Well established artist, Kathy Ostman-Magnusen lives in Hawaii where she expresses her life passion through painting and sculpture. http://www.kathysart.com/ Our Secret Wish For Life by JJHIII There is a beauty rising in my dreams. Her face is pure joy; her heart is still mending. She gives all she is without restraint. The child within me … Continue reading Our Secret Wish For Life
Life recently has brought me to contemplate the aspects of life in its moments of what we often describe as "darkness," which we all experience in one way or another if we attend faithfully to the opening of the world within us. All my life, I have been periodically experiencing this darkness, this opposing aspect … Continue reading Darkness and Light
Throughout our lives, if we are fortunate, we encounter a number of opportunities to share a loving connection to another human being. For some of us, the essential experience we seek is the commingling of souls--the sharing of genuine love and affection. For others, it is more visceral and temporal in nature, with appropriate sensuality … Continue reading Anonymous Love Letter
The inner turmoil provoked by my pressing need to get my work moving, to resolve the issues surrounding the diversion of my attention to pressing personal circumstances, and to find some degree of balance and harmony within me, is evident as I gaze around my workspace and see literally dozens of loose ends, trails of … Continue reading The Clutter In My Head
Steven Pinker is one of my favorite authorities on the origins, mechanisms, and behaviors of language, in spite of the fact that I often find myself in disagreement with some of his conclusions about how language explains many aspects of our human nature. It's beneficial to study the writing of people whose ideas are different … Continue reading When the brain doesn’t work right…When the brain doesn’t work–write!
Poetry is not easy--especially when you are scrambling to get your thoughts out or your feelings are so stuck inside your gut that you can't wrestle them loose. I have never seen one of these types of vending machines, but I have tossed the idea around in my head for some time, and when you … Continue reading Poetry Vending Machine
Between Knowing and Hoping It's impossible to reach you; but at times it seems so real. There's just no way to share with you the certainty I feel. I try so hard, with all my wits, but all I ever do, Ends up a missing puzzle piece, confusing through and through. There is a path … Continue reading Between Knowing and Hoping
"Inner Light" by Ron Davis (December 6th, 2002) Image credit: PBase.com In the twilight world Between darkness and light, I feel more at home Than ever. As darkness falls, My mind awakens; As darkness increases, My heart swells With the memory Of your touch. How I loved the moment of closeness As we embraced! The … Continue reading The Life Within Me
Last glimpse of the setting sun by gracious (http://www.trekearth.com) Copyright: Ho Tony (gracious) Preparing to meet with darkness, as the light of day slowly recedes into the gentle evening, I am almost imperceptibly sliding into melancholy, mixed with a mild sense of relief to be without obligation of any sort for the moment. Regardless of … Continue reading Preparing to Meet with Darkness
Secret Love © Katie Slaby katie-slaby.artistwebsites.com/ This is a 9x12 acrylic done on acrylic specialty paper Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese poet, artist, and writer, (1883 -1931) captured in his writing, as so few have done so eloquently, many of the universal truths of our nature as both human and spiritual beings. His grasp of the … Continue reading Secrets of the Heart
John's Consciousness 