If you have not yet heard the inspiring story of Iris Grace (website link, facebook page link), I am very pleased to share it with you. Iris is a six year old girl from the UK. Aside from being a spectacular painter, nature and music enthusiast, and cat lover, an important aspect of Iris is that she …
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While gathering wood for making Ogham fews (pronounced 'oh-uhm' and referring to a form of Irish alphabet), Cliareach Filleadh felt prompted to set aside some pieces of wood for other purposes. The shape of one piece seemed ideal for some kind of carved ceremonial tool, and so began the work of whittling and sanding. It took …
I simply could not resist participating in The Daily Post's Weekly Photo Challenge after seeing this amazing post by Love in the Spaces! Please go check it out.So to start off, a pair of the same sculpture in different seasons (both taken with a meh cell phone camera): Some white flowers: daisies on the Easter …
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Last night I had the privilege of attending a workshop by Maureen Wolverton at The Coptic Center about Finding the Center: The Search for the Archetypal Self. The main focus of the workshop was to draw a labyrinth, seek out this labyrinth in meditation, and charge this internal labyrinth with your personal energy to reach your …
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This video for the Kickstarter project "The Monument Project: Africa" is short, beautiful, and inspiring. Three things about the project presented in the video that touch me personally are the practice of using repurposed items, art being the domain of every person, and Autism and autistic people being recognized and supported. I strongly encourage anyone who …
The unconscious has filled many roles through history, from the divine to the cognitive, from the personal to the transpersonal. It has been the realm of gods, the playground of mesmerists and hypnotists, a ‘trash bin’ of unwanted emotions and memories, a means of subliminal control, and of personal liberation. It has been cited as …
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“He is no poet who does not preserve the traditional tales and synchronize the common knowledge”. -Irish wisdom Poetry is discourse with the Sacred. It was the primary art of that class of druids known as bards (in Ireland as Filidh). Considering the central role that the druids played in their societies, it is reasonable …
A Vital Recognition 