https://www.marydezember.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1587006126841-3L4YU869AIFKZ3DL7X2G/Hakim+20170517+02.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2025/4/07/scotland-trek-i-hiked-scotland-coastal-lands monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1743067820947-CDSJCOIWNQTTGZX4IDDQ/I+turned+around+right+about+here+or+just+after.Cullen.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Me in my hiking boots on the Moray Coast Trail east of Cullen. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1743067730315-59S0BHNPV8XSNUO46Q5M/Cullen.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Hiking the Moray Coast Trail past Cullen on March 25, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/0dbe5170-1312-440e-96d2-7c2167a62c4e/Beautiful+but+long+forest.Rosilie+Forest+between+Findhorn+and+Buckie+Scotland.3.21.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Roseisle Forest outside of Findhorn. Friday, March 21, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/9a57b382-e7b0-4e4c-a0d1-efe8a658418a/Lossie+from+the+East+Beach+in+the+fog.3.22.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Lossiemouth East Beach, view of the village. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/256d59b1-dc76-46e7-b944-f7d72f019e67/WWII+pillbox+bunker.Scotland+coast.March+2025.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out A WWII pillbox bunker in a long row of pillbox bunkers on the Moray Coast, Scotland. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/9547877c-c5e5-45b7-957f-bb52e8055903/Bunker+hike+Moray+Coast+Scotland.March+2025.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Hiking trail past WWII pillbox bunkers between Lossiemouth and Kingston, Scotland. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ac99bc7b-af31-4e3e-898b-9dacc20fbee8/Post+office+cottage.Garmouth.Scotland.3.23.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Post Office Cottage, Garmouth, Scotland. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/eb3b0f76-88d6-4ab2-8743-b8bf84c7e239/Bow+Fiddle+Rock.Portknockie.3.24.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Bowfiddle Rock, what I call Whale Tail rock, Portknockie, Scotland. Monday, March 24, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/c5dc751d-363e-48ed-9aa5-971d5f121d5e/house+in+a+meditation+area+of+the+EcoVillage+in+Findhorn+Scotland.3.21.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out In a meditation area of the lovely Ecovillage in beautiful Findhorn, Scotland. Thursday, March 20, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/49e5dbb4-b257-43f3-8cf1-3bbdd3503684/Path+to+Findlater+Castle.Cullen.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Winding path of the Moray Coast Trail east of Cullen. Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f310e910-380b-4561-9203-d2d7cf697b9f/Cullen.beach.bluff.4.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Seatown in Cullen with viaduct in the background. I walked on the top of the viaduct on my last day in Cullen, which was Thursday, March 27, 2025. Photo taken Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/44b5869c-deb8-429b-96bc-bda0b7d7922f/Viaduct+Cullen+with+Cullen+Bay+Hotel+in+backgroud.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out The viaduct and Seatown in Cullen, Scotland. My hotel is in the large white building back, the lovely Cullen Bay Hotel. I was in the top turret room with windows overlooking the ocean. Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d4552d35-d032-42f9-bc78-9e8f175d3617/Getting+back+down.Cullen.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Moray Coast Trail section in Cullen, Scotland. Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f8d56593-a861-4728-94a0-adba43ee4a7b/View+from+Seatown+in+Lossiemouth.March+2025.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out View from Seatown in Lossiemouth, Scotland. Saturday, March 22, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ece7d687-3f7d-46ab-a151-5d47c230e539/Cullen.2.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Cullen, Scotland. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. The Cullen colors were the most vibrant and beautiful I have ever seen. I wrote to my children on Tuesday, March 25, 2025: “The weather is stunning here. Sunny and cool. Just fabulous. The town is charming, on a hill overlooking the ocean. The view from my window of the ocean includes a cliff (that I had to walk down and around yesterday to get to the beach, walk across the entire beach, and then wind around to a highway sidewalk to get to my place) — and the cliff is covered in gorse bushes with yellow flowers that are everywhere here. The sea is a gorgeous marine blue, and the sky is a light sky blue with thin clouds painted throughout.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/006c58d9-b27e-44c6-afbf-93f5ee5f7c46/Rocky+farmland.village.coast.Scotland.March+2025.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Farmland, village, coast. Scotland. March 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d68462b5-6ca2-47e7-a9c6-69731c016c0f/Farmland+and+coast.Scotland.March+2025.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Farmland, coast, ocean winding around the land on the Moray Coast Trail. Scotland. