Under Attack
Whatever injuries I’ve had in my life, they mostly afflicted the left side of my body. Perhaps I am jumping to conclusions, but it seems that my non-verbal capacity for creativity has had amazingly...
View ArticleThe State Of Flux We Are
Nowhere in the universe there is a true equilibrium – everything goes back and forth all the time. It seems logical to state that the oscillation rate dictates whether or not one is aware of this...
View ArticleCorner View: Growth
Over the years, I have found that growth is not a linear process and happens mostly in areas where you’re not looking. To me, growth is accepting with gratitude your lovely comments on the short story...
View ArticleA Mere Comma In One Of The Last Sentences
One of Ms Maiers lovely photographs Yesterday, I linked to fellow Corner View-participant Woolfie over at Facebook, and through her discovered the marvellous body of work the hitherto unbeknownst...
View ArticleThree Steps To Thinking New Thoughts
Synchronicity, defined as “the experience of two or more events as meaningfully related, where they are unlikely to be causally related”, is becoming quite abundant in my life. My brain, the little...
View ArticleIntertwined, But Not Co-dependent
Shifts take place ad infinitum, both in the outside world and the inside world. This is inevitable. Life is all about shifting – and about handling changes as gracefully as you can. Grace, as you...
View ArticleDotting My Way Out Of This Mess
At night, I let the mosquitos bite, as I dot my way out of this mess. Working alongside the old gaslight, I am stung but soothed by progress.
View ArticleHow Much My Ears Are Forced To Take
Dear all, We’re in the midst of the newest addition to the terrible, terrible soap opera called “suffering the consequences of living on top of one of the largest natural gas fields in Europe, in a...
View ArticleHumanity, Waiting To Be Of Service
Flow (Four), 2010, acrylic on canvas, AKA “Lungs Expanding” Nothing is more detrimental to the survival of human kind than the loss of Humanity. No, wait, let me rephrase: Humanity is KEY to the...
View ArticleSoul On, Face Off
Without meaning to sound self-centered: I never cease to amaze myself. At times of great upheaval, in places where I’d be least expected to do so, I seem to be able to shut down the brain and just go...
View ArticleI Don’t Think The Sun Plays Games Like That
Click for larger image This morning, when I brought my nine year old daughter to school, we had one of those lovely philosophical conversations where wisdom and silliness shake hands. Daughter: “Mommy,...
View ArticleGiving Them A Place To Be
Click for larger image Of late, I’ve been wondering whether or not life always should be linked to a form. For instance, the inner world is rife with life that has not manifested itself as matter in...
View ArticleWhat Else Are They There For?
People are the strangest creatures. These past few months, I’ve learned that most do not appreciate it if you open your mouth, shout, and then take a bite. The shouting parting is OK, but biting? Nah,...
View ArticleLifting Something Allright
“You know, for an agnostic person I tend to pray a lot,” I confided in a friend recently. “I’m not sure about the effect though. Perhaps I’m doing something wrong.” She was quiet for a while. Then she...
View ArticleHave A Heart, Will Honour It
Because of our current predicament (against our will we are living in an area slowly being destroyed by induced seismicity), I’ve taken on another role. Besides a writer and an artist, I am now also an...
View ArticleIt All Comes Down To This
“Comedy Of Conks” | Click for larger image Life in and of itself doesn’t make any sense. (Y’all knew that, right?) We scramble it, passionately, desperately, preferably with our whole mind / body /...
View ArticleBelief Systems, Because Duality Is Easier That Way
It is perfectly fine to have a belief system. In fact, I think no human being can go without such a system, however terse, for longer periods of time. It is what helps us cope with the collision damage...
View ArticleFighting For A Better Dream
Dear despot, I tried to learn your language so that I could have you churn out lovey-dovey small talk all night long, but the language you speak is too outlandish for my brain to process properly. This...
View ArticleA Shrine Inviolate To Find
The graces once made up their mind A shrine inviolate to find And there they shed, and that with ease Some light on i-DOLL-atries (A little bit of Plato, a little bit of me & the dolls)
View ArticleNot The Merrit Of The Parrot
Life is not the merrit of the parrot, but of the one who teaches him to fly.
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