Tag: writing
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Theo and Sprout for Audiobook Lovers
Some people love their audiobooks. You can listen to them on a long ride, on a long walk, working out, or chilling out. Audiobooks take me back to childhood and the joy of someone reading a story. In fact the joy of having some one read me a story has never gone away. In fact…
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A Vision Puddled in Time
I saw you in a mud puddle the other day.A portal it parted to the yesterday of yesterdays.You and a boat I see floating on the puddle, curiously like a dry twigDrifting and leaving a wakeIn the muddled water like our lives passing through time. I stomp like a toddler on the puddle and expect…
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Sprout: Divine Feminine
“Who is Sprout?” “What is Sprout?” “Is she an imaginary friend?” “Is she a delusion? A split personality?” I get questions like this form people who have read “Theo and Sprout.” My response is usually “That’s a good question,” not to be glib but because it is a good question. Obviously she’s a metaphor. But…
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Fun Book Recommendations
“Best Books to Remind You that Wonder is Still Possible” is a reading list I created for Shepherd, a book site that has “Best Book To…” feature for all sorts of topics, and essays on why people choose them. Check out the list here:
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Mirror Me?
I looked into the mirror and saw you.You are not me.I have not become my friend.I have not become my enemy.I have certainly not become you,Whoever you are. This is not Dorian Gray’s mirror.I am certainly not younger than I seem.You are certainly not older than I seem.But your stare is penetrating and cold.Will I…
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Sprout: Spirit Guide for Today’s World
Look. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman. I feel that way sometimes when trying to explain “Theo and Sprout” to people. It’s a young adult book. It’s coming of age book. It’s a Jungian metaphor. It’s a coming of self book. And it is all of these things, which could either speak to…
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Balloons and Paper Tigers
Balloons and paper tigers imprison meThey chain me with myFears and failures and tenuous futureTo a life of anxiety and paralysis The growling paper tiger claws at theBalloon wall I’ve built around meThe awful noise of the snarling tigerThe popping balloonsMy own inner screamsStartle my sensesJar me into actionTo replace the popped balloonsI believe will…
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The Shadow Knows
When you inadvertently use Jungian shadow work to create one of your main characters, you begin to understand why writing the first daft of each chapter was exhausting. That’s what happened in Theo and Sprout. Sprout, basically Theo’s Anima, came to life from deep inside me. which is not surprising since the concept of her…
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Being Small – Not a Sheep
I’m small. I’m not a sheep. I don’t need an alpha dog to herd me around. And yet the world still can’t figure that out. When I was in school certain fellow students thought they needed to protect me, shield me from bullies or just assholes. They were well intended. But I didn’t want protection.…
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