Imbolc 2021
I created a piece in honour of Bridget and Imbolc, out now on the Cyclic Self Bandcamp “Imbolc is a day to acknowledge and give gratitude to the essential spark … Continue reading
Bealtaine
In the Irish calendar, Bealtaine (believed to be derived from the Irish words for ‘bright fire’) marks the beginning of summer and the reawakening of the earth. It is a … Continue reading
Lá Fhéile Bríde daoibh!
(Happy Brigid’s Day to you!) Part of the Tuatha Dé Dannan (the supernatural race that dwell in the Otherworld in Irish Folklore and Mythology), this Celtic Mother Goddess is also … Continue reading
“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow” Kurt Vonnegut
“The arts…are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s … Continue reading
George Herbert, Gratefulness
Thou that hast giv’n so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart. See how thy beggar works on thee By art. He makes thy gifts occasion … Continue reading
William Butler Yeats, Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors
Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors What they undertook to do They brought to pass; All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass. William Butler Yeats … Continue reading
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnet 39: Because thou hast the power and own’st the grace
Because thou hast the power and own’st the grace To look through and behind this mask of me (Against which years have beat thus blanchingly With their rains), and behold … Continue reading
Emily Bronte, My Comforter
Well hast thou spoken, and yet, not taught A feeling strange or new; Thou hast but roused a latent thought, A cloud-closed beam of sunshine, brought To gleam in open … Continue reading
Shane Koyczan: To This Day…For the Bullied and Beautiful
This is a stunning, beautiful, love-filled, upsetting, funny, inspiring and wonderful talk. I urge you to watch and be inspired! By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his … Continue reading
“Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” Rilke
I spoke on my old blog (lothlauraien.com) about reading the incredible book containing letters from Rainer Maria Rilke to a young poet seeking advice. It is a source of HUGE … Continue reading
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