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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Between Dusk and Dawn a New Year Appears to Appear

January 1, 2023

And yet we know it’s all just one continuous unfolding as one day or year slips seamlessly into the next. …

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“Catching Every Falling Cup” – A Primal Urge

October 30, 2022

This phrase from my poem Brimless Being is becoming a mantra I turn to often these days. It’s about the …

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Capturing the Spirit of Our Kindred Cousins

July 31, 2022

Sculptor Nichola Theakston works in bronze and ceramics to capture the spirit of creatures found in her native Wales and …

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Beauty the Brave, the Exemplary, Bursting Open

July 24, 2022

What is it about the fragile, fleeting, and flagrant beauty of flowers that can so break a heart? I wrote …

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Immersed in My Art, Finally

May 2, 2022

Please Do Not Disturb: That’s how I’ve felt these past few months, and even more so these past few weeks, …

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Wonder & Worship, Poems for Easter

April 17, 2022

Primary Wonder, by Denise Levertov Days pass when I forget the mystery.Problems insoluble and problems offeringtheir own ignored solutionsjostle for …

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Faith Ringgold’s Story-Telling Tapestries

April 3, 2022

The richness of Faith Ringgold’s textured artwork dazzles me. She had been ignore for so long in the artworld, but …

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Blue & Gold: The Colors of Democracy in Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

February 27, 2022

Blue and gold are my favorite colors, so much so I created a Pinterest page named Blue & Gold to …

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The Radical Humanism in Alice Neel’s Artwork

January 16, 2022

I knew nothing of Alice Neel or her artwork until I came across a retrospective of her at the MET …

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Dervishes of Devotion, A Poem

November 14, 2021

Field Notes from Within My heart is a staunch defender of allI am, beating with relentless passionthe wherewithal of my …

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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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