"Bill is a painter but so often we seem to be feeling the same things about our work; it's quite astonishing. His phrase, 'hovering around something that is about to reveal itself' -- that is exactly my state these days. And I have always known, as he does, that revelation rises up slowly if one ..
"My topic is about transitions or the stuff out of which life is made, liminal and archetypal situations. The word liminal refers to being over the threshold but not through to the other side. It comes from the Latin word "limen" meaning that place in between. When you're in a transition zone, ..
"HOW SHOULD I LIVE THE LIFE that I am?" writes Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. I hear it as a cry. I see a man shaking his fist at the creator. Respectfully."From Mary Rose O'Reilley's~ The Love Of Impermanent Things ~Mary Rose O'Reilley is one of my favorite modern non-fiction writers. She wrote ..
At the edge of the body there is said to be a flaming halo -- yellow, red, blue or pure white, taking its color from the state of the soul. Cynics scoff. Scientists make graphs to refute it. Editorial writers, journalists & even certain poets, claim it is only mirage, trumped up finery, ..
I. The Early MotionThe poet stands at the center of the universe contemplating the Enigma. He draws sustenance from the masterpieces of the past. Studying the four seasons as they pass, he sighs. Seeing the inter-connectedness of things, he knows the many ways of the world. He mourns the leaves ..