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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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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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Titian in a Venetian Palace in Downtown Boston, Or Lost in Time and Space

November 1, 2021

That’s how I felt visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum when visiting Boston a few weeks ago. I went to …

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Brimless Being, A Poem

October 10, 2021

Brimless Being Sharp edges, sharp endings, thingsthat shatter like teacups on tiled floors,hurt feelings, resentments, things thatbind like too-tight shoes. …

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Chopin’s Nocturnes Tinkling the Keys of Consciousness

October 4, 2021

I spent Sunday morning in bed with my coffee listening to Chopin’s complete nocturnes playing on my phone beside me. …

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Touch and Texture, What Satisfies the Eye

September 27, 2021

I’ve always loved the intricacy of highly textured things, in art as well as in the natural world, like tree …

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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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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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