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/2a6d3512-096f-4640-a5ee-496ef5a1ad20/Gorse-lined+paths.Moray+Coast+Trail.Scotland.March+2025.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Gorse-lined paths of Moray Coast Trail, Scotland. Friday, March 21, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/7ebb2543-4f0c-4c02-8756-54c967daee8a/Gorse+cliffs+ocean+Moray+Coast+Scotland.March+2025.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Gorse bushes everywhere in this beautiful coastal land. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/741adbca-7140-4b44-90b2-36d5f5872762/Walk+after+Hopeman+but+before+Lossie.3.21.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember. I took these photos with my phone. I used NO enhancements, filters, adjustments. These are the true colors of Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/c2367a00-6ab3-4ac7-85b2-c48259f981d2/phone+charger.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Phone charger just a little bigger than my phone. I could charge while hiking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ca95e438-f3a2-4170-9c2f-89b585b1d4e9/Mary+at+the+start+of+her+big+Scotland+coastal+walk+plans.3.21.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out My starting point on the Moray Coast Trail was Findhorn. I had a lovely stay at the Crown and Anchor Inn. This book was helpful: Moray Coast Trail (Rucksack Readers) by Sandra Bardwell. I would read it each evening to see what the next day’s hike would bring. Having it to refer to was reassuring. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/84940562-9864-4d8e-baf6-2143a4906171/Ready+for+Hiking+Scotland+Day+2.March.2025.Mary+Dezember.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Me preparing to leave my room at the delightful Firth Hotel facing the East Beach shore in Lossiemouth for my second long hiking day to Buckie. Sunday, March 23, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1b5807da-ff90-4b5f-97c0-bf42e4ebdffe/Boots.Backpack.on+beach.Cullen.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Nearing hike’s end. Cullen beach. Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/201658a5-fbd8-4da2-97f2-2817fc617c3b/Backpack.trail+guide.cane.boots.barefeet.beach.Cullen.3.25.25.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Scotland Trek: I Hiked Scotland Coastal Lands - Make it stand out Boots off. Hike’s end. Cullen Beach. Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Photo Copyright © 2025 Mary Dezember https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/11/20/five-poetry-books-that-will-whisk-you-away monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ecdc8581-ba89-4dc1-b3e8-f5007bdeeac0/5+Poetry+Books+that+will+Whisk+You+Away.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Five Poetry Books That Will Whisk You Away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/09f43ce9-8e98-4e46-93c7-504526616eae/edited+5+poetry+books.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Five Poetry Books That Will Whisk You Away! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/10/11/there-is-another-nineteenth-century-american-poet-with-dramatic-force-helen-gray-cone monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/8d451811-0b94-42b9-ba13-b4faefa576c1/Dr.+Mary+Dezember+and+HCG+research.9.30.24.cropped+copy.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - There is Another — Nineteenth-Century American Poet with "Dramatic Force": Helen Gray Cone - Make it stand out Dr. Mary Dezember with some materials of her own private collection of research about and books by nineteenth-century poet Helen Gray Cone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/e94f60ae-9248-4687-a482-6db708fe56d4/HGC+research+books+on+table.8.9.30.24+copy+2.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - There is Another — Nineteenth-Century American Poet with "Dramatic Force": Helen Gray Cone - Make it stand out Research materials about and by Helen Gray Cone. Private Collection of Mary Dezember. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/07/01-celebrate-with-wild-conviction monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/cdc5b6d7-dee0-41a0-90d2-cc26f2adb175/wild+conviction+birthday.mary+dezember+website+%281%29.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a38d9a3d-84fd-48bb-9040-0cadcdffa391/Logo%2Bbag%2Bwith%2Bclue%2Bgifts.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - GRAND PRIZE! Only available to the First Place Winner of the “Find the Fairytale Clues” Birthday Contest. Logo Tote with Gifts that are Clues for the story of Wild Conviction. There are more gifts than come with the Carpetbag Clutch or Gallatin’s Wallet. Please be aware: Small gifts inside are not suitable for young children. This is cotton. The “burlap” is a design printed on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/2fb0516a-ef1c-4c08-9432-f27d2ca4db7a/Logo+bag+front+with+long+handles.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - Logo Tote with Long Handles This is the only prize available for winners outside of the USA — OR one of my poetry books. It is an option for winners in the USA. This is polyester. The “burlap” is a design printed on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/9dfaa023-82ae-46b7-a697-04c62e80b6e1/Logo+bag+back+with+long+handles.