Vissi D’arte

Vissi D’arte

She lives by her own heart song and knows she’s not lost, just in between the version she once was and the one she is becoming. Her experiences are not bound by mortal dogma nor trite games and carries on … Continue reading

A Draw

And now heading back out there. Surviving in these parts has always been shaky business. Always armed to take a shot of whatever behooves me. Look at this outlier.

Love And Light

Spawned from birth, love and lightOn the threshold, blossoming emotionsUpon blowing winds, resounding test of enduranceWithin discovery, a pale nobilityUpon awakening, a final frost threatenBeyond a rising sun, an expanding heartForever mesmerized, my creations.

Oh Holy Night

Oh Holy Night

Let thy seed soddenand thy light enlightenon the pathbeyond your sorrowto stretch outon another tomorrow. Let thy frigidness of a stony chantryand thy lungful breathing,test its toningto its purpose.Let the others falterharmonizing with patienceas the gentil silhouette leans and curves. … Continue reading

You Are A Wonder

You Are A Wonder

-It’s a graphic.-I see that.-Do you like it?-It’s lovely.-Do you know what would make it lovelier?-I wonder what?-Bears.-They are a wonder, just like you.

The Guest House

The Guest House

“This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesAs an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,who violently sweep your houseempty of its … Continue reading

Bed Head

Integrating, stretching in silence. Making peace, reconciling. Choosing another way. Full of life, full of light merry and bright. Her ‘lil nook of inspiration simply, gloriously… a warrior princess in the making. A little orange blossom honey in the am … Continue reading

Retro Repast

Retro Repast

Two amigos here sharing more than a meal…an unpretentious place that hasn’t changed much at all since I discovered it in its infancy decades ago. Retro no doubt, nothing like a handwritten tab…when was the last time you have seen … Continue reading

Shape of My Heart

Shape of My Heart

I found a love for me,frothy and sweet.Darling you taste perfect right now.Feeling throughthe tension, the struggle, the submission without a touch of tendernessall for your cursed luck, so you reckoned.Inattentive thoughts and all that talk…money for your art.Believed in … Continue reading

On Building Resilience

Clear as a bell, this has been curatively the most profound activity in our nest. Something about a swinging pendulum, shifting back and forth that taps into our neural correlates…it’s transformational. Life looks different after a few whirls. Building and … Continue reading