“When I was about 12, I guess, I read the statement, I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me. The statement is so complex, so simple, Angelou says, quoting the roman playwright Terence. Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto. I have been internalizing that all my life. So if…
I received a nice surprise note from Amy Liu of Blogged.com’s editorial department who told me that Riehlife ranked 189th out of 3,562 blogs on books…and received an 8.0 (GREAT) score out of a possible 10 (EXCELLENT) when the Blogged.com editors recently reviewed my blog in the entertainment/Books category of Blogged.com. Amy says: This is…
Nina’s Night 22″ x 17″ by Eden Maxwell The Country of Women (1995): CALYX Books “Sandra Kohler’s poems find art in the mundane, the sacred, and the profane. Examining woman’s experience as sexual being, as mother, and as artist, Kohler reveals what it means to live in a woman’s body.” -from the cover Why a…
A gift might be innate, but not inevitable. Many are called; few choose to go.—Eden Maxwell. Are you bringing your gifts to fruition? Clif Johnston hosts Eden Maxwell today on his Zen Junk Tumblelog. Click here to read a comprehensive interview. Eden Maxwell, author of “An Artist Empowered: Define and Establish Your Value as an…
To understand the situation in Kenya as “ancient tribal hatreds” is to understand World War I and World War II as “ancient tribal hatreds” between the Germans on one side and the French, English, and Russians on the other.—David Zarembka David Zarembka and Gladys Kamonya of the African Great Lakes Initiative appeared in St. Louis…
Dr. Victoria Bentley, my writing partner when I lived in Northern California, is volunteering for several weeks with the Buhavu Women’s Trauma Healing and Care Center in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Congo. Dr. Bentley is using her training in Holographic Memory Resolution (HMR) to lend a hand. Read her blog Healing Trauma in…
Zen is a term that is bandied around in common language with great freedom. Here, a Zen practitioner and artist, Eden Maxwell, author of “An Artist Empowered: Define and Establish Your Value as an Artist—Now” tells us how these realms interconnect. Riehlife: What does Zen Buddhism have to do with art? Eden Maxwell: The source…
Meet Stephen Kuusisto Professor, Author, Speaker, Blogger, Disability Advocate…POET. The Mockingbird on Central for Connie by Stephen Kuusisto Only Bread, Only Light This bird who lands in the oak tree Is both a comedian and a natural fact: In a hundred-years house We awaken to a sweet thing, A motor of avian laughter Ten feet…
To complement Eden Maxwell’s excellent advice today on making rejection work in your creative life, look in Riehlife’s WRITE PEN! archives for more solid advice on using rejection by Nancy Connally, Janet Muirhead Hill…and (the other Janet) myself. My article “Relishing Rejection” was posted on “Eliot, a Literary Blog” as well as www.ezinearticles.com. August 24,…
If you know your purpose and the value of your process, then nothing will deter you from your mission, your dharma.—Eden Maxwell No matter what your art form or field of expression: visual arts, performing arts, or writing—one thing is for certain: you will encounter rejection. When you do, what is the most healthy and…