Hovering Around Something That Is About To Reveal Itself...
"Bill is a painter but so often we seem to be feeling the same things about our work; it's quite astonishing. His phrase, 'hovering around something that is about to reveal itself' -- that is exactly my state these days. And I have always known, as he does, that revelation rises up slowly if one can give it space, and if one keeps at the work, often with no apparent result." ~ May Sarton ~The House By The Sea

Following The Heart, The Spiral Journey ~ And Living Through Liminal Times...
"My topic is about transitions or the stuff out of which life is made, liminal and archetypal situations. The word liminal refers to being over the threshold but not through to the other side. It comes from the Latin word "limen" meaning that place in between. When you're in a transition zone, you're neither who you used to be before you got into this transition, nor have you crossed over that threshold to where you will be settled next...There is always an ending of one phase of your life in order to develop and grow into another phase."~ Dr. Jean Shinoda Bo

How Should I Live The Life That I Am?
"HOW SHOULD I LIVE THE LIFE that I am?" writes Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. I hear it as a cry. I see a man shaking his fist at the creator. Respectfully."From Mary Rose O'Reilley's~ The Love Of Impermanent Things ~

Radiance ~ At The Edge Of The Body...
At the edge of the body there is said to be a flaming halo -- yellow, red, blue or pure white, taking its color from the state of the soul. Cynics scoff. Scientists make graphs to refute it. Editorial writers, journalists & even certain poets, claim it is only mirage, trumped up finery, illus

Contemplating The Enigma...
I. The Early MotionThe poet stands at the center of the universe contemplating the Enigma. He draws sustenance from the masterpieces of the past. Studying the four seasons as they pass, he sighs. Seeing t