How Do We Say Goodbye?
Say Goodbye?: The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last time,…
Author
Partnering with the Unknown
Partnering with the Unknown: I’m always struck at how magical and unexpected the process of partnering with the…
Does Color Matter?
Does Color Matter? - I summon my muses around 3:00 a.m. - when they are but shadows, neither white nor black;…
In These Times – 2021
In These Times - 2021: Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the…
Senior Moments: How to Cope with the Aging Process
Senior Moments: Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make…
Marketing Tips for Writers
Marketing Tips for Writers: What makes a bad marketer? Being anti-social! To be successful, we must have…
911 In These Times – 2020
911 In These Times, 2020: Writers like me are continually searching for the flow of ideas that will get them…
Making Sense of Absurdity
Making Sense of Absurdity: Can you laugh today without feeling guilty? Feelings of guilt come and go, but it is…
A Budding Rose
A Budding Rose If only I could back time,
When I was young, sexy and selfish,
Living like Spring, rising…
DNA: Your Best Friend and Worst Enemy
DNA: Your Best Friend and Worst Enemy: “Life is not the way it’s supposed to be; it’s the way it is. The way…
In These Times – 2020
In These Times - 2020: Ralph Waldo Emerson warns us, “He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every…
Wasted Love and Poor Partnering Choices
Poor Partnering Choices: To the question "Are you happy?"...up to 99% of all would say…No. Here’s the thing –…
Circle of Life
Circle of Life: Ribbons, Bows, and Pink Lace
I am six, no ribbons, bows, or pink lace, only long curly locks…
The Widow’s Smile
T’s amazing what a widow’s smile can hide. I know this to be true because I am a new widow. My body dragged and…
In These Times – 2019
Most of us start our day sincerely interested in life, politics, the universe, and all its mysteries.
The Funny Thing about Writing
Even if you’re upset, you can choose to create an attitude that will free you in some way
In These Times – 2018
We’re all looking forward to Christmas but this year with the economy and state of the world, most of us may not…
Do You Feel Something is Missing?
When we’re lonely and stuck in a box of “Only Ifs, Whys, and Why-Nots,” there is always a knot in our stomachs…
People Pleasing Doors to Hell
Have you ever been pressured by friends into doing what you felt in your heart was wrong?
Chasing Marie
While reading Chasing Marie, I feel like a detective analyzing clues and they come fast although the author uses…
In These Times
Most of us grew up believing that the more you sacrifice, the bigger the reward
Creativity Unseen
The arrival of faith in love and its guidance in my life has been a gradual process
Love, Rhyme and Reason – Beginnings
The hardest thing for me as a grandmother writing about love, was to cut away all that is incidental and keep only…
Working at Love and Friendship
Friendship offers a quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing, and loyalty
Learning to Love
Learning to Love: I finally grew into the person I was always meant to be in my forties. I found self-love by…
Birth a New You
From every employment crisis for man and woman, comes a spiritual awakening
Marketing Tips for New Authors
To make a difference, money must be spent. We are living in wicked hard times that require wicked smart solutions.…
Is Love a Mental Disease?
When falling in love, we feel something going pitter-patter and that is your heart being silly
You and Me, God
A riveting saga of a young girl’s walk with God during her early, formative, and adult years
The Whodoit of Politics
Whodoit, whowantsit? Is it possible for a man/child to make enough changes to make America great again?
Congratulations,You’ve Published your Book!
Congratulations, you’ve published your book! You will soon realize the buck stops with you when it comes to…
Generations of Women
A kick here and there for my mom,
my daughters and me,
rivalry inscribed from birth to grave,
our mouths…
Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump: The Dark Side of Winning
All of us, including Hillary Clinton and the Donald, started off with the one real wealth: time on their hands
Who Strokes Your Ego?
Do you want to be important for your own gratification or to please others?
