THE RANT Among the 18th century artist Goya’s famous collection of prints, "Los Caprichos,” number 43 (of 80) is entitled, “The sleep of reason produces monsters.” It seems to be … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Digging deep
Like so many things it is easy to go along and look past or forget the assumptions upon which we operate. Most of the time we remain unaware of the deep soil of assumptions in which our life-styles … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: A whisper of what we have forgotten
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/70 “I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: The Madness of Summer
It is now mid-August and I still have a pile of mulch that has stubbornly refused to spread itself out. Every season has its own madness and for those living in a four-season reality the madness of … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Follow the Oak
The pin oak in my yard, the one I see through the window from where I write daily, is vibrantly verdant this morning. The suppleness of her leaves as they quiver in the breeze, along with the … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: It’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It!
The Story of Our Lives Story shapes reality. On the surface we imagine that story is only, well, story. But story is power. The one with the best story wins. Story shapes reality but we go along … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Confession
A friend sent me a Mary Oliver poem I had never read before (thank you, Peter), and it made me ache. Truly, it was a craving in my bones. I loved it, as I do so many of her poems. It … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Spiritual practice has little to do with doctrine, rituals, stretching, or crystals
Spiritual practice has little to do with doctrine, rituals, stretching, or crystals “I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature…” From, “Pleasures” by … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Charging the gap of mystery
“Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.” Full link to Annie Dillard quote: … [Read more...]
This Says It All For Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WAWAnJOnRI For those who live in the United States, may you have a blessed and extended holiday weekend. For those of you who do not live here, I beg your … [Read more...]
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