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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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New Paintings – Tangled Limbs, Roots & Rocks

May 16, 2018

I haven’t been painting this year as much as last. But I wanted to share a few that will probably …

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Mothering the World, A Tall Order

May 13, 2018

My novel From the Far Ends of the Earth is about relationships between mothers and children and all the ways …

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Right, at Last, and Wide Open

May 7, 2018

I’m letting my hair grow out. Like a girl again. It’s past my shoulders already, still mostly brown with a …

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Music Like Waves, Rising, Dispersing

April 30, 2018

I came across this poem on one of my favorite blogs O at the Edges. I love the image of …

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Fascinating Faces, Tao & the Arts

April 23, 2018

Some works of art speak to you on a level that is hard to define. You gaze and are drawn …

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Immersed in One’s Art

April 20, 2018

There’s something immensely satisfying to see Helen Frankenthaler immersed in her art this way. I found this image on Facebook, …

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“Divine Bodies” at the Asian Art Museum

April 16, 2018

During my trip to San Francisco last weekend we visited the Asian Art Museum, which was featuring an exhibition of …

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A Slice of San Francisco

April 12, 2018

Last weekend I accompanied my friend Paula on a trip to San Francisco. We stayed in a lovely old building …

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Poetry that Takes Us Beyond Articulation

April 6, 2018

Some of us are always seeking a path beyond ourselves, beyond articulation. It’s not escape. It’s the opposite of escape. …

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Recognition for “Slow Swirl at the Edge of Time”

March 26, 2018

I entered a local art show for the first time this month and was surprised and pleased to get recognition …

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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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