spirituality
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The Artist’s Way ~ Week 2: Recovering a Sense of Identity
This past week’s theme was Recovering a Sense of Identity. Actually, at fifty-seven, I have a pretty strong sense of identity — not that reminders aren’t helpful. This next week — Recovering a Sense of Power — in which she talks about faith, and shame — is going to be a challenge. Again, though, all… Continue reading
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The Artist’s Way ~ Week 1: Recovering a Sense of Safety
I began this a bit late, but will count this as the end of the first week [Recovering a Sense of Safety] of doing The Artist’s Way. I’m tired. This was a cold, gray day, after a long and restless night. There was some brightness, a few blue sky patches and new snow on the… Continue reading
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The Ledge
We sat talking in a cafe in Juneau,Alaska. The windows were dark with rain,black sky in the middle of the afternoon. You told me a story: a woman stumbles and falls into an abyss. She hangs, desperately clinging to a tree rooted in the cliffside. God! she cries, Help me! I’ll help you, God… Continue reading
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Haiku and the Double Helix| What I Am Thinking About
From New Perspectives Quarterly: The role of the scientific imagination in shaping the world to come is today uncertain as the great leaps forward . . . have revived old doubts and raised new fears about the human condition under the regime of reason. . . science is under attack both from religious extremists on… Continue reading
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Erosion
The kestrel is hunting in my garden again today; a garden that saw a brief flurry of snow yesterday, but is now bare. I have been feeling tired, physically, emotionally, spiritually. I think, ‘my heart is breaking’ — but that is not exactly it — it’s more like erosion. My heart is eroding. The photographs… Continue reading
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