this new winter
I hope everyone has had a good new years! I welcomed in 2009 by watching The Fellowship of the Ring and making a rum cake. mmmm. If I can't enjoy drinking liquor, by gum I'm gonna enjoy eating it! ;) this evening I have been reading through bits of the Journal for Mythic Arts archives, and I found a few things I'd like to share.
What If Words Had No Guardian Angels
- Mario Milosovic
You'd hear them praying when you
pressed your ear to a printed page.
"Please keep me from the pain,"
you'd hear death say on its sighing
expelled breath, "of being deployed
in so many heart-breaking sentences."
Disease would likewise ask for absence
(read more here)
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Icarus
- Rebecca Baggett
The story is so simple
really. Imagine
yourself gifted with wings,
every child's sleeping
and waking dream, imagine
that you could defy
that force dragging us all
to heel, imagine every sweet safe
(read more here)
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(I decided to link to the page instead of posting the whole here, because it looks nicer laid out there. do follow!)
and then there is the luminous work of artist Jeanie Tomanek. I have trouble picking out favorites from her gallery; here are three.
Becoming
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Snow Roses
- - -
The Vigil
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oh, I would love to see an exhibit of her work. ♥
may the moon guard your dreams and wrap you safely in the light of her love. may the rising sun open your eyes, and heart, and mind, and shine through all your days. be well, my friends.
What If Words Had No Guardian Angels
- Mario Milosovic
You'd hear them praying when you
pressed your ear to a printed page.
"Please keep me from the pain,"
you'd hear death say on its sighing
expelled breath, "of being deployed
in so many heart-breaking sentences."
Disease would likewise ask for absence
(read more here)
- - - - - - - - - -
Icarus
- Rebecca Baggett
The story is so simple
really. Imagine
yourself gifted with wings,
every child's sleeping
and waking dream, imagine
that you could defy
that force dragging us all
to heel, imagine every sweet safe
(read more here)
- - - - - - - - - -
(I decided to link to the page instead of posting the whole here, because it looks nicer laid out there. do follow!)
and then there is the luminous work of artist Jeanie Tomanek. I have trouble picking out favorites from her gallery; here are three.
Becoming
- - -
Snow Roses
- - -
The Vigil
- - -
oh, I would love to see an exhibit of her work. ♥
may the moon guard your dreams and wrap you safely in the light of her love. may the rising sun open your eyes, and heart, and mind, and shine through all your days. be well, my friends.