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Holidays or holy days
HOLIDAYS OR HOLY DAYS? I hope you all enjoyed the festive season and that you thought of some good ideas to help the environment while you were at it. The best part for me was a five day meditation retreat, with a view from the balcony of miles and miles of...
Emerging from the Depths: Transfigured Sea and the Power of Transformation
In the third and final segment of the conversation about Transfigured Sea, we surface from the abyssal depths of the ocean and delve into the profound themes of resilience, forgiveness, and transformation. Hearing readers’ interpretations of these moments was deeply...
Steps to Transformation in Transfigured Sea (2)
Steps to Transformation in Transfigured Sea: Mangroves and the Depths Listening to the second part of the discussion about Transfigured Sea was both inspiring and thought-provoking. It was fascinating to hear how readers interpreted the novel’s metaphors, especially...
Reflections on Transfigured Sea: A Conversation About the Opening Chapters
Hearing others discuss Transfigured Sea offers me new insights into the story I’ve crafted. Recently, I listened to an intriguing conversation about the novel’s opening chapters, and I’d love to share some of their reflections—and my own thoughts—with you....
GAIA
Myth The mythical Gaia was the primal Greek goddess personifying the Earth. She was the Greek version of Mother Nature, while her name actually meant “Earth Mother”. Hypothesis The Gaia hypothesis, put forward by James Lovelock and developed by Lynn Margulis, says...
The Female Relationship in “Transfigured Sea”
In “Transfigured Sea,” the relationship between Laura and Daphne is shaped by deep emotional wounds and a shared connection to the ocean. As they navigate their bond, they confront past traumas—Laura’s unresolved issues with her mother and Daphne’s struggle to heal...
So What is Nature Writing Anyway?
I define Nature Writing as any writing ( poetry or prose) that gives as much attention to the natural environment ( or some aspect of it) as it does to any other main character. Wikipedia defines it slightly differently. Nature...
A Quote and Some More Poems
In “Mansfield Park”, Jane Austen said “We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” I found this quotation on the cover of Jane Austen: Journal, POTTER STYLE, 2007, Random House, China. It is so true and we so...
And You Would Like Some Poems, Too?
This poem is on p.17 of The Structure of Light: poems, haiku and prose, 2005, Adelaide, Seaview Press meditation to be above all to be within all to be stillness to be silence to be pure expansiveness to be to become living light to become melting to become presence...
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