Rings of Time

I am an old woman
with a young woman inside
I have the Knowledge and
I wear it with pride

We are layers in Time
Like the rings on the tree
Seeking to Love, 
to Live and be Free

I am a young woman
with an old woman inside
Life  is for learning
to Share and Confide

We are layers in Time
Like the rings on the tree
Seeking to Love
To Live and be Free

Rings of Time

Love in the Time of Despair
(Spoken Word)

Just come and
Lie your head in
the crook of my arm
Let me stroke your face
and run my fingers
through your hair
Let’s invest in Love
and the time
we have left
lets step together
into the Light
and dance forever
Dancing into that Dark Night

Love in the Time of Despair

VENUS

I feel like
the evening star
a faint light in the immense darkness
isolated desolated
in a world where more is less and
less is more
No home no comfort
unrelated and unbound
my Joy my Joy
undimmed but buried
like forgotten treasure 
of a bygone age….
I feel like
the Evening Star

VENUS

Blight

using language as a caress
your parodic Irish heart
(has my spirit emblazoned within it)?
blankness throughout
a dearth of creativity
belies the lies
easy to compliment 
sleaze tease such a disappointment
when all that we are 
becoming
is so much more…..

BLIGHT

A New Reality of Love

you may say 
we’ve lost it all
that we never knew 
what we had
but I know it was 
just an Illusion
that is dissolving
and revealing the reality
of who we really are
This Dark Winter of the Soul
is an opportunity 
to step into our Power 
and into the Light
to plant the seeds 
of conscious living
and to grow a new 
Reality of Love

A New Reality of Love

Posturing Preening and all about Ego
The politics in GB are all a go go
How refreshing it would be to see
a result rather than another soundbite
by a Sleaze who has bitten off 
more than they can chew…
if only, IF ONLY they really were there
to serve me and you!

Politics a Go Go

GOLD

Well I don’t know but
I’ve been told that
all that glitters
is not gold

The things worth remembering
have no glitter at all
but you feel them so deeply
you need to heed their call

Giving, not taking -
it’s a bit of a blast
the feeling you get
will most definitely last

It’s simple really, this life of ours here
you do what you can and
make it better for some shining your light 
for a better future to come

I don’t know 
but I’ve been told
that all that glitters
is not gold

Gold

Holy Wallah!

Ah hoo hoo hey hey hey
I’m a rock star and I won’t fade away
My boyfriend’s coool
he’s my man and he’s a
rock and roll singer in a
rock and roll band
Ah hoo hoo hey hey hey
I’m a rock star and I won’t 
fade away…

(thought I’d start 2023 on a light note!!)

Holy Wallah

Soundbite City

Slaughter
‘thoughts and prayers’
urban death young blood
‘our hearts go out to you’
fragmentation human 
destruction annihilation
chorus of crows 
and that’s how it goes ….

Why is it happening?
lets get to the cause -
because I can’t stand the encores of the crows’ caws

Soundbite City (photo JJ SHREV)

10 January 2016 20:52:01 at London

Life is a Storm

I used to drink Chinese tea 
I had a beautiful teapot and a beautiful cup
My bowl was of hand carved wood
Presented to me by a loving man
My bamboo chop sticks my own
With a bedroll and my monastic comforts
I roamed from place to place
Now it's called Social Networking
And we can roam the waves
Connecting in an instant
To souls on the other side
We can project our best selves
And believe in their best selves
But sometimes I miss the warmth
Of real bodies and real buddies
And I have weathered many storms
I no longer possess the beautiful teapot
I am left with the flotsam and jetsam
Of many years of being tossed 
In the storm
And it is more than enough
With which to fashion a life of Intent

Jools Elphick Feb 2016
(This one is my own - first one to leap off the pages I have been writing over the course of an erratic life.....!!!)

LIFE......Is a Storm

MINERVA

L IF E  (Invocation)

Lush Fecundity
Lush Fecundity
Unfurling Ceaselessly Yearning
Stretching Stretching
Launching into Life
Lush Fecundity
Lush Fecundity
Here I Am


L IF E - An Invocation!

