-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts (photos taken along the shore of the Hood Canal) The winner of this week's Poetry Party drawing will be announced later today! There's still time to add your poem — currently up to 23 participants which is a wonderful outpouring of creative energy.
Posts in the Season by the Sea category
Wisdom of the Sand
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(I believe this photo is of otter prints I discovered in the sand, I have only seen these wonderful creatures fleetingly. The photo below is of Tune's paw prints.) One of the great gifts of my time at the hermitage is being able to walk along the beach at low tide. Because the tides shift [...]
Beauty of Broken Things (continued)
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For the last Poetry Party I invited you to reflect on the theme of the "beauty of broken things." Your poetic responses were marvelous, spanning a wide spectrum of possibility and exploration. Many of the images moved me, such as "I am the hidden underside of things" and "ice so cold it is also fire" [...]
Fear and Freedom
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"Fear is the cheapest room in the house. / I would like to see you living / In better conditions." -Hafiz "Move from within. / Don't move the way that fear wants you to. / Begin a foolish project. / Noah did." -Rumi I smiled yesterday when lucy commented about my journey of fearlessness [...]
Heavy are the Seas
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"Will you sail 'cross the water and tell us what you found" -Jane Siberry, "Sail Across the Water" from When I Was a Boy Fear not the pain. Let its weight fall back into the earth; for heavy are the mountains, heavy the seas. -Rainer Maria Rilke, from In Praise of Mortality My dreams [...]
What Do I Offer? What Will I Leave Behind?
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I walked along the beach yesterday afternoon and discovered brilliant white oyster shells scattered across the sand, tumbled smooth by the waves and brought to shore in an offering from the sea. I began picking up the ones that seemed to be calling to me, until my hands and pockets were overflowing with treasure. I brought them home, [...]
The Dreams of Your Body
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Humpbacks There is, all around us, this country of original fire. You know what I mean. The sky, after all, stops at nothing so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away. Off Stellwagan off the Cape, the humbacks rise. Carrying their tonnage of [...]
Full Moon Blessings
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About a month ago I shared a dream I had about renting an art studio space with wide windows onto the sea. My spiritual director said my psyche was insisting on more space for my art. I wasn't sure how to respond. I love making art out of my home and as I did a cursory search of art [...]