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - Logo Tote with Long Handles, back This is the only prize available for winners outside of the USA — OR one of my poetry books. It is an option for winners in the USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/55ccc33e-ee4e-4e96-95f2-8b51a40a82e4/Logo+mug+front+no+background.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - Logo Mug Mary Dezember is printed on the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/6ceb1cf1-7638-4c30-afdd-8bf634d94f13/clutch.rose.carpetbag+-+Edited.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - Rose Carpetbag Clutch with Gifts as Clues for the story of Wild Conviction Style of handkerchief, “feather” and other gifts may vary. Please be aware: Small gifts inside are not suitable for young children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/cf614b65-5400-418a-a392-074bcba5f52a/black.carpetbag.clutch.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - Black Carpetbag Clutch with Gifts as Clues for the story of Wild Conviction Style of handkerchief, “feather” and other gifts may vary. Please be aware: Small gifts inside are not suitable for young children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/b14952ae-a4a0-4e82-a2e8-798599fc7af8/wallet.open.vertical+-+Edited.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - Gallatin’s Wallet with Gifts as Clues for the story of Wild Conviction Style of wallet, “feather” and other gifts may vary. But, the wallet will always have the signature 19-century “tie” to attach to the man’s belt. Please be aware: Small gifts inside are not suitable for young children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/7b888997-9bef-4f5f-bdf1-0e665446cb4d/letter.seal+copy+2+-+Edited.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - GrandMama’s Letter with “Power” Gifts Please be aware: Small gifts inside are not suitable for young children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/019be886-42e9-4036-a0e0-09c3cb2e9ddc/Wild+Conviction.3D.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - A copy of award-winning novel Wild Conviction You can choose hardcopy or paperback or ebook. Hardcopy or paperback include these options: My signature Awards sticker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1707418871171-ZVOEL2ILVFV0N3AGSHR2/Still.Howling.3d.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - A copy of Still Howling: Poems by Mary Dezember This book is available only as a paperback. The title poem is the First Place Winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/558c97cd-8a53-47e4-a1a1-4371c98af581/Earth.Marked.BookBrushImage-2022-12-11-12-2235.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Celebrate with Wild Conviction! - A copy of Earth-Marked Like You, Poems (Published by Sunstone Press) This book is available only as a paperback. These are poems of sensuality and spirituality in my signature Mary Dezember poetic style. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/05/20/what-we-do-not-see-is-angel-song monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/c079df91-de3c-45df-b3e6-7b7effa134a4/Mary+Dezember+reading+poem+at+Billy+Brown+birthday+bash.May.18.2024.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What We Do Not See Is Angel Song - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Teresa E. Gallion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/125b4d9a-9366-44e3-8022-d3e9eb987a7e/Angel+feathers+Earth+Marked.+cropped+copy+5.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What We Do Not See Is Angel Song - Make it stand out Image credit: Book Brush/bookbrush.com https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/5/4/she-is-an-officer-and-a-leader monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ab915c55-64ac-4ff5-b317-2016c3dc714b/Stormtroopers+and+me.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Stormtroopers and Me At the Sci-Fi Convention at New Mexico Tech in 2008, featuring my role model, Nichelle Nichols, as keynote speaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/0577c0b7-97c1-4fb4-9b31-0c5ac0363096/Nichelle+Nichols+signed+photo+to+me.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Nichelle Nichols A true shining star on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise and throughout the universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/fd2e7118-e47a-40d6-9547-a789f625784b/My+words+about+Karen%27s+book.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Make it stand out From the back of her poetry book, Mountains, Rivers and Heavens (Finishing Line Press, 2005), by my lovely, talented friend, Karen Hellinger, who is a shining star for eternity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/10a9d603-0ca1-49a8-bf93-3d59440f15c5/Miners+Ink+copies+with+Sci+Fi+Con+program.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Make it stand out Miners’ Ink journals edited by Karen Hellinger and the Sci-Fi convention program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/79620ec1-8c7a-4af9-a797-03199a16686e/Nichelle+and+me.