Tag: philosophy
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Aromatherapy Night Sky Surprise
January 25, 2023 People may respond differently to different herbs; this cat was loving it. šš āPeeko says, āBut donāt take my Jane.ā He enjoys classic books of literary style, often with portraits on the cover. This afternoon after yoga, I tried glueing the square of fabric Iād kept, which Iād been saving, when I […]
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Love Me Likeā¦Wind Down Slow Flow Yoga and Written Meditation
I wasn’t too glad with the video and the song particularly; I realized there are more videos I could do on my yoga channel @jadenicoleyoga. The wisdom part of the post that came after was not restoring, but I could see the full thoughts in draft. A tech issue that makes me realize what I […]
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Why All the Sagittarius Birthday Wishes?: A Reflection on Self and Soul
There is something I found last year, and although I am not serious about astrology as if it were a religion to me, I enjoy the patterns it suggests in life as a kind of artwork. I find it very accurate in many ways. I had found in my life great, deep healing in the […]
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āFileā
by Jade Nicole Beals A poem is not a statement of facts, although a handwritten draft may be a primary source of history. One has the right to write a poem even if disagreeing parties say no even without the record of it: As for the poet, I will elude the file folder; I still […]
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May Ziadeh, a Biography by Jade Nicole Beals
July 21, 2022 (completed Jan. 2023) featured photo, Miss May A biography I wrote about the author, May Ziadeh, an author I’ve written of often on the blog, with biographical facts, and immersive writings in my own experiences beginning in May 2021. At the end, a summary and reflection of the book My Life With […]
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āNoteā
poem read aloud for your listen Note by Jade Nicole Beals The dark does not hide what I would like to see A still star is still prettier than a shooting star, despite the rarities in science. Fireworks in the sky as a display are not a thing Iāve sought out after, but there is […]
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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
(my own photo) The most moving novel Iāve read this year, and the most recent one Iāve added to my own home library. Song of Solomon (1977) had been a favorite of mine around the year 2004, and somehow I could not remember anything about it at all but that I had read it and […]
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Writing My First Novel, A Glimpse of Thoughts on a Special Object Unnamed
Home now. š Words written by hand tonight in my notebook for this novel, not typed up yet, just a free write that will be rephrased as part of an active scene to be written, which involve two main characters, and how they each feel or react to this same interesting object. I also wrote […]
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A Book of Essays on My Bookshelf for Years UnreadāRead Today
Reading Collected Essays by George Orwell, a book Iāve had on my shelf for many years, it was a gift from my sister one year, that Iād not wanted to read each time Iād picked it up over many years, but also did not give it away, it had felt like āfor another timeā, and […]
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āThis Ringā
(my own photo of the moon in a blushing morning sky in Massachusetts) This was my first poem Iād written and published online in 2022: The first of form poems I tried to write this year is a ghazal, and itās fit well with that form having originated in the Middle East during the medieval […]
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A Letter between author May Ziadeh and Friend, with My Own Line of Literary Critique
an excerpt from Intimate Pages, Part Two, with dedication to her friend Sidonie Ripperger, in Mayās first book of poetry in French, Fleurs de Reve, Flowers of a Dream: ā¦You end your letter by complaining that you are a young girl, not a young man. You are a little right; women have been called āthe […]
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Re: Deleted Posts, Dear Reader
I was reading after dark last night by my library window, lamplight, I started with this nursery rhyme of my own⦠āI sit quietly in this chair, I will comb through my hair, and I will read Jane Eyre.ā I am sorry for these pretty hastily deleted posts; I remind myself writing is free, and in […]
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āThe Lawā
November 21, 2022 A new poem in a style of summary or hypothetical; you may notice the style (somewhat inspired by the allegorical humor of artist and poet Kahlil Gibran). This poem was inspired but the subject of ālawā and is about a real incident in the recent past recalled of leaving a book of […]
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Where?
I am seeing time moving forward in days, weeks, and months, rather than as a single day with few hours, so I just keep writing my novel as much as I would like to each week, and time continues replenishing on its own⦠That leaves me at 2928 words to rest the whole weekend, a […]
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tending
if thereās too much algae in this lake my hands will tend to that to pull out what is not in oneās heart, not possible, thankfully in love, we move afloat in a dance anyway
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change
love me less and expect nothing the volcano says itās not going to erupt, and so it doesnāt the great lake shrinks into a paper cup yeah right; the lake still thrives from here Jade
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Re: Body and Mind
ā¦If your mind is boring you, enter the physical body and atmosphere: put on an outfit you feel like wearing, adjust the clothes comfortably, moisturize, tie a soft hair tie around your hair, notice it didnāt come as a finished ring, and position the tie around your hair, tightly and loosely, comb loose strands with […]
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Words Arranged, Well, Theseā¦
night and almost morningtime (continues) What if this book I am reading could be done and I can close it and move onto a new one? Is it fair I judge the book by the authorās name and opening sentence, if itās a pen-name too? Only teasing a little, but the novel is just a […]
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āDhakeeyunā
OCTOBER 23, 2022 As a quick, clear comprehension of something deep thatās been spoken. The title āKeysā Iād first wrote was similar, and even in the singular, the ākeyā still sounds to me like something is locked up and irretrievable, which is the opposite of what Iād meant to express. In this poem, itās āno […]
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May Ziadeh’s ‘Green Hut’ in the Wood, Her Preface to a Favorite Book I Came Across
* These words just held me…I didn’t realize the book, translated as Smiles and Tears by May Ziadeh that I was reading in PDF form today was the book titled Memories or German Love, by F. Max Muller that I’d seen cited as a book she’d translated; I’ve read the book in English. And I […]
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“The Pinnacle”
by Jade Nicole Beals There was a plea from you to forget the scales as the music fell from all around you, and little cue notes drifted into my sleep, like windows in my dreams looking out, and you smiling through you as you know you are the dream come true, the scales returning to […]
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Two Quotes from The Portrait of a Lady: Choose
š 2) She fixed her eyes upon him, and there was something in their character that reminded him of large, polished buttons; he seemed to see the reflection of surrounding objects upon the pupil. The expression of a button is not usually deemed human, but there was something in Miss Stackpole’s gaze that made him, […]
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Notice: & with a favorite poem, or three
(morningtime feat. photo, my cat Peeko š± who helps me at times to complete one thing at a timeāhere, heās a teatime supervisor āļø (heās just had his breakfast and his daily brushing), a poetry book š, and a music box š¶; youāll see.) Last night, around midnight Something feels wrong now without a subject, […]
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May Ziadeh in MainGate Magazine, a short biography with titles of speeches she gaveāand her poetry
My poet friend Hagop Kazazian sent me this article in a magazine from recent times: End Note Comments by me: āI wonder what she said about Columbus discovering America in her first speech at this college; Iād mention him myself often mostly metaphorically⦠āI believe her brother mentioned here died as a young child and […]
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Lines of a Memorable Poemā¦and a Forgotten Sketch Found
More to come on this wonderful collection of Rumiās poetry that I am satisfied reading without needing to complete itā¦Here is a photo of some memorable lines: āRumi The Book of Love: poems of ecstasy and longing ⦠I also found this pencil sketch I drew in a book of mine from March 20, 2022āit […]