There is no greater power than to just be ok. No matter what happens. – Mary Beth Felts Admittedly, I dispel demons daily. The ones that have me question everything. The ones that bring doubt and then indecision to whatever I struggle to overcome. I find myself living in a place that feels surreal at […]
How shall I hold back my soul, so that it does not touch yours? How shall I lift it over you toward other things? Ah I would like to hold it safe with what is lost in the darkness at an unknown silent place, which does not keep swaying when your depths stir. Yet everything […]
She was waiting but she didn’t know for what. She was aware only of her solitude, and of the penetrating cold, And of a greater weight in the region of her heart. – Albert Camus “Waiting Room” February 6, 2015 It took a long time to find the courage to leave. And then, after […]
PHOENIX (February 2015) “ I used to extinguish under the weight of living, But one day, I reached into my chest, Dusted off my courage, And asked myself, Where’s your fire?” D. Antoinette What matters most is how you walk through the fire. Charles Bukowski I drove to the studio that day in the dead […]
DOORWAYS (Winter 2015) ‘We seek not rest but transformation. We are dancing through each other as doorways.’ Marge Piercy (ph. Helen Lyon) You might as well open the door, my child, The truth is furiously knocking – Lucile Clifton I painted this quickly at the end of a long weekend session, after completing eight paintings. […]
(July 3, 2014) “ There is nothing more dangerous than a woman Who makes you stop and think, why? That usually happens when your soul is talking to hers Despite what both bodies might have decided To communicate between themselves, Such resemblance of souls is something magnetic, More powerful than any other connectivity, And usually […]
I made the choice at 52 to walk away from the life I’d known and where I might land was entirely unknown territory. My heart was my only compass, but in order to hear it clearly, I first had to crack open the impenetrable shell. Grace led me to Art and Soul, where I […]
SOULNAMI “Just when we think we’ve found our footing, the universe sends a soulnami our way, reminding us that we are always lost at sea. Love is both our life preserver, And our sinking ship. It is an oceanic mystery, One that gives up its secrets One drop at a time.” From Jeff Brown’s An […]
