At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. — Jean Houston If it might possibly be true that a fundamental part of being human is to be creative, why is it so hard sometimes? Why are so many of us blocked? How did we get the notion that … Read more
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.— Thornton Wilder This Friday, it will have been a year and a day since we set out on our magical journey to Graceland. If you have joined us along the way and are wondering what the … Read more
There was three kings into the east,Three kings both great and high,And they hae sworn a solemn oathJohn Barleycorn should die. — Robert Burns We have come to another turning of the Wheel of the Year, for now is the time when many flowers have ripened into fruit, grain, or seed, and what has been … Read more
.. I found this instead, from..Letters From Maineby May Sarton “When a woman feels alone, when the roomIs full of daemons,” the Nootka tribeTells us, “The Old Woman will be there.”She has come to me over three thousand milesAnd what does she have to tell me, troubled“by phantoms in the night?” Is she really here?What … Read more
ITHAKAby Constantine P. Cavafy (1911) When you set out on your journey to Ithaka,pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge.The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,the angry Poseidon — do not fear them:You will never find such as these on your path,if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fineemotion touches your spirit and … Read more