This Sea Within, Without – A Poem
I wrote this poem for a novel I’m writing about love and war in Central America. It’s written in the …
Tag Archives: life
Romancing Life in Art, Poetry & Music
I’ve been in a romantic mood lately. Both in the sensual and spiritual sense. This lust for life. This sense …
The Enigma of Being Both Watcher and Watched
Enigma I am both watcherand watched.The woman walking in her gardenand the one watching her walk.Two halves, back to back.Both …
The Radical Humanism in Alice Neel’s Artwork
I knew nothing of Alice Neel or her artwork until I came across a retrospective of her at the MET …
Multiple Layers of Reality in Film, and in Us
In several of his films, Ingmar Bergman plays with the notion of multiple layers of reality. This can be seen …
You Don’t Have to Love Them, Just Love
A man lamented to an Elder in his Church that try as he might, he could not love his hyper-critical, …
In Defense of Joy
We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must havethe stubbornness to accept our …
A New Tenderness Toward This Body
Crossroads by Louise Glück My body, now that we will not be traveling together much longerI begin to feel a …
Joy Amid the Turmoil: A 2020 Recap
The year 2020 may have been the most turbulent year any of us have ever known. Blogging in such a …
David Whyte, Putting Down the Weight of Aloneness
I’ve long been a fan of David Whyte’s poetry and this one is no exception. It seems it may have …
