sparking imagination
Announcement! Starting this month Horizon Gate is incorporating my blog, Photo Musings, into its stream. Photo Musings offers nature photography to encourage contemplation and peace. Donna Passion Flower When I first discovered this flower I had no idea what it … Continued
When the world is falling apart in this season we tend to wonder, “If Christmas happened, why is evil tearing things up now?” The idea is that we had a lot of problems, but then the Messiah was born to … Continued
The world used to hope that the USA was still a defender of Goodness, but with MAGA-America’s betrayal it is hard to keep the Light shining. Not that we didn’t see the copycat of Putin coming, but when we see … Continued
The metaphor of “the way of the Lord” and “a highway for our God” speaks of movement, journey, growth, not stopping and staying, not a static state. The way of the Lord is God’s movement and action among us, the … Continued
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As necessary as it is to immediately remove the current American regime, it would still be only a step in the much bigger need for deeper change. The current regime is the manifestation of a global culture that has become … Continued
Motion graphics over a digital painting with poem reading and music growing out of my life amid the mounting evils of the early twenty-first century. Knowing the hope and light which continues in dark circumstances, my poem struggles with the … Continued
Throughout humanity’s relatively short history we can see points of breaking out as well as setbacks and reverting that marked changes in our development. Generally, the movement has been positive, like waking up or being born. Currently “backsliding” is being … Continued
In journalism classes I was taught to write purely objective articles. But eventually I realized that objectivity is actually theoretical – it helps us be honest and fair but is ultimately impossible.
As an artist I came to realize that having a viewpoint gives life to a work of art, without negating truth, justice, and fairness. We can come to appreciate that we are all in process; no one is perfect, and human society is always a negotiation with one another on the complexities of being good.
As I observe the descent of humanity asserting ourselves again in religious fascism as a way to facilitate religious materialism, I lift my eyes to the grandeur of our existence. The many photographs by astrophotographers offer awe in contemplating the … Continued
