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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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The Truth Will Always Be

August 30, 2021

Every day I spend listening to music, sometimes stretches as long as five or more hours at a time, while …

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The Joy of Sailing in Song, Poetry & Art

August 8, 2021

I came across this much beloved sailing poem recently, which captures so beautifully and vividly my own exuberant experiences at …

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A Glimpse Into the Studios (and Minds) of Famous Artists

August 1, 2021

Aside from her paint brushes, we don’t see much of Georgia O’Keefe’s studio here, but I couldn’t resist including her …

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Poem: A Prodigal Turns Prophet

July 11, 2021

Three summers I spent by the river in the heat of a homeless camp. (Having left my father’s home, which …

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“Back to the Garden” with Stardust and Irises

June 6, 2021

This painting is considered by many as Van Gogh’s finest floral, and one of the only two paintings he chose …

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The Art of Mothering on Mothers Day

May 9, 2021

Margarita Sikorskaia 1968, St. Petersburg, Russia My understanding of what “mothering” is, or could be, was hugely influenced by this …

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A New Tenderness Toward This Body

May 3, 2021

Crossroads by Louise Glück My body, now that we will not be traveling together much longerI begin to feel a …

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Hilma af Klint: A Spiritual Perspective

March 28, 2021

The abstract artwork of Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) predated that of Kandinsky, Klee, and Mondrian, and so some say that …

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Neruda: Drunk With the Great Starry Void

March 8, 2021

One of my favorite poets, again, swept me off my feet, expressing the inexpressible with perfect eloquence. Poetry And it …

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Will Salmon Swim Upstream Through City Streets?

February 7, 2021

Once Upon a Time, A Poem In an eon, will Trumpism portend another Troy, a Trojan horse whose armies eviscerated …

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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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