Category: spirituality
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Dancing with Genius, Dancing with Madness (in Honor of Jalaluddin Rumi)
(Rumi Visions II CD cover art by Marvin Mattelson) I think of Genius and Madness as being very much like a twin brother and sister. And it doesn’t really matter which one we call the brother, or which we describe as the sister, for one simple reason. Within the…
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Text and Meaning in Elemental the Power of Illuminated Love (part 2 of 3)
Video cover image for the music and poem video “Angel of Better Days to Come.” One example of ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love’s principal themes would be the painting “Christ Listening to Stereo.” It depicts a youth on a bus in New York City.…
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The Miracle That Was Gullah Artist Allen Fireall: Poem and Remembrance
What would you call it if you heard about an artist who had been declared legally blind and whose heart had lost the greater percentage of its strength but whom somehow continued to produce masterful paintings in brilliantly-colored detail? The word miracle may not be too extreme at all…
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Calligraphy of Intimacy: World Poetry Day 2014 – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
Untitled Photographed Painting by Jaanika Talts shared by the artist on Facebook.(All rights reserved by the artist) One need not, after all, call oneself an artist in order to embrace either the beauty that roses give to the world or the genius that one’s love does. (Aberjhani) I. ENCOUNTER WITH…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 