printing

work on

Light tomorrow with today. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning I’ve been working from last year’s “thing of beauty project”. I’ve selected some images and words I want to share and am making prints and cards that will soon be available on my gallery site. (image of printed 13 x 19 in. sheet below – I love […]

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word & image

The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. ~ Margaret Atwood – From a 1990 interview with The Paris Review Atwood’s idea of a poem’s genesis echoes […]

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ode to

mindful doing & flying

You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. ― Rumi I’m continuing on my path of development. […]

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clearly

making connections

I am finding my writing strengthened by my thing of beauty project. When I select an image to respond to, I write down some initial responses. Sometimes words and phrases come quickly. Other times I free write to start the flow using words of description from the photo and start connecting them to other thoughts. […]

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how the light turns

showing up

As I was out walking today I thought about my current social media project “thing of beauty”. It occurred to me that I am using Instagram as a journal – putting my thoughts and ideas down and letting the world in for a look. Some years ago I did a similar project on twitter which […]

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