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Make it stand out Nichelle and me during the Convention activities in 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/6518ecab-384d-4a55-8477-72d4d9f06ac0/My+presentations.Sci+Fi+Con+program.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Karen invited me to present at the convention. You can see the titles of my workshops. : ) Wonderful sci-fi authors also accepted Karen's invitation to speak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/df3c4218-56ca-4335-ae00-eb8d7b7a8728/Scott+and+others+on+Sci+Fi+Con+program.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f476adba-ea3f-4ccc-b0e4-5ff0b04f5533/Special+Guests+and+Conference+coordinator+page.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/8ab4f436-b87f-41b8-914c-86266f0de77c/Bookshelf+behind+desk+with+Nichelle+photos.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - SHE IS AN OFFICER AND A LEADER - Make it stand out My bookshelf behind my writing desk. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/3/06/tell-our-stories monthly 0.5 2024-03-25 https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/3/5/socks-of-myself monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/b2db2678-433d-45ba-8312-15fc3df1932a/Be+Awesome+Today+Socks.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Socks of Myself - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/6ab80427-7c90-4ee5-a62c-43c964442c51/Leaves+of+Grass+first+edition+reprint+in+leaves+of+grass.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Socks of Myself - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1709649572013-9VCSUPNU5Z74FJP3GS00/Be%2BAwesome%2BToday%2BSocks%2Bwith%2BLoafers.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Socks of Myself - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d8cf2b62-ed56-4dd3-b6e9-f925df166e91/Mary+Dezember+reading+Leaves+of+Grass+while+sitting+on+leaves+of+grass.tree.house.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Socks of Myself - Make it stand out Mary Dezember finding inspiration in Leaves of Grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/7d364d72-4016-4d3d-ae38-e526d41cccc4/Mary+Dezember+reading+Leaves+of+Grass+while+wearing+inspirational+socks.path.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Socks of Myself - Make it stand out Mary Dezember immersed in Leaves of Grass while sitting on leaves of grass. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/3/4/face-off-a-poem monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1709052354520-N15YYS6A0DXKDVN2BIAX/Flower+woman+profile+facing+up+drawing.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Face-Off: A Poem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ce17eca4-7fb8-46d3-81f9-079bcdfffd0f/Woman.profile.outline.butterfly.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Face-Off: A Poem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/dde0c529-f26a-4dc0-8885-64a9836a17fc/Gratitude+Woman+And+Flowers+Instagram+Post.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Face-Off: A Poem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/2/26/slow-ascension-a-poem-for-the-coming-of-spring monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1708997774512-1COXNTTA38FYASMF1JKG/Ice+on+grass+in+sunlight.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Slow Ascension: A Poem for the Coming of Spring - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/2/26/indulge-in-love-honor-respect monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/00ee508e-5d9e-4427-ac1f-e3ed3f9d4080/1.FiveStarReview+TB300.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Indulge in Love—Honor & Respect—Accolades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/cedcb476-5425-4013-bd5b-904a48807306/FQ_Finalist.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Indulge in Love—Honor & Respect—Accolades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/5ff23214-8b55-44e8-af5d-fec3f3de8361/page+one+of+Wild+Conviction.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Indulge in Love—Honor & Respect—Accolades - Page 1 of Wild Conviction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/72e50b78-5964-4050-9f2b-d55944c8691c/Indulge+In+Love+Earth+Marked+Like+You+by+Dezember.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Indulge in Love—Honor & Respect—Accolades - Praise for Earth-Marked Like You (from the endorsements inside the book)": “…enormous in scope, technical skill and experiment, and surprise. An enormous achievement. Poems like ‘Skin Traveler’ are sudden master poems that surprise and please: ‘Your body is a map of everywhere I want to go./Yet I can see none of these places are on earth./With you, I become otherworldly,/a skin traveler. . .’ …Above all her precinct is love. With the variety of Sappho’s solitudes, sensualities, and ironic humor, she gives us her galaxies and moon, in movement like everything on earth, before her observing and transforming eye. Read her and be transformed.” — Willis Barnstone, author of Life Watch and The Restored New Testament https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/fdb166d0-f2f8-4916-a324-32e73033150f/Love+poetry+rose+and+poetry+book.