Picture this: * a morning in early spring, crisp air with new sunshine, long-awaited respite from a fierce winter season in the North Country, near the Canadian border. * a winter-beaten field at last free of snow, surrounded by bushes and small trees behind a white frame house, near the edge of a quiet village. [...]
Born innocent, one – that’s I – strives hard to become an adult, no longer childish, worldly-wise in one’s art, one’s love, one’s life . . . Then discovers: that no one ever becomes an adult, becomes either delightfully childlike or pitifully juvenile . . . Discovers: one’s art to be outside the art game [...]
The term “spiritual,” like the word “love,” has been used in so many ways that it has almost lost its meaning (think, “I love your new car!”). But most of us have not given up on the word love; I’m not ready to give up on the word “spiritual.” But what does it mean? Some [...]
Today many inches of light, fluffy snow softened my neighborhood, and the pale blue shadows on the drifts brought to mind the snow-houses of my childhood. Memories. The tiny space inside the snow-house was round, and just big enough for one person. The light which found its way through the thick snow walls was an [...]
