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Timothy Teruo Watters

Timothy Teruo Watters, artist, writer, graphic designer, and grandson to artist Teruo Iyama, was born in Santa Rosa, CA. His artwork has been featured in galleries from California to Hawaii to Utah to Texas, and a sacred project (a volume of nineteen different translations of Japji Sahib) consisting exclusively of his illustrations resides in the museum at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.

His journey of self-exploration and meditation has brought him all over the world from Mount Shasta to Chiang Mai to Anandpur Sahib. He has written and illustrated a children’s book, When Piglets Fly, which features sixty-three watercolor illustrations. He also reimagined Khalil Gibran’s classic, The Prophet as well as Margery Williams’ beloved children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit.

Timothy’s expressive work draws inspiration from Eastern aesthetic and philosophy, Mysticism, Impressionism, and Ukiyo-e. Whether writing adventurous tales, watercoloring, or painting in oils, Timothy is always reimagining by creating and blending the old with the new.

The Lion King • 30” x 40” • Oil on canvas •2023 •SOLD•

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Work in progress 👨🏻‍🎨
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For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether?

And if it is for your comfort to pour your darkness into space, it is also for your delight to pour forth THE DAWNING of your heart.

And if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing.

When you pray you rise to meet in the air those who are praying at that very hour, and whom save in prayer you may not meet.

Therefore let your visit to that temple invisible be for naught but ecstasy and sweet communion.

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You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps.

Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping.

Even those who limp go not backward.

But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.

You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good,

You are only loitering and sluggard.

Pity that the stags cannot teach swiftness to THE TURTLES.

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AND one of the elders of the city said, Speak to us of Good and Evil.
And he answered:

Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.

For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and THIRST?

Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.

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AND an astronomer said, Master, what of Time?

And he answered:

You would measure time the measureless and THE IMMEASURABLE.

You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according
to hours and seasons.

Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch
its flowing.

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You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;

And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.

And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.

For thought is a bird of space, that in a CAGE OF WORDS may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.

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And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing
of pleasures.

For in THE DEW of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Illustration from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Illustrated by Timothy Teruo Watters. Link in the bio—available on Amazon.

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Work in progress 👨🏻‍🎨
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New music from @journiana her new EP i want it all is out now! Produced by @deepwatters and @joeylopezmusic ✍🏼 by @mikalettmusic @journiana @malachiiislife @story.wav mixed and mastered by @glmadeit 🎨 by Me!

Congrats to @malachiiislife, my brother @deepwatters, and the whole team! “Move” is killing it! Summer track of 2024! 🔥🔥🔥 #move #moveyourbody #summer #newyork

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