the written word – of course, bloggers like me, we love it. and it certainly has healing powers, in many ways: it educates, it helps us think, it can soothe, it can make our hearts soar. but there are so many other ways. here is a delightful little music video by m. ward that one… Continue reading mental health week: music
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
wordless wednesday: mental health through photography
the image is by jackal, who says “i struggle with mental illness (borderline personality disorder) and i explore and express my world through photography and writing in which i believe there is no reality – only perception.”
carnival of eating disorders #16
hello people! this is the new edition of the carnival of eating disorders. unfortunately, i’ve been having problems with the blog carnival site (the site that administers all the carnivals) so i have had only a few submissions this month, two of which i’ll be including. to substitute for the slim pickins, i’ll feature this… Continue reading carnival of eating disorders #16
ernesto cardenal: verses from the pluriverse
still in the spirit of poetry month, an excerpt from ernesto cardenal’s versos del pluriverso (verses from the pluriverse): if there is an endless number of worlds, they say, there is also a world where napoleon won the battle of waterloo. and a world where she requited my love, in granada. but these worlds and… Continue reading ernesto cardenal: verses from the pluriverse
frozen pea friday: poems about cancer
today friday, as usual, a post having to do with cancer. to finish off april, the poetry month, i’ll serve up three poems. the first one is one i wrote shortly before my friend nikaiah jaguar left us. nikaiah butterfly woman your bones are so thin the moon shines through some say the moths are… Continue reading frozen pea friday: poems about cancer
a buddhist carnival – april 2008
welcome to the buddhist carnival, a selection of buddhist posts all over the blogosphere. this month is poetry month. let’s start with a zen poem, then, by p’ang yun, who lived from approximately 740 to 808 C.E. when the mind is at peace, the world too is at peace. nothing real, nothing absent. not holding… Continue reading a buddhist carnival – april 2008
creativity blocks, metaphysics and individuality
in our last conversation about creativity, jeremy from PsyBlogs talks about the difference between “chaotic” and “ordered” creatives and then moves on to discuss creative blocks. recently, i came across a doctoral thesis in divinity that talks about the connection between chaos, creativity and spirituality. kurt sander from northern kentucky university points out the important… Continue reading creativity blocks, metaphysics and individuality
my good friday poem
“never on good friday,” mumbled the pink dragon, and sighed over a dish of marbled curry chicken, “never on good friday have i, pink dragon, had a friend admire my spikey tail.” his spikey tail with orange pink polka dots, his spikey tail all alone in a chinese restaurant. all around him were… Continue reading my good friday poem
chaos and creativity
jeremy and i are having a cross-blog conversation about creativity. it all started with an article by jeremy that investigated the difficulty with explaining much of the creative process. my thoughts were that important aspects of creativity happen in “murky” places of the mind because it may just be in this very obscurity that new… Continue reading chaos and creativity
dave olson: blogging and creativity
northern voice was a wonderful experience. as nancy white said northern voice is a living community indicator and lives in the culture of love. where else can you find the intersection of geekdom and love? i’ll be blogging about nancy’s and other people’s sessions in the days to come. today i want to tell you… Continue reading dave olson: blogging and creativity