"Even under its burden
The soul awakes and sings."
--C.A. Sainte-Beuve

(found on the second page of a book called "Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves, and Triumphs of Human Oddities")

and in the brief moment that is today
wild hope this dreamer jars
for i have heard in whispers talk
of life on other stars

So many times in the past couple of weeks I have been overwhelmed by the process the youth apprentices go through to get to the meat of their stories. As editors we keep pushing you to go deeper, to figure out the intricacies of your emotional connections to your stories, to relive those moments in your past that were the most intense, those ( Read more... )

Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.

Bell Hooks wrote ( Read more... )

as i was sitting at the poetry reading last night, i felt connected to the woman who crafted her words to share with the world, connected to the audience who had come to hear her put her own words into audibly digestable symbols of soul, and connected to my companion. i started to think about how i am constantly pursuing this sense of ( Read more... )

last night emma and i had two beautiful embraces wherein i felt like we were being filmed for one of those "best friend" moments i always see in movies. the first time we were walking up to the poetry reading and just looked at each other smiling and hugged as we walked. and the second time was when i was leaving we kissed goodbye ( Read more... )

hey. my cohort at work and i decided to have an open art night at the VOICES office (48 E. Pennington) every Monday night from 6-8pm. the impetus behind the idea is that both of us feel like we need more of a community of artists who are producing art and learning about art and need more of a creative support group ( Read more... )

PICKUP SOCCER THIS SATURDAY ( Read more... )

"The work an unknown good person has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green."
--Thomas Carlyle