What Joy! Poetry in Motion in Art, Dance, & Writing
What is it about this painting by Ernie Barnes that so uplifts and inspires? That ripples with joy? That feels …
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A Mayan Myth of Love, Self-Sacrifice & the Creative Process
I mentioned in my last post that I wrote a myth about the creation of the isthmus that now comprises …
Maria Berrio and the Art of Myth-Making
In a novel I’m writing I include an origin myth of how the isthmus of Central America was created. It’s …
Living in the Liminal—Permeable and Transparent
I’ve been reading (again) Jane Hirshfield’s Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry, a collection of essays on the art …
“Catching Every Falling Cup” – A Primal Urge
This phrase from my poem Brimless Being is becoming a mantra I turn to often these days. It’s about the …
Immersed in My Art, Finally
Please Do Not Disturb: That’s how I’ve felt these past few months, and even more so these past few weeks, …
Spinning Tales, It’s in our Bones
Story-telling is in our bones. It rises through us like sap through roots and leaves into the air. It began …
Dervishes of Devotion, A Poem
Field Notes from Within My heart is a staunch defender of allI am, beating with relentless passionthe wherewithal of my …
Writing Again, Loving It
I’m working again on that novel I wrote about in The White Hot Flow of Writing some time ago. I …
To Hu-Mor, or Less? That Is the Question
Last week I was questioning whether my blog had become too serious. To even ask such a question, of course, …
