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February 2, 2017 + Archives, Articles, featured, SoulCollage

A Shadow Kind Of Valentine

“Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, Something helpless that wants our love.” Rainier Maria Rilke, Letters To A Young Poet Valentine, the priest, became a saint after he was beheaded on February 14th, when Third Century Rome, ruled by Emperor Claudius forbade soldiers to marry yet Valentine married them anyway. Whether or not the tale is true that Valentine… Read More

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January 17, 2017 + Archives, featured, haiku

Of Galway, Rice, & Haiku

by Ivette Ebaen

A Recipe For Haiku On a frosty Saturday morning, Galway wakes to the bustle of traffic and the food market vendors setting up shop. cider in glass jars… listening to men speaking in tongues Tourists and residents parade the sidewalks while canoe-ers canoe the rapids of Galway’s canal. river run, down-stream the paddle of blue and orange By 11:30 am street… Read More

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January 13, 2017 + Archives, featured, haiku

Haiku

by Ivette Ebaen

Haiku Haiku poems consist of no more than two images written in very few words. Tiny poems recited in the present tense, emotional yet never sentimental, without the use of rhyme or metaphor. Contemplative haiku experiences, when they arise, are as spontaneous as they are unpredictable. Arising in relationship to nature, haiku maintain their purity, mystery and delight, because what arises is captured in… Read More

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January 11, 2017 + Archives, featured, Guest Artists

Interview With Almighty Zeus

by Ivette Ebaen

Archetypal Zeus: A Force to Reckon With Amirrorself.com: Welcome Zeus. Thank you for taking the time from your archetypal rein to describe how you manifest in our lives. Can you shed some light on what makes you an archetype to reckon with? Zeus: I may be an archetype to reckon with, but do not confuse my energy with that of my brother Warrior. Amirrorself.com:… Read More

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January 11, 2017 + Archives, featured, Reflections of A Golden I

Melancholia

by Ivette Ebaen

Reflections Of A Golden I After the holidays and the world is getting over its hangover, January rolls in as dismal as the weather. What to do to keep from falling into the depths of depression after the gangs all gone and you find yourself alone? Which reminds me how vigorously I had to practice, not to fall into the pit of depression while… Read More

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January 3, 2017 + Archives, Articles, featured, Reflections of A Golden I, SoulCollage

Reflections Of A Golden I

by Ivette Ebaen

Four decades ago when I lived in New York, green and ripe right out of college, the haven I called my own was housed in a cigar box. Home then was a one-room studio, a hotplate and a hand basin served as a kitchen. Having spent my day filing invoices for a company on the Lower Eastside, I’d come home, flip open the lid of… Read More

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December 24, 2016 + Archives, Articles, featured, SoulCollage

Part 4, All I Want For Xmas: The Reading

by Ivette Ebaen

Holy Day Christmas Eve It may be just the two of us celebrating the holidays in our home this year, but Srajan and I are grateful that we have a table, and have food to serve on our plates. No, we’re not carving a Xmas turkey or serving hot cranberry sauce with all the trimmings. We’re cooking a sweet potato, parsnip, squash,… Read More

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Making Art That Defines You

A Shadow Kind Of Valentine

Of Galway, Rice, & Haiku

Haiku

Interview With Almighty Zeus

Melancholia

Reflections Of A Golden I

Part 4, All I Want For Xmas: The Reading

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