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Try Painting Naked
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Creativity Taught Me
A little about me and Creativity.
These Are Soul-Making Times
Have you seen your soul this past year? I have. She arrived at the pandemic with a great heart, despite a few detours. She now lives in a place unmade by humans, with a cup of the best coffee in her hands and her two dogs at her feet. She learned how to come out and play in places she …
Melodic Celebration
Birds sing louder when the rain is about to stop. They jump and splash in little puddles of water, reveling with wings wide open. A gift of melodic celebration for the shining sun. Mary Ann Burrows 2021
When In Doubt
Get low
The Sun
Dearest light, star and love on the other side of dark. calling to me spreading your warmth like a blanket across the morning fields. You are why I wade through endless cool shadows of flickering fingers, that tease me out of an unlit life and into your waiting arms. Finally, I can stop. and meet myself, right where I am, …
Come and Find Me World
Come and find me world, in your beautiful way. You will find me in a place unmade by humans. I will be waiting at the seashore, in the forest along the weathered path. You will recognize me, looking up at the sky, witnessing the slightest wind shift in the clouds birth a new painting. You will see me inside …
How to Invoke Your Muse
“Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire “. (1.6-7) John Milton, Paradise Lost. This is a quote from the 1600’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, by John Milton. In these first lines, Milton is not only stating the theme for his very long poem, but he is also asking for heavenly guidance and inspiration. …
When Grace Comes
I’ve been reading John Milton’s Epic poem Paradise Lost for my English Lit class. Not sure if you remember this piece of literature from the 1600s but at first, I found it super hard to understand; in fact, I could not understand a single word of it. The final exam was based on this poem and was worth 30% of …