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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Spirituality

“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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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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The Art of Living, a Reminder

January 7, 2018

Why do I always forget this? I need to tape it to my wall. “The meaning of life is just …

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“O Holy Night” in Art & Music

December 23, 2017

“Peace on Earth, good will toward men.”  Wishing you all a joyful and blessed Christmas.        

Boats & Blessings, Poems by Clifton and Collins

November 22, 2017

May you and your loved ones, near and far, have a Blessed Thanksgiving. blessing the boats BY LUCILLE CLIFTON (at …

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“Truth and Love Wins”

November 12, 2017

This has become my mantra in recent months: ‘Truth and Love wins.” It’s what gets me through the day when …

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How Art Intensifies Life – Robinson on Writing, Metaphor, & the Sacred

September 7, 2017

I came across this interview with Marilynne Robinson, who is one of America’s finest living writers, in an old edition …

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Favorite Pairings – Peace and Power in Art & Music

August 17, 2017

Joep Franssens’ Harmony of the Spheres and the art of Sohan Qadri Both express the sense of peace and power …

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Stepping Barefoot into Reality with D.T. Suzuki

August 3, 2017

I love this photo of the Zen sage D.T Suzuki. He was one of my first “gurus” if I, or …

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

June 12, 2017

I fell in love with the title of Milan Kundera’s novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” long before I ever …

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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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