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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Romancing Life in Art, Poetry & Music

February 17, 2022

I’ve been in a romantic mood lately. Both in the sensual and spiritual sense. This lust for life. This sense …

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Heat & Heart, A Valentine for Lovers

February 14, 2022

1. I crush her against me. I want to be part of her. Not just inside her but all around …

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The Enigma of Being Both Watcher and Watched

February 6, 2022

Enigma I am both watcherand watched.The woman walking in her gardenand the one watching her walk.Two halves, back to back.Both …

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Burning Bushes Everywhere, The Art of Makoto Fujimura

January 30, 2022

“There are burning bushes everywhere, burning yet not consumed, and our lives can be just as miraculous. Our Making can …

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Embracing Joy, A New Year Resolution

January 24, 2022

Like many, I’ve been finding it difficult to write my normal New Year’s “Looking Back, Looking Forward” blog post. Looking …

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“Isn’t It a Pity,” A Fitting Duet for MLK Day

January 17, 2022

If you’ve never heard Nina Simone’s version of George Harrison’s song “Isn’t it a Pity,” I can’t think of a …

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The Radical Humanism in Alice Neel’s Artwork

January 16, 2022

I knew nothing of Alice Neel or her artwork until I came across a retrospective of her at the MET …

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Rainy Morning Reveries in Photos

January 2, 2022

We’ve been blessed with more than usual rainfall on the central coast of California recently. I love the way the …

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Spinning Tales, It’s in our Bones

December 27, 2021

Story-telling is in our bones. It rises through us like sap through roots and leaves into the air. It began …

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O Holy Night

December 19, 2021

The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is a shining star in the night sky. It’s what wakened the …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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