Our Children, Our Future
I like to begin poetry by exploring phrases, I am...I am a poet...but then I think "What is a poet?"…
The Philosophy of Creative Writing (4)
When contemplating art making, some of us need a peaceful, quiet sanctuary to work in; while others may need the…
The Philosophy of Creative Writing (3)
Creative expression has always been at war with boredom and unhappiness ever since the days of the cave drawings
The Philosophy of Creative Writing (2)
Writing poetry, journaling and art making are wonderful and creative ways to turn the burning inside our heads into…
The Philosophy of Creative Writing (1)
There is nothing like using eBooks and the internet to acquire new ideas much like a painter uses his canvas
The Typist
Yesterdays ago when spouting words of wisdom, I managed to raise the vibrations all around me
A Poet’s Circle of Life
I am not always aware, at least on a conscious level, how much others drive my art
Living with Pain
Living with Pain: Life just isn't always what you want it to be. Acute or chronic pain can overwhelm your life day…
Do You Converse With Angels?
Angels are our behind-the-scenes team. They help us be who we were meant to be
Healing the Invisible (3/3)
Freud originally defined libido as a lust for life not lust for sex
Secrets to Anti-Aging
Lucky for us baby-boomers, we’re all inspired beings and not quite like any other generation
We Need Humor to Bumper the Pain in Our Hearts
Each of us has a story of love and survival that is uniquely ours
The Alcoholic and his Enabler
Rotted gutting, pickled lips and blood shot eyes, violent limbs in the middle of sleep
The Best of Love
Love is a double-edged sword that can cause elation and fear at the same time.
Chasing the Wrong Dreams
It took more than twenty years of failing, counseling, and drug therapy for me to realize
The Glass Dancer
Dancing with vulnerable glass quarried limbs, Blind mocking eyes cold as stone
Are You Open To Your Deepest Sensibilities?
I miss my mom and pops, but I’ve since had to learn to live without them
For my Mom and Daughters
A kick here and there for my Mom,
my daughters and me.
Rivalry inscribed from birth
to grave Sweet…
What Do You Use For Authentic Creative Expression?
Authentic creative expression reinforces the power of life and how special we all can be.
For My Mom and My Daughters
For My Mom and My Daughters A kick here and there for my Mom,
My daughters and me.
Rivalry inscribed…
Spontaneous Images
I learned to create many spontaneous images in Window's 'Paint,' starting out with squares, slashes, circles and…
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Madonna and Baby Jesus...the supreme subject... Some call her Mary; others call her
The River is Everywhere
I was born under a bridge, just feet from the Mississippi, the ghosts of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
The Art Of Grieving
Bereavement is not easy for us who selfishly want our loved ones close to us for our comfort
A Thousand Eyes
When twilight chases day,
Heavens twinkled with the delight
Of a thousand artists’ eyes
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: The New York Times tells us that, “After hearing testimony for nearly three…
To President Obama and the Republicans
All the mass of excess living America's dream while we wait and watch
Psycho-therapy: The Need to Knead
Kneading clay is pure therapy; not only for our souls but for our tired arthritic hands.
Looking For Self-Love In All The Wrong Places
When I was a young single mother, I remember wearing too much rouge and lipstick, high heels and black pinafores.…
A Timely Poem
There’s never enough time,
Wanting you or not,
I’ve solaced myself,
Waiting for buses on Broadway,…
Racial Disparities: Is There Hope for America?
I am a senior citizen and it is both a blessing and a curse to feel everything so deeply.
Who Can You Really Control?
Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore
Turning Passion into Purpose
Contrary to popular opinion, there is no such thing as multitasking
Finding Love in Human Nature
Evolution favors us, but compared to man, We’re built inside out and upside down with an ugly face
Freeing our Minds for Creative Thoughts
Exploring creativity and creative expression in the arts are catalysts for healing & therapy
Racial Disparities: Is There Hope for Ferguson?
Hope for Ferguson: There are two kinds of people in this world, people who know your name and people who do…
Surviving Depression Together
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will rip our skin apart
Speaking Up With Your Hands
Go ahead, express yourself. Talk with elastic faces or use your hands to communicate
Loving the Fates
Most of us use our imagination because it feels good and it brings us joy.
Turning into Mom
I hear my mom’s voice many mornings when I roll out of bed, her eyes looking back at me in a mirror, both of us…
Happy Children
Happy children are all-stars, curious jugs of sunshine, their faces radiant, their eyes metaphors of emptiness
Cloned Babies
Earth, is damn mad now,
Her rain forests so beautiful and strategically placed are gone
Because men needed…
How to Beat Addictions
How to Beat Addictions: We, with addictions, think we are unlucky in love and life, easily locked into alcohol,…
The Wisdom of Love
We should be given credit for the courage it takes to give more love than you receive.
