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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: the creative process

A Poet & Artist, Making the Unknown Known

August 17, 2025

What precipitates the creative process? For poet Mary Oliver, it’s the need to step over “the edge” into something vague …

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When Things Go Missing: Title Changes & Book Covers

March 13, 2025

I haven’t been posting as often as I like lately, I’ve been so busy with the production of my novel, …

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Solace in Solitude, Agnes Martin, “Mystic Minimalist”

November 22, 2020

For those seeking solace in solitude during these turbulent times and covid isolation, I offer these minimalist paintings for comfort …

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Tapping into the Unconscious – The Art of Sohan Qadri

February 16, 2020

When I first encountered one of Sohan Qadri’s paintings, I was plunged like a pebble into a still pool, radiating ripples of …

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Immersed in One’s Art

April 20, 2018

There’s something immensely satisfying to see Helen Frankenthaler immersed in her art this way. I found this image on Facebook, …

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Naming a Painting, “Like Two Lovers in Conversation”

September 3, 2017

“Warm and rich, rich and warm, which is which?” Like a mantra, these words echo through my mind as I …

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Flesh and Stone – New Paintings

July 17, 2017

Recently I discovered the sculptures of Francisco Zuniga and have been drawn to recapture what I love about them in …

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Playing With Mixed Media, Watercolor & Collage

June 26, 2017

As I’ve been experimenting with styles, I’ve been mixing watercolor with collage and ink, and having a lot of fun …

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Still Playing – Landscapes, Dreamscapes

May 2, 2017

I’m still playing with my painting, copying artists I love or using their vision, their palettes, for inspiration. Still trying …

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Can You Paint a Poem?

April 26, 2017

It’s a question a blogger friend asked one day in response to my comment that I would like to try …

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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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