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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Spirituality

Speaking of Erotica . . .

February 26, 2015

. . . have you read anything hot lately? Perhaps it was the convergence of Valentine’s Day and the release …

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Downward into Darkness on Extended Wings

October 19, 2014

Wallace Stevens’ poem “Sunday Morning” ends with these lines: We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old …

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“I See You But Do You See Me?” – Artist Marc Clamage, Bearing Witness

June 11, 2014

Since my last post, I discovered another artist who refuses to turn away. He bears witness one face at a time by …

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Bearing Witness – Refusing to Turn Away

June 5, 2014

I found this painting of a beggar at the blog site of an artist that I admire. She found it …

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“Wake Up Amazed” by Kaze Gadway

May 14, 2014

Sometimes I come across a blog post that I just have to share. The excerpt below is from Kazegadway – …

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Easter and Earth Day – “O Sweet Irrational Worship”

April 25, 2014

A timely blending to celebrate Easter and Earth Day by poet, monk, and mystic, Thomas Merton. O Sweet Irrational Worship …

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A Dream Within a Dream Within a . . .

April 6, 2014

My daughter’s wedding day had arrived and everything that could go wrong went wrong.  We arrived at the church only …

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“You are the Eternal Universe” – Alan Watts

March 26, 2014

I found this amazing video “You are the Eternal Universe” on the Dionysian GENERATOR blog, where Cody describes it as “a beautiful …

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Art and the Mystery in the Midst of Things

March 9, 2014

Art points to something beyond itself, toward “something more,” something that we sense in things and reveal through our pen …

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“Thou Art That” – Part IV, “Some Tragic Falling Off”

February 28, 2014

Milton’s great theme in Paradise Lost is the fall and redemption of humanity. This too can be seen as “some …

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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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