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From the Ashes
Stripped to our raw selvesshed of armor and protection. Chaos and denial slowlyreplaced by thought and cooperation. The...
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If Jackson Pollock was a photographer – #21
I imagine one his photographs might look like this:
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Silent Objections
The calm water reflects the coldmorning sky coming on-line. Pierced by raven calls and lulledby rolling waves. Fragments...
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Standing in the Backyard of Childhood
The dirt. The stars. Nearing midnight in late summer. A glimpse, fleeting thought, of that person I was....
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A Slow Start to 2020
As 2020 emerges from the cold waters, we take stock of the previous year. It feels as though...
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If Jackson Pollock was a photographer – #20
I imagine one his photographs might look like this:
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Jackson Pollock – Technique Analysis
Here is a link to an article that examines the “drip” technique form a scientific perspective. “Pollock avoided...
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Another Winter
Spring fell into an early winter. We scramble to remember how cold was last year? How much snow?...
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Stepping Into New Light
Three-months have passed since I stepped into a new day, awash in Minnesota morning light. This would be...
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Across Sand
Across vast red sandsI see your face high in untouched mountains. Passing for years through dust stormsblanketing the...
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Comfort Taken from What is Given
I imagine this scene, a snapshot of any ordinary point in time, perhaps not meaningful to anyone else,...
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The Next Chapter
Passing through the pages of life,some chapters are thin and we quickly move,some consume years and decades. After...
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Taking Comfort
Standing on the cement patiohours after the sun fell awayI let go of the city and noiseand stare...
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Video: Winter Camping Can Really Suck –– or Not!
Video with a great message of the importance of being outside, if only to be a spectator.
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From the Another Place
Descending from the material world, the physical objects and possessions,distractions taking focus away from the core, the mind,...