Tag Archives: awe

What Makes Us Human?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Deborah

Prairie dog lives threatened by building another mall. Wolf lives threatened by removing them from the endangered list. Spotted owl lives threatened by yet another clear cut. Salmon lives threatened by yet another dam. Whale lives threatened by yet another … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awe, creativity, dance, destruction, greed, miracle, polluted air, polluted water, sing. money, toxic food, wonder | 2 Comments

Living in a Wisdom World

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Deborah

Jeff Leinaweaver, PhD, is a renaissance man: professional storyteller, musician, global sustainability consultant, professor, radio talk show host, father, husband, mythologist …and friend. He invited me to help launch the Bainbridge Island Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological Roundtable Group. ( That … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awe, Bainbridge Island Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological Roundtable Group., Frog Prince, functions of myth, Joseph Campbell, living myth, living world, power of myth, sentience, the kiss, the splat, wisdom | 7 Comments

Wonders of Water

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Deborah

March 22nd was a global call to bless our waters. I didn’t have time that day to offer the proper prayer called for but luckily prayer comes in many forms. As I rode the ferry that morning back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged awe, creating as prayer, intuition, intuitive painting, muse, painting, prayer, soul, spirit, truth, water, wonder | 2 Comments

Communion

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Deborah

Oh my, I am so happy. I painted the magic and I did learn something new. I knew I would if I painted this memory and it may not seem like much to you, but to me, it hones my … Continue reading →

Posted in truth, wonder | Tagged aliveness, awe, co-creating, communion with life, kinship, living memories, living myth, living world | 3 Comments

Cultivating Mystery

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Deborah

The Clan of the Dreaming Bear met on Monday night. Huh? Simple enough to explain really. We’re a group of humans who gather every other week to open the door to expanded consciousness via Ecstatic Wisdom Postures. The name Clan … Continue reading →

Posted in mystery | Tagged awe, befriending fear, breath, fear, fear of fear, living, mystery, suffocating, unknowns, wonder | 4 Comments

Gossamer Threads

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Deborah

My friend flies in from Boise to assist at the ceremony, Re-Storying our Modern Lives – a Ceremony to Renew a Living Myth for Eairth. She’s suffered a lot recently, so we walk a nearby beach to ground ourselves in … Continue reading →

Posted in mystery, truth | Tagged awe, bones, mini-dragons, mystery, tensile strength, treasure, wonder | 4 Comments

Human Humble

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Deborah

Here’s the link to the relevant article I mentioned a day ago written by Four Arrows, aka Don Trent Jacobs. It’s titled: “Anthropocentrism’s Antidote, Reclaiming our Indigenous Orientation to Non-Human Teachers.” I still haven’t found my copy of it because I … Continue reading →

Posted in truth | Tagged awe, complexity, ecosystems, humility | 8 Comments

Pursuing Wonder

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Deborah

Twenty-one years old, my Webster’s Dictionary pleads with me to replace it. In this electronic age, new words grow like surburban dandelions and northwest coastal blackberries. I purchase a fat New Oxford American Dictionary. It’s more like an abbreviated encyclopedia with … Continue reading →