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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Art

Lost in a Swirling Sea @ This Sea Within: Naming a Novel & Designing a Cover

January 12, 2026

As many of you know, I’m getting ready to publish my second novel, This Sea Within, later this year. But …

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O Holy Night, Star of Wonder & Delight

December 21, 2025

“O star of wonder, star of light,star with royal beauty bright,westward leading, still proceeding,guide us to thy perfect light.” –From …

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Down the Rabbit Hole with Salvador Dalí 

October 12, 2025

“There are some days I think I’m going to die from an overdosis of satisfaction.”  – Salvador Dali I felt …

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Time to Still & Chill, Art & Music

September 30, 2025

After these past two tumultuous weeks launching my new novel, I felt a sudden need to space out for a …

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“I See You But Do You See Me?” Poem & Paintings

September 1, 2025

We’ve all seen the headlines, how the homeless are being harassed, their tents and belongings bulldozed away, being told to …

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A Poet & Artist, Making the Unknown Known

August 17, 2025

What precipitates the creative process? For poet Mary Oliver, it’s the need to step over “the edge” into something vague …

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In the Mood for Love, in Art and Music

August 3, 2025

I’ve always been a romantic. Unabashedly so. A lover of life and all things sweet and sensual, tender and erotic, …

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Summery & Sensual Poetry & Paintings

July 20, 2025

Deep summer for me always evokes lush gardens, lovers strolling, lazy afternoons in the sun and shade, children laughing and …

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A Song from a Dream and Rousseau’s Painting

July 6, 2025

My dreams have always been enticingly rich and evocative. Often it’s as if I’m watching an elaborate film in gorgeous …

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Creating a Cover: When Things Go Missing

March 30, 2025

I’m excited to show you the cover of my new novel! It was created by Owen Gent, a talented artist …

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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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