Category Archives: wonder

relates to that which amazes, astounds, inspires gratitude, humbles and connects

The Wonder of Jumping Feet First

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Deborah

I suddenly remembered an image I painted a number of years ago after watching my granddaughter plunge into the muddy, murky, wild water spring fed pond at my Montana home. She had no idea what lay below the surface, but … Continue reading →

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Wonder Bound

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Deborah

My arms ripple like the underwater river grasses all around me. My right hand holds the wooden paddle which vibrates like a twanged guitar string. Muscles quiver under fibrillating skin. I’m jelly compared to the rapid’s turbulence. “Trust.” “Give myself … Continue reading →

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Wonder

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Deborah

Every other sentence rivets me. Every other sentence, and this is only a slight exaggeration, pleads with my pencil/pen to underline it. Abram’s elegant descriptions and brilliant syntheses could inspire my responses for days, maybe weeks. What is it about … Continue reading →

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Hot Air

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Deborah

“Opposites” delight me. Success and failure, living and dying, scared and sacred. Not contradictions, not dualities but simply the one experience of being aware in my animal body. The ebb and flow of breath and tides, seasons and cycles, thirst … Continue reading →

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