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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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“A Terrifying & Edible Beauty,” Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia

October 8, 2018

This stunning cathedral, a tribute to Antonio Gaudi’s genius and imagination, his love of God and Nature, was begun in …

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Painting Again, Forest Series

September 30, 2018

I’ve started painting again, keeping toward the abstract, still experimenting with water-color and oil pastel, letting them show me how …

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“Perfect Love” – All We Need for What Ails Us

September 27, 2018

The highest common denominator for all spiritual practices and religious teachings is Love. Love with a capital L, meaning that …

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A Mermaid’s Dream House, Casa Battlo

September 24, 2018

When I stepped inside Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batllo in Barcelona, I felt like I was back on La Gitana, swimming …

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When the Sea Rises and the Light Fails

September 21, 2018

“For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light …

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“September 15th”- Methany & Mays Moving Tribute to Bill Evans

September 15, 2018

This “unspeakable beautiful” song was created as a tribute to Bill Evans, one of the greatest jazz pianist/composers ever, who …

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Down the Rabbit Hole with Salvador Dali

September 9, 2018

One highlight from my trip to Bruges this summer was visiting the Salvador Dali Museum. Dali is celebrated for his …

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The Poetics of Place: Redwood Speech,Watershed Prayers

September 2, 2018

“I want to see our words jump off the ground, erupt from a sensual earth, musty, humid, gritty. I want …

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Musee d’Orsay, Eye-Candy for Art Lovers

August 26, 2018

I could have spent weeks savoring up all this museum has to offer, instead I had five hours. Still I …

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Recipe for a Painting: Durrell on Venice at Dawn

August 24, 2018

Quote of the Week “These thoughts belong to Venice at dawn, seen from the deck of the ship which is …

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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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