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Indulge in Love—Honor & Respect—Accolades - Make it stand out “Mary Dezember’s poems evoke a soul-searching reminiscent of that experienced when reading John Berryman or Walt Whitman, as she puts her private wants in public view. While many poets shy away from the word ‘soul,’ Dezember uses this word in almost every poem in Earth-Marked Like You. Dezember’s work and artistry are defined by her search for soul and her use of poems to speak on her soul’s behalf. The result is edgy, raw, and sensual . . .Despite her losses, Dezember remains an optimist, testing her theory about the existence of soul-love again and again. Earth-Marked Like You is Dezember’s manifesto—that we are all connected beyond our fleshy restraints.” — Alice Osborn, critic, from the review in The Pedestal Magazine https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/2/11/one-grain-at-a-time monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1707660683330-FGEP4TQ12TXVEJQI74OQ/One+grain+at+a+time+hourglass.Mary+Dezember.png Musings from the Divine Studio - One grain at a time. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2024/1/10/how-to-find-free-or-low-cost-books monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/c635d45c-69f6-4ce3-959b-d48b2cd1d226/Woman+with+celebratory+book+free+low+cost+books.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - How to Find Free or Low-Cost Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f09517aa-f9e2-4c98-9b82-2bafbd991f25/DEZEMBER-Book-Club-Fiction-1200x1200-January-24.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - How to Find Free or Low-Cost Books Wild Conviction is an excellent choice for book clubs or for time for yourself. Travel to the past to live as a champion for equality today. As the contest information states, you could win an e-reader and more than 40 novels. You can sign up for this giveaway contest here: https://www.booksweeps.com/giveaway/jan24-book-club-fiction/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/03606f8b-17a2-46e9-af3d-58d8f962b042/DEZEMBER-AZBB-Inspirational-Fiction-%26-Nonfiction-January-24.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - How to Find Free or Low-Cost Books - Make it stand out Many of the characters of Wild Conviction are courageous and inspiring. While there are difficult scenes, I wrote it to be inspirational, and readers are telling me that it is. For this contest, those who enter can choose to follow the authors on either Amazon or BookBub. I am asking to be followed on Amazon, and I hope you do. As the contest information states, you could win an e-reader and more than 20 books, both fiction and nonfiction. You can sign up for this giveaway contest here: https://www.booksweeps.com/giveaway/jan24-inspirational-fiction-non-fiction/ https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/12/5/16-great-gifts monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/61b19f71-5724-46bd-9581-9a5e910bd3d6/16+Great+Gifts+for+History+Buffs+carpetbag+clutch.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - 16 Great Gift Ideas for History Buffs: Vintage-Style Gifts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/017b3709-c4ba-48b1-9166-d61b3bd8c7fb/Gifts.sealed+letter+copy.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - 16 Great Gift Ideas for History Buffs: Vintage-Style Gifts - Make it stand out Pictured are the various gifts that correlate to scenes in my novel Wild Conviction, set in antebellum America. Photo by Mary Dezember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591581378315-15VX3EV077AGZE37JEGE/carpet.bag.black.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - 16 Great Gift Ideas for History Buffs: Vintage-Style Gifts - Make it stand out The small clutch I bought also comes in black. Pictured here with lovely gifts tucked inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592056339175-B4T9A0NKGGOWEQTGHDRI/real.wallet.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - 16 Great Gift Ideas for History Buffs: Vintage-Style Gifts - Make it stand out Actual 19th century man’s wallet that I own. Part of my collection. Photo by Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592056262533-OTQ1WSHKWJDTEIEORCF5/wallet.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - 16 Great Gift Ideas for History Buffs: Vintage-Style Gifts - Make it stand out Mid-1800s vintage-style wallet I made for gifts: I used a bifold wallet and crafted the belt tether from 5MM faux suede. Photo by Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1693233737876-VHWEDJVGFFJW2G87KVEH/wallet.open.vertical.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - 16 Great Gift Ideas for History Buffs: Vintage-Style Gifts - Make it stand out Vintage-style wallet filled with gifts that relate to my novel Wild Conviction, set in 1858 to 1861, Photo by Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/4abcb643-3c38-4715-a214-9cf7a55153c6/Gift+box+with+novel+Wild+Conviction+and+gifts.