The Edge of Love

Don't fall
off the
Edge of Love

Take the Money
Take the Time
Take the Piss

Don't Fall
off the
Edge of Love

No Sleep or
Bad Sleep
Chaotic Thought

Don't Fall
off the
Edge of Love

Organise
Fraternise
Real-ise

Flow
From 
The Centre

Enveloped
in
Love

You won't

Fall off
The Edge
of Love



































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THE EDGE OF LOVE

I don't want your body
I just want Bodisatva
You say you lay
Broken and Bleeding
Once in Bristol town
As a result of which
You feel safer being down
Yes you can row your own canoe
But you could come alongside me
Too, you know 
Row row row your boat
Gently down that stream
Verily! Merrily,
Merrily - Verily!
Life is but a Dream.....


BODISATVA

EXISTENTIAL NOMADSLAND (the art of not Being-There)
The troubadour is singing his heart out
Every word a meaningful line
Strumming his guitar with a
Flowing silk scarf around his wrist
A token from his Lady, perhaps

The Mad Max Community architecture
Testament to the New Age
Recycled and Repurposed with
Right-on awareness and intent
This community of love and
Sharing and caring

Wanders aimlessly staring blankly
A Zombie community doing it right
Too Cool to listen to the Troubadour
They hang, posed listless in the green juice
And vegan burger graffiti painted
Urban community night..... yeah

London 2018

EXISTENTIAL NOMADSLAND (The Art of not Being There)

Thoughts are crowding my head
Like Dragon Eggs
Cracking open
as I mentally caress each one
Revealing an exotic creature
-a symbol of a future path
- a future meeting
- a future destination 
How can I sleep
with such a magical visitation?

Dragon Eggs (spoken word)

In the Age of Disconnected Realities
and Interconnected Anomalies
We extend our Reach
Whitewash & Bleach
until misshapen & colourless
we snatch desperately at identities & ideas
perform notions of honour
in the act of self-righteousness 
and all-encompassing guilt
Just to arrive at  
The Centre
From which we began

The Wasteland of Earthly Pursuits (Spoken Word)

Creatures of habit 

do you eat dairy
do you eat meat
do you like to 
walk over grass with bare feet
do you rise early
or do you sleep late
believe in destiny
or leave it to fate
do you like the bright lights
the rich country smells
believe in the faerie
and magic wishing wells
I recognise you
from so long ago
but who are you this time
my friend
(or my foe?)

Creatures of habit

Travelling at the Speed of Light
(A multidimensionaI) Short Thought....

I can go anywhere
but I find it hard 
to stay 
Somewhere
Travelling 
at
The Speed of Light
Celebrating Diversity
Avoiding Stagnation
A Being Within
The Being
I get a Buzz

Travelling at The Speed of Light

SMELL THE ROSES

The faux sparkle
The manic glee as
You think you entertain me
But the DNA is shaken AND stirred
The psyche and the aura are mashed
You are too loud
I want to find the off switch
I want to honour the Silence
I want to celebrate the eternal - 
the emptiness 
that is the conception of Creativity and Life
This grey dragon
has no colour  
it is not beautiful
please release it
and put on your coat of many colours
WAKE UP!
and smell the roses 🌹

SMELL THE ROSES

Pink Heaven Descends

Not Naked but Natural
Twig entwined holding hair high
Grass anklets and dandelion medallions
And sweet stream music

Exploring the wild Cumbrian jungle
Holding my beech prop high
Like a shepherdess queen
Ruling nature, Alone

Sunshine evaporation
On the grassy banks
Alone but surrounded
Pink heaven descends

Living up in the Scottish Borders one summer  - stripping off and bathing in a wild water stream to cool off!

Pink Heaven Descends

You make me feel
Connected
To the Source
In a way
that is like
Mainlining
Pure Vibration 

The Power of Music!

PROOF OF LIFE
Your heart beats
the rhythm of
your Conscious Self
Your blood pulses
the journey of
your physical body
Spirit pervades
Spirit is the fuel
Together it is
Proof of Life 
Which we begin
with a cry
and leave 
with a sigh
But Love
Oh Love
Love is the Essence
Love is the Rhythm 
Love is the Pulse
Love is the Fuel
and it has nothing 
nothing to prove.....


Proof of Life

HOLISTIC JAH

Holistic Jah
Holistic Jah
How Holistic is your Life?
Respect, 
Respect Responsibility 
No Conspiracy
How Holistic is your Love?

