it’s july 15th – buddhist carnival day! here’s what we have. the face before you were born as usual, i like to start with a poem, and want to thank linda for sending one. i am quite taken by how she ties the experience of becoming a grandmother with the buddhist idea about “the face… Continue reading a buddhist carnival, 8th edition
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
cancer: families, communication, self-development, fatigue
the last two frozen pea friday entries were a bit more introspective and heavy. today’s post is heavy, too, but only on science. i wanted to see what solutions health psychologists are looking at in terms of frequently occurring problems for cancer patients,e.g. how to talk about cancer, how cancer impacts family life, cancer and… Continue reading cancer: families, communication, self-development, fatigue
bananas on a wordless wednesday
(image by eye of einstein)
creativity, oppression and depression
in his latest post on creating a way out of depression, john offers these words: creative work communicates with others, and that connecting is a critical piece. it’s the opposite of the isolating impact of depression. for me, the human connection through creative work is life-giving. so i’m realizing that i probably started this series… Continue reading creativity, oppression and depression
quickie: now with music
susan reynolds, my frozen pea hero, finally lured me into the 21st music century so i’ve joined the scores of people who used last.fm, the music/radio station-thingy-site (as you can see, i don’t know much about them yet). i’m a big fan of reggae. visiting one of bob marley’s concerts was one of the most… Continue reading quickie: now with music
another frozen pea friday
last week i asked out loud, why is it that i keep writing about cancer? when i don’t understand something, i sometimes write a poem or two. then i let it sit, and some time afterwards, it’s possible that the world makes a little more sense to me. so i wrote these three little poems.… Continue reading another frozen pea friday
josh waitzkin, an inspiring performer
the everyday becomes exquisitely beautiful. the notion of boredom becomes alien and absurd as we naturally soak in the lovely subtleties of the “banal.” josh waitzkin this quote is from waitzkin’s the art of learning, a book i’ll comfortably put on my all-time top 10 books on personal development. it’s not just a “good” book.… Continue reading josh waitzkin, an inspiring performer
frozen pea friday: touched by a tattoo
getting my tattoo was the culmination of a three year dance with breast cancer. the tattoo changed my mastectomy scar into my shield – pam huntley a friend of mine is considering getting a tattoo after her mastectomy. ah, i thought, that’ll be a fun entry! let’s have a few pretty, colourful pictures of tattoos!… Continue reading frozen pea friday: touched by a tattoo
meditation on a wordless wednesday
this beautiful meditative quilt, entitled “river of life”, is copyright of susan shie, who has also been involved in the quilt made for vancouver’s missing women
the voice that dares not sing its name
when i was a child in germany, everyone was singing, all the time. you sang while doing the dishes, at church, with others just for fun, everywhere. waiting at the bus stop, i’d while away the time singing. paraguay wasn’t much different. my singing repertoire was enhanced by beautiful songs in the native language, accompanied… Continue reading the voice that dares not sing its name