Making Marriage Work
Pimping out Love in Poetry Poem…Some love affairs go on too long in our heads, the truth is we poets can easily…
Coupling Hints for Today
Without knowing love personally, you’ll experience a life-long feeling of deprivation and disappointment
A Cowboy’s Moon Light Ride
A Virgin Moon shining
particles of our forefathers,
ageless and weightless,
a movie camera. Intake,…
Springtime Choices
My first choice is to open the windows and tear the plastic away, and let the sun shine thaw out my aching bones
The Language of Love
Our happiness depends on picking partners that show they can love us the way we need to be loved.
Mothers & Daughters
A kick here and there for my Mom, my daughters and me,
Rivalry inscribed from birth to grave
Angry Earth
Our planet is damn mad now,
Her rainforests so beautiful and strategically placed are gone
Psychology of Marriage, Love & Sex
I believe we all need to love each other like we once did as children, burning for friendship and singed by need…
There Are Many Ways of Being Artful
Our only goal is to be truthful, and if we can fake that on paper, we've got it made.
If it Looks and Sounds Like a Poem
I want to thank Picasso, Chagall, and all the other artists I partner with in my work. Most of us get a kind of…
Review: Sculpting the Heart
Sculpting the Heart takes you on a personal journey through depression and the healing powers of creative…
Give Me Your Eyes
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your…
10 Magic Bullets of Forgiveness
"When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is…
Introduction to a Writer
Dedicated to anyone who ever felt lonely in a crowded room and most happiest at the computer
See Something Scary? Look for Helpers!
We, the People, are vulnerable containers packed with passionate dual personalities. We’re part good and part evil.…
Christmas Story for Writers having a Bad Day
Because I am convinced there are so many people in pain right now, I've decided to follow my own instincts and…
How to Write & Read Poetry
Write & Read Poetry: Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood, the unknown healing all wounds of…
Old Age Honors Us
We were given the embrace of Mother Nature to cushion our lives with grace and beauty...while we age.
Old age has…
The Complacent March of Men…
Man has been the dominant sex since, well, the dawn of mankind. But for the first time in human history, that is…
Brain Sex
Until recently, exactly what happens in the brain during sex was something of a mystery to scientists. Many of us…
Who Do I Vote For?
Who will be our new President? I want to vote for the killing to stop.
I think a lot about our men arguing over…
President Obama
Guys to watch, envy, and immulate... When they look at you, you know you've been seen, When they listen, you know…
Venus & All Want-to-Be Marilyn Monroes
Marilyn Monroes - Excerpt from Sculpting the Heart's Poetry while Conversing with the Masters
Some call us man's…
Excerpts (4&5): Psychology of Love, Marriage & Sex
4. Time Keeper of Love According to psychologist, Elaine Hatfield, there are two basic types of love, compassionate…
Excerpt (3): Psychology of Love, Marriage & Sex
Bertrand Russel says, “To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life already are three parts dead.” I’m not…
Our Designer Future
I wrote this poem thinking about how our world would be if science begins designing kids in test tubes.
Then…
Review: Surviving Depression with Art Therapy
Joyce White holds that "everyone can doodle and scribble their way to wellness and joy. By climbing up, up, up, to…
Excerpt(2): Psychology of Love, Marriage & Sex
If you are reading this, you are probably wondering if your love and sex life can be made even better. Good sex…
Review: Sculpting the Heart’s Poetry
Sculpting the Heart's Poetry while Conversing with the Masters - Growing Love When I was a child, it was my mom…
The Trouble with Sex
The electric orgasm
Powers itself,
Flowers itself,
Opens itself
With lightning bolts
Generated by
The…
Conversing with the Masters
When Picasso found himself old, twisted and torn, he paused for a rest at Madoura Pottery in 1953, where Picasso …
The Dancing Hands of the Wallflower
This article is dedicated to anyone who ever felt lonely in a crowded room.
