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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Art

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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Mud-Luscious Spring with Cummings and Klee

March 23, 2025

What better way to welcome our mud-luscious Spring into the world again than with the glee-scrumptious poetry and paintings of …

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When Things Go Missing: Title Changes & Book Covers

March 13, 2025

I haven’t been posting as often as I like lately, I’ve been so busy with the production of my novel, …

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Loss, Desire & the Search for Meaning in Life and Literature

January 19, 2025

Loss and desire–these are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about in my …

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The Reason We Are Here on Earth, To Love

October 6, 2024

I came across these two quotes recently and had to share them with you. Each from very different authors, but …

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Balancing Ourselves in Broken World, Art and Poetry for Troubled Times

September 16, 2024

How do we balance ourselves in a broken world with wars still waging in Ukraine and Gaza, and the bitter …

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A Sense of Wonder & Mystery

August 26, 2024

Quote of the Week “Art has the power to make any spot on earth the living center of the universe; …

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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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