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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: trees

Listen to the Trees, a Sermon from Hermann Hesse

May 19, 2024

I came across the following essay about “preacher trees” from Hermann Hesse and thought I’d share it with you along …

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October Trees, Falling Leaves, Bursts of Glory

October 31, 2019

October is my birth month. I’ve always had mixed feelings about that. Being born when the days are growing shorter, …

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New Paintings, Trees and More Trees

October 21, 2018

Three new paintings, part of my forest series, I suppose, but really just playing with styles and possibilities. All three …

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Painting Again, Forest Series

September 30, 2018

I’ve started painting again, keeping toward the abstract, still experimenting with water-color and oil pastel, letting them show me how …

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New Paintings – Tangled Limbs, Roots & Rocks

May 16, 2018

I haven’t been painting this year as much as last. But I wanted to share a few that will probably …

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Nothing Is Holier than a Beautiful, Strong Tree

February 17, 2016

  Recently a woman sent me a message on Facebook, commenting on my cover photo of the “glorious” tree roots …

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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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