Tag: life
Recovering from Frida with Henry Moore
I went to an exhibition at Toronto’s AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) in the fall of 2012 to see an exhibition of Frida Kahlo’s and Diego Rivera’s work. It was called Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics & Painting. It was visceral. …
Random Musings ~ Tattoos and Identity
TATTOOS I think we can all agree that tattoos have gone viral. There is something very fundamental about choosing your symbols. They are our protectors, our journey markers, our identifiers and our story. Whatever the reason you get a tattoo, ultimately it is a …
Freedom’s paradox
Freedom is baffled, perhaps even tortured by love. Its romantic heart once awoken is forever caught and forever yearning. It either falls for temptation, gives up its nature and stays; Or denies the hold of love and its heart, and flies …
Monday musings
Monday musings Just got a book in the mail. How Forests Think by Eduardo Kohn. I feel like I want to stalk around it a while before I pick it up and start the read. I can already feel that …
Can you feel me?
Under the leaves which have freshly fallen, Under the browned, softer ones and Under the mulch and humus debris beneath them, Lies my soul, chest to chest with the earth. It’s the press of a lover. Of longing. Of anguish and …
The Four chambers of the Heart
But getting back to you. I sometimes think you deserved a simpler, happier soul. People who have broken so many of their hearts Have such a different kind of love than those that haven’t. It is often more compassionate I’ll …