Private Thoughts with Personal Art and Photos

By E. Mini'imah Bilal

Evelyns present book, Private Thoughts with Personal Art and Photos, is a compilation of very personal thoughts and opinions of various subjects on everyday life. She agrees that life should be enjoyable, adventurous, and exciting but should include serious consideration of ones actions and deeds. The book contains tributes to her father and mother, which expresses her interest in and love of nature and the surrounding environment. It also speaks to her beliefs and devotion to the Creator of all that exist. Along with her serious side, she equally expresses her since of humor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503576933

E. Mini'imah Bilal

Evelyn loves to talk about almost anything, but only if it’s interesting. She boldly ventures into prohibited subjects such as religion and politics. Her family and friends encourage her in positive ways while running swiftly away from her excessive talking. She finds their actions quite amusing most of the time. Meanwhile, she finds talking to herself unsatisfying. Evelyn feels she has something worthwhile to say and numerous thoughts to share. Since her expertise is not that of a public speaker, her only alternative is to share her thoughts through writing. Time is of the essence for she is a late bloomer, and at age seventy-four, her time on the earth is rapidly dwindling down. With that said, she has decided to share her thoughts with pen and paper. That way, she can still have a conversation with family, friends, and strangers. When they tire of her voice, they may just put the book down for a short moment. Evelyn is a visual artist first and foremost. She has continued to express herself through that media. She also has the need to express herself in other creative ways, acquiring new knowledge and discovering different ways of expressing herself. She currently has one book in publication, her first, in 2014. That book is titled Thoughts That Cross My Mind/Prose, Poetry and Art. Her present book is a compilation of very personal thoughts on various subjects. She feels privileged to be a participant in a personal conversation with each reader. Each of their thoughts and silent responses serves as the second voice in a conversation with her.

Book preview

Private Thoughts

With

Personal Ar

And

Photos

E. Mini’imah Bilal

Copyright © 2015 by E. Mini’imah Bilal. 716273

   ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5035-7694-0

      EBook   978-1-5035-7693-3

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

The cover was created by the author in honor of her five sisters.

Rev. date: 06/10/2015

Xlibris

1-888-795-4274

www.Xlibris.com

Dedication

To My Grandchildren and

Great Grandchildren

image01.tif

I would also like to dedicate this book to the late Mr. Felix Cook, formerly a teacher, principal and an assistant to H.I.S.D. Superintendent. After visiting with my parents and receiving their permission, he chose to godfather me beginning seventh grade through high school graduation. He mentored me, paid for many school lunches, lost textbooks and counseled with my class teachers. For all of the above, I am forever thankful.

CONTENTS

My Personal Prayer

Art Gallery

Housedresses

Two Hawks

Our Hero A Tribute to Our Dad

Autumn Leaves

Kitty Pearl

What Have We Done Lately?

Satan’s 60 oz. Big Gulp

Faith-Prayer II

Uncle Buddy

Good Neighbors - A Fictional Short Story

Just Sex - He Said, She Said

Deep, Serious Thinkers

The Enemy Within

New Friends

Dance With The One Who Brought You

The Struggle - For Musinah Toure’

Prudent Forethought

Nosy Birds

Facing Mortality-Prayer III

Transformation

The Dissipation of Smoke In The Air

Just Flew

Signs

My Hands

Weeds

All That

The Incomparable

Acknowledgements

The initial creative spirit is a gift from God. That spirit is then passed through the genes to the offspring. The offspring may choose to utilize this gift or not. I have chosen to graciously accept this humble gift from God and my parents.

For me, creativity is not constant, it is intermittent. I enjoy it that way because it is not always exalting. It allows a restful breath between explosions of the artistic volcano within the soul. When it explodes it blows the gold dust of creative energies into the mind, heart and soul. The actions of creativity are extremely demanding, but so rewarding and equally inspiring. Inner inspiration and outer must co-exist to form a passionate relationship required to sustain the magical order in the circle of creativity.

image02.tif

My Personal Prayer

My Lord, I am as content as the birds

that are peacefully feeding in my backyard.

I am as content as the squirrels as

they climb the trees and scurry on the

ground looking for pecans and