the car in his voice – bubble gum-breathed smog inundating the landscape a flood over rivers and grass the car in his voice when he opens his mouth when he grabs hold of the last ounces of oxygen gulps it down into his lungs along passageways marred with nicotine and glucose the car in his… Continue reading bad breath
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
eric maisel’s book tour: focus for artists
today i am one of the stops on eric maisel’s blog tour about his book ten zen seconds, the next step in mindfulness practice. on this book tour, author and creativity coach eric maisal has discussed a wide variety of topics relating to creative work, from writing to fashion design to song writing as well… Continue reading eric maisel’s book tour: focus for artists
the roots of inspiration
vivien, who i know through my favourite women’s networking group, SWAN, is hosting a group writing project around the theme of inspiration. after having participated in aaron potts’ fabulous group writing project on the theme of success, i am all fired up to talk about this one, too! (and it’s interesting that this was also… Continue reading the roots of inspiration
a poem for poetry month: mama’s song
april is poetry month. in the spirit of my grandmotherly ramblings, i’m posting this one, which i wrote remembering the time my son and i spent in chile:
ten zen seconds blog book tour update
“i am equal to this challenge.” this is another of eric maisel’s twelve incantations. i have to confess that initially i was a bit sceptic of his book ten zen seconds (“is this going to be yet another book that uses the word “zen” in vain?) but the more time i spend with it, the… Continue reading ten zen seconds blog book tour update
old train makes me dreamy
an abandoned locomotive in panama i’m one of those people who can react quite emotionally to certain images. this
blog book tour: ten zen seconds
“i am free of the past” this is one of the “incantations” found in eric maisel’s new book, ten zen seconds. in this book, dr. maisel suggests combining incantations with breathing techniques, and in this way to find one’s center. his ideas are useful for everyone but particularly for artists – dr. maisel works predominantly… Continue reading blog book tour: ten zen seconds
jungle morning: a poem
brilliant short tendrils come out of a night full of noises and dripping and busy spiders, gleaming in the first sun that yawns its way past barely open pods of rainbow orchids, preparing to meander on the ground, up a tree, through dead leaves towards a light that is just too far away. look! a… Continue reading jungle morning: a poem
thank you, body
a poem written in the early 1990’s, at a time of being very ungrounded and spaced out: oh body, bloodfilled one, redeem my soul redeem my burning, ashen soul please turn me inside out rescue me, body, from my thoughts. please, hands, please, wake me up let me fall prey to sensing sharper glass and… Continue reading thank you, body
chinese love poetry
to celebrate chinese new year these two days before valentine’s day, and to continue this series of articles about love, let us enjoy chinese poet kuan tao-sheng’s words about love in married life. she lived from 1262 to 1319 but her words are timeless: you and i have so much love, that it burns like… Continue reading chinese love poetry