Category Thoughts About Art & Culture

To Soothe All Ills

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The woods grow darker as evening and the storm approach. We are stranded, hoping for a guiding hand in this encroaching nightmare. Seeking any light or word of kindness in our land of nightmares and lingering doubts, which fill our vision. No provision for food, water, light, […]

Our Cosmos

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Dance on in joyful contemplation. The steps which carry you across the floor of your existence, the air of your continuation. Might as well sing, dance through life rather than plodding along, dejected and defeated. Alone. We are all in this together, from the smallest particle to […]

Everywhere to Everyone

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Oh, the drama of a country lost in the weeds in the woods. But say nothing about our dear leader. He listens everywhere to everyone. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment and […]

Talent May Shine

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What are those times when a soloist takes the stage, usually through merit? Confidence tricksters may also hold the audience in thrall, as though they play great music on par with the greatest players who filled us with their magic. Then, though tragedy may strike, leave us […]

Hold This Secret

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The birds sing, proclaiming the morning’s glory as the sun rise paints the world in bright colors. They break our fast sans light. They call the end of night. Who’s to say if they have not seen? The magic, mystery of the miraculous dawn and its cousin […]

Time’s Wind

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do I not have enough challenges in my life? Do I not possess a significant depth of feeling? Am I a shallow-rooted tree pretending strength, even though I provide the same shade as my more deeply-rooted cousins? Perhaps, I am a book of blank pages slowly being […]

Brave Enough

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What are the chances I will learn the dances that I need to cut the figures of my life? To navigate a time both full and rife. Rife with promise, rife with pain. That which makes our time rich and varied, single, married, widowed or divorced, the […]

Not Come Far

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Peel away the veneer of civilization. So little effort required. The nail of a little finger. A dull paring knife. How little strife is required to show us exactly who we are and that we have not come far. ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace […]

Bow Down

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Darkness grows every day, as if the clouds flow from his mouth with every pronouncement, each proclamation of some skewed truth, which only applies to a land of fever dreams, where he reigns as king and where we must come and bow down. What else would you […]

Our and All

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The diamonds sparkle, stones of a rare beauty because of their rarity, their clarity, even knowing of the pressure which creates them, will we rate them above people of all levels and persuasions? People more like opals. Brilliance and highlights but prone to shatter under pressure. We […]