish who live in the waters of our world, and whose physical resemblance and size - but for their tails, that is - remind us of ourselves, and with whom we have the shared idea to save our Planet, Sea!

This Blog

Just ideas, thoughts, and meanderings. I keep a fantasy blog here: http://www.MermaidBlog.com, and this one is just light and musy, as in just musing.

I'm a hyper-creative, meaning that I love creating in many ways, almost every day.
Music is my soul - I mean - it's the one thing I reverence doing more than anything else (except for saving lives, as in my animal rescuing - that's the height of existence and spiritual ecstasy, just to know that my presence has caused an innocent being to live) - and music is so close to me that I literally weep in gratitude that I'm allowed to make music.
Nothing else of all I create does that for me.
I also write a lot, and books and stories just seem to pour out of me like music does, easily, with no effort at all on my part.
I'm not sure why this happens, but it's cool unless I'm busy - then I have to put a song on tape or stop and get out my portable typewirter or laptop for writings.
Artwork is something else I enjoy, and it's not as intense an activity for me. I do it mainly because others love what I do so much that they've clamored and fostered and encouraged me all my life to create paintings, drawinga and whatever.