A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected. ... Reif Larsen, The Selected Works of T S Spivet.
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Arthouse Coop Sketchbook Project 2015 – Progress
A few pages shuffled
my hands uncertain
tentative as always.
One’s full of tears
as I am tears, and bad repairs
that won’t last, of remains
of lives that didn’t. But their stories
are beautiful, aren’t they? Continue reading
Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Flash Fiction Challenge: The Somonyng
The Somonyng
What can I do but follow? I’m an old dog now and they’re my home. Wherever they go, I go with them.
It’s been like this, since … Ceaselessly wandering, my humans. They have no choice, but that’s long forgotten, except for cellular memories, urging.
They call it many things, the restlessness. Career move. Downsizing. Looking for a better life. Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Writing, Elckerlijc, fiction writing, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Peter van Diest, Rochelle Wisoff, Short Fiction Writing, short story, Short Story Writing, Spiritual, The Somonyng of Everyman, Theme, Tudor Play
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Walking into Love, a Sonnet: The Loving Quark
The Loving Quark
Said Einstein, “into nature look, look deep
and better all things will you understand.”
To look into the heart – the seat
of love – he was, it seemed, imploring man. Continue reading
Posted in Christian writing, spirituality, Walking, Writing
Tagged atom, Christian Writing, Einstein, love, molecule, Petrarch, Poetry, Poetry Writing, quark, Shakespeare, sonnet, Spiritual, Walks, Writing
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Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Flash Fiction Challenge: Nabat
Nabat
I looked back, sin
more comfortable
safer than flight.
I should have soared away.
Zoar was not far
but sin was nearer.
I was cosy with sin –
a warm nest. Continue reading
Another Quote to Encourage Creatives: Rumi
As my broken shoulder mends (and the rate is ‘amazing’ and ‘astonishing’ to my consultant and physio respectively) and I am able to do more and more with my left hand and arm. (I’m a leftie, so it’s quite important!) I’m bit by bit picking up my creative threads. Spiritually and mentally, there are some exciting developments brewing.
Nonetheless, I’ve been feeling down in the dumps about my creative hiatus. My hands fell this morning on a little book I have* of extracts from the love poems of Rumi, described on the cover as, “The great Sufi saint who embraced God through the path of love.” I opened it upon words which resonated strongly with my present state of spirit – and body. Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, Christian Writing, Christianity, Consciousness, Contemplation, Inspirational Poetry, Inspirational quotes, Jesus, love, Rumi, Silence, Spiritual, Spiritual Leaders, Spiritual Poetry, spirituality, Sufism, Theme
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Hone Life Word of the Week: Play: The Eighth Bowl
“All the world’s a stage and men and women merely players upon it.”
The Hone Life word of the week is play, as in playfulness rather than stage play, but in letting this quote select me, I’m demonstrating playfulness in letting my right brain, intuition, serendipity, synchronicity, Higher Consciousness, whatever you want to call it, have dominion. I’m being playful in my contemplation of play. Continue reading
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Tagged Adam, Ancient Sumeria, Anyu, Apocalypse, Artistic Playfulness, As You Like It, Augustine, cells, Christian Writing, Christianity, Early Fathers, Eden, End Times, Enki, Enlil, Eucharist, Freelance Writing, Genesis, God, Golden Age, Graal, Hesiod, HigherConsciousness, Intuition, John of Patmos, Manichaeism, Nephilim, NewTestament, Ovid, Play, Playfulness, Prometheus, Revelation, Ritual, Seed, Serendipity, Seven Angels, Seven Bowls, Seven Seals, Seven Trumpets, Seventh Age, Shakespeare, Synchronicity, The Ages of Man, Theme, Triad, Trinity, Works and Days
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A Weekly Honing : Tradition
I was recently contacted and asked if I’d like to write for a site called Hone Life. I would write a short opinion, based on a single word which would be changed each Sunday, and accompany my article with a … Continue reading
Poetic Mapping: Walking Into Art 