Feed the world yeh
Not your head yeh -
keep up that drinking man you’ll soon be dead
Holistic Jah
Holistic Jah
How Holistic is your Life?

⁃ Something for Nothing?
⁃ Ain’t Nobody going to buy that
kind of action
(Yeah Fela Kuti)

Be the change
Walk your talk
No room for Ego
Spread the Peace 
Holistic Jah
Holistic Jah
How Holistic is your Life! Jah

Holistic Jah

MOON MOUNTAIN MAIDEN

Gazing across Infinity
Shooting Stars Black Holes
the Moon Mountain Maiden
observes and pines for
her earthbound lover
ensnared in corporate and
familial duties he cannot release 
and travel to the moon......
Freedom comes at a price
Rocket fuel is not cheap
The Moon Mountain Maiden
Shines in the Darkness.....
Celestial Communion
Unearthly Union
Her Mantra Her Life

Moon Mountain Maiden

THE UNIVERSAL ONE

He is the king of the castle
not a cat on the fence
he has no ego he says
in his own defence

I want him to come clean
to tell me everything
his thoughts upon the mountain and
all the things he has seen
but I am just his inspiration
the stuffing in his song
something tells me baby
I will not inspire you for long

He is the king of the castle
not a cat on the fence
he has no ego he says
in his own defence

I am a travelling light and
Searching in the darkness
for the  Universal One who
will see me hear me love me
share this infinity in a grain of sand
No king of the castle no troubadour on the hill
no cat on the fence just a 
simple man nothing grand

He is the king of the castle
not a cat on the fence
he has no ego he says
in his own defence

Disappointment can breed contempt
Contempt is better than compassion
The former is my defence and
the latter my destination
When I arrive I will let you know
I am my own inspiration not
acting out of desperation
For a king on the hill or
a cat on the fence - he
protests too loudly methinks
in his own defence

He is the king of the castle
not a cat on the fence
he has no ego he says
in his own defence


The Universal One

Political Combustion
Nihilistic Destruction
Aim for the Heart
Achieve a Re-start
What can you give
What can you grow
Choose carefully now
and plant the seeds
of tomorrow.......

Political Combustion

Jaded, Faded
Altogether Blue
You’ve been searching for me
and I’ve been looking for you
Venus and Mars babe
it’s all in the stars
We’re panning for gold
Mining the seams
Gathering the nuggets before 
we get old....

Venus and Mars

Affair of the heart....  (a report from the Front) 

Four dragons lifted me and took me to a place amongst the ancient gods
I lay there naked and vulnerable
my heart ready for the onslaught that
would give me new Life
Tubes inserted into wrists, neck and groin - I resemble a Cyborg rather than a living Deity
But the power of my tribe, sending their love and healing and best intentions, (especially my Vigil-keeper and fire watcher), maintained a loving and protective shield around me, until after three incredibly long hours that seemed to last forever (I was aware of the whole debacle) - it ended and the four dragons gently delivered me to the young priestesses who cleansed and refreshed my body, whilst I reclaimed my Soul..... (and heart beat)!

Cardiologie Mainz 28/01/31 - Wolf Moon

Affair of the Heart.... (a report from The Front!)

I am not a musician but music plays a very important role in my creative life! I am an artist/designer and music is my companion and my muse in the long hours I spend working in my studio! 
I am immensely impressed and grateful for all the talented and inspiring musicians whose work graces this Cloud, and I will always re-post sounds that I love (and will listen to again) - knowing that others will enjoy them!
I feel slightly embarrassed and quite humbled when I receive such graceful messages of thanks from artists whose work I have re-posted - after-all, I am the one who is so inspired by the discovery of your brilliant music!!!
So thank YOU!!!
Jools :)
P.S. If you want to see where the music takes me there is a link to my Portfolio site on Behance below!!! 
NEW!! - Thanks for all the great feed-back on my work! I shall be re-launching with a website (shop & archive) ‘KULT-JE’ in the not too distant future! Meanwhile, examples of past and current work are featured on my Instagram (@joolselphick)
Since my heart op in Jan2021, I have had to deal with taking quite a lot of meds which have interrupted my design work - that and moving to Germany in 2020 - and back in 2021 (due to Covid my business plans stalled!) - SO, slowly getting it together…. hang tight!😊

I have an archive of my work to date on Instagram - @joolselphick

Julie Elphick

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