The Hermit Poet
It is a dilemma how…
Surviving Depression
I personally believe being happily engaged in writing and art making is better than not; and secondly, living…
Feminist Godly Mythology
Feminist Godly Mythology: My personal thanks to Sage Sweetwater who befriended and encouraged me with her reviews,…
Someday at Christmas
Someday at Christmas men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our…
Excerpt: Reading Picasso
I want to thank Picasso and all the other artists that inspire me with their work. Most of us get a kind of…
Review: Sculpting the Heart with Art Therapy
"Joyce White has aligned herself with spiritual principles that govern the workings of "Sculpting the Heart with…
The Art of Kissing our Loved ones…
No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed…
Review: Sculpting the Heart’s Poetry (2)
Sculpting the Heart's Poetry (2): The fourth book in Joyce White's Sculpting the Heart series, Sculpting the…
Becoming a Poem
As an artist I will admit there were unfortunate moments in my intensity, when crippling insecurities left me…
Stir, Laugh, Repeat
Like many non-cooks, I have a distinct yearning for the taste of yester-year. Martha has compiled a cookery book of…
Conversing with the Master’s – Ekphrasis Poetry
Chapter 3: Excerpts from Sculpting the Heart's Poetry, Conversing with the Masters Ekphrasis poetry like mine makes…
Psalms of Praise & Power
Psalms of Praise & Power: Translated from the Greek Old Testament In John Howard Reid's, Bible Wisdom:…
Review: Shape of My Heart
He deals the cards as a meditation.
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He…
Saint Raphael – Archangel
Saint Raphael - Archangel Saint Raphael comes to us to heal what is
Not right with his wisdom and grace…
Review: Grieving a Soulmate
The love story behind "Till Death do us Part" by Robert Orfali - The blurb on the back of the book begins:…
Review: Bible Wisdom for Modern Times
Editors Review by John Howard Reid's, Bible Wisdom for Modern Times: Selections from the Orthodox Old Testament…
Review: Repulsion Thrust
This book by Magdalene Ball is her first full length poetry collection of many varied subjects including, dogs,…
How Much is Too Much Texting?
Text messaging has become an unstoppable phenomenon but how much is too much texting? As a media sociologist and…
God Bless the Creative
If you’re wondering how to be creative there is no secret. As sometimes happens in human life, we occasionally…
Review: Sleep Before Evening
Magdalene Ball says in this drug fiction slice-of-life drama, you can find good and bad in everything that happened…
The Joy of Making the Invisible Visible
There are many ways of being artful and making the invisible “visible.” I like to sit spontaneously doodling and…
Review: Create Your Own Destiny
What I believe in - - is the power of positive thinking. I also believe good health is in a renewal of spirit. One…
Maestro
As a student of life, I find the title Maestro very interesting. The word Maestro is a title of extreme respect…
Does a Woman’s Neurochemistry Keep Her Insolvent?
It’s always been an uphill battle for women to earn money. Why do you suppose that is? We’re as talented as men.…
Review: Your Blog, Your Business
Your Blog, Your Business: Carolyn Howard-Johnson's nearly three decades of experience as founder and manager of her…
Healing the World with Poetry
Poetry makes an excellent conversation beginning with a lump in the throat then spilling out like liquid honey so…
Review: Sculpting the Heart’s Poetry (1)
Joyce White’s, Sculpting the Heart's Poetry While Conversing with the Masters, offers first some thoughts regarding…
Review: Symphony of your Karma
Symphony of your Karma. Healing Destiny of Soul - Paperback (Aug. 12, 2008) by Rachel Madorsky
Rachel's book is…
Review: Imagining the Future
Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Magdalena Ball have woven their Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other…
Surviving Depression with Art Therapy
This review is from: Sculpting the Heart: Surviving Depression with Art Therapy (Paperback). A Marvelous Look at…
Put Passion Back Into Your Life
Being in the flow of art is sort of like losing yourself in the moment. Before getting down to work, I always tried…
Womanly Secrets to Anti-Aging
Lucky for us baby-boomers, we’re all inspired beings and not quite like any other generation of women. As we got…
Expressing Ourselves Can Be Exciting & Medicinal
Just as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung knew so long ago, “…language was not always adequate to express what we’re…
Psychology of Love, Marriage & Sex
If you don’t know trust in love’s genius, you won’t ever realize love’s gifts. Falling in love means turning off…