Can we create something meaningful and enduring from chaos? In today's social media hyped world - viral yes, enduring no. I find it easier to start outside then dive into the center and create from that space. That means finding the environment, the space, a ritual, an object that inspires, a scent, music that… Continue reading The Art of Solitude – Finding Your Creative Space
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The Making of a Craftsman or Artisan
Whoever said creativity was easy, a buzz from the subconscious, has not been through the dark night of the soul. I have. I wept with my protagonist wondering, why...why am I doing this to myself? So lately I've been spent. Drained by the sheer grit of finishing the first draft of my novel and now with… Continue reading The Making of a Craftsman or Artisan
Unsightly Edges – A Poem
Unsightly Edges - A Poem By Ama Danesi There's a knock, a hesitant rap on my nape from pain that's testing, peering over my delicate collar-bone for a crack in my steely resolve. My need for more is a palmed heat. I'm done with squatters. He can still smell me in his nostrils. He lingers, a familiar high… Continue reading Unsightly Edges – A Poem
God’s Not Dead – This Should NOT be Headline news!
The movie, GOD'S NOT DEAD by Pure Flix Entertainment featuring Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) and Shane Harper (Spencer in Disney's Good Luck Charlie), Dean Cain (Superman) and David A.R. White (Jerusalem Countdown) with special appearances by Christian super-band, Newsboys who perform -- God's Not Dead , Willie and Korie of the Duck Dynasty (which I do not watch) opened… Continue reading God’s Not Dead – This Should NOT be Headline news!
A Rude Awakening to Gratitude.
At 6.25 am today, between trying to hitch a ride to the library from an old friend who turned out to be a snitch and trying to catch the giant baby, Beyoncé dropped on its head, I was rudely awakened by the after-shock of the 4.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Westwood CA and sent shock… Continue reading A Rude Awakening to Gratitude.