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - 16 Great Gift Ideas for History Buffs: Vintage-Style Gifts - A Gift Box with the novel and other gifts that are part of the story of Wild Conviction Photo by Mary Dezember https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/11/22/the-giving-thanks-key monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/0f1e2a8c-e9df-4fd1-8261-108bbd79ff48/Giving+Thanks+Key.Gratitude+Key.Mary+Dezember.png Musings from the Divine Studio - The Giving Thanks Key - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/6a5e4e90-6304-4e08-a621-dcf596e47fb9/Lemon.Pucker.Up.scone.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Giving Thanks Key - Make it stand out Thank you for my tasty hot coffee with amazing, yummy gluten-free scone made by my friend Alicia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1608580899292-2QS6B0GUJWSXSNQVUOPL/Sam.igniting.eyes.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Giving Thanks Key - Make it stand out Thank you for my dear buddy Sam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d40fa2d0-42e2-4d4f-b12e-fb338d5b5397/Leaves+of+Grass+first+edition+reprint+cover.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Giving Thanks Key - From Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass: “I am satisfied . . . . I see, dance, laugh, sing; As God comes a loving bedfellow and sleeps at my side all night and close on the peep of day, And leaves for me baskets covered with white towels bulging the house with their plenty . . . (Lines 51 - 53, 1855 first edition. Pictured here is the Barnes & Noble, Inc. edition.) https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/11/14/what-if-you-knew-two-magic-words monthly 0.5 2023-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ef1c760c-d51e-4ca1-a8c7-9b0770bef71a/path.woods.NM.by.Mary+Dezember.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/94bb0c24-063a-478d-ae35-b0fc9dcc64a7/IMG_2471.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1596453252043-EZBH3QOWXGYGZI21PEXK/letter.seal.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/819afac0-f474-4e34-846f-fcc898e71117/square.cover.book.stars.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1585071449916-8MT9K2SN4EYCYAUYYN4O/by.the.full.moon.dezember.photo.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1e124fa5-2ce4-4141-acf6-32972d71b144/IMG_9940.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/b7a6e685-907e-4302-89ca-dc072d1c0b23/Book.blanket.hot+chocolate.Wild+Conviction+novel+ebook.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/72d6c2de-fb25-4dc6-ad41-41c5d9dd2f24/Wild+Conviction+%281%29.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/946fb1a5-931c-4a97-aad6-8740a5bcb668/Mockup+%281%29+copy.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/c44099f2-640a-4e97-9595-d9841f6545c8/5+Star+Review+Stars.png Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d2b90cab-5ef1-44d4-8b0d-e0bc7a8b3ab5/WC.first.chapter.logo.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What If You Knew Two Magic Words? - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, Ph.D., creates stories about possibilities—inspiring champions to find their magic and create a new and better day. She believes it helps to make life magical, even if that means simply cuddling a cat, donning a tiara, talking with a unicorn, channeling the muse, or reading a good book. She lives in the Land of Enchantment. A lover of the beauty and power of language, she states: “We spell words and, arranged well, words can put a spell on us.” She is seen here with her novel, Wild Conviction: Sixteen is Power, (Brilliant Moon Press), a richly historical, coming-of-age, socially conscious, epic adventure with touches of magic and love. It examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the rite of passage to identity, including the hero’s emotional and intellectual quest. Her publications also include several non-fiction essays and articles, fiction, and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature with an emphasis in Comparative Arts from Indiana University. In addition to being an author of novels, she is a poet, Professor Emeritus of English at New Mexico Tech (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology), and a scholar of the arts, literature, and writing. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/8/28/customer-reviews-of-books-are-so-important-here-are-some-guidelines monthly 0.5 2023-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/beddf4c3-aad5-437b-8713-48adac771b6f/Screenshot.Dee.review.2023-08-15+at+8.38.57+AM.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Customer Reviews of Books are So Important. Here are some guidelines. . . - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/37ce8654-1180-436f-a362-fbc5822c8cb4/Author.Mary.Feb.2022+.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Customer Reviews of Books are So Important. Here are some guidelines. . . - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, Ph.D., creates stories about possibilities—inspiring champions to find their magic and create a new and better day. She believes it helps to make life magical, even if that means simply cuddling a cat, donning a tiara, talking with a unicorn, channeling the muse, or reading a good book. She lives in the Land of Enchantment. Mary is seen here making her life magical by donning a tiara. A lover of the beauty and power of language, she states: “We spell words and, arranged well, