Abbey Bookshelf: Silence & Sabbath Edition
I have been listening a lot these days. My life feels full and rich and I am also feeling a bit gluttonous for wanting it all, not really wanting to say no to anything. There is a playful, exuberant little girl inside of me relishing the sheer abundance of possibility. And yet there is also my inner […]
Invitation to Poetry: Inner Compass
Poetry Party #17! I select an image and suggest a title and invite you to respond with your poems, words, reflections, quotes, song lyrics, etc. Leave them in the comments or email me and I’ll add them to the body of the post as they come in along with a link back to your blog if […]
Visual Meditation: “The heart can push the sea”
Excerpted from “Renascence” The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky, — No higher than the soul is high. The heart can push the sea and land Farther away on either hand; The soul can split the sky in two, And let […]
Sacred Artist Interview: Naomi Teplow
This week’s Sacred Artist Interview is with Naomi Teplow. I first discovered her work while looking for pieces for the Presence journal (I love how this work gives me an excuse to find artists I love and contact them). She designs Ketubahs (Jewish marriage contracts) and other illuminated manuscripts, so after last week’s Abbey Bookshelf you […]
Visual Meditation: “Pour yourself out like a fountain”
Sonnets to Orpheus, Part Two, XII Want the change. Be inspired by the flame where everything shines as it disappears. The artist, when sketching, loves nothing so much as the curve of the body as it turns away. What locks itself in sameness has congealed. Is it safer to be gray and […]
Abbey Bookshelf: Illuminated Manuscripts
Today I am continuing our theme this week of illumination. Several weeks ago I did my Sacred Artist Interview with Jan Richardson. I shared the kinship I have felt with Jan because of her love of illuminated manuscript and the way they serve as inspiration for her own work. Several years ago Phil Cousineau edited these two […]
Invitation to Poetry: Illuminated from Within
Poetry Party #16! I select an image and suggest a title and invite you to respond with your poems, words, reflections, quotes, song lyrics, etc. Leave them in the comments or email me and I’ll add them to the body of the post as they come in along with a link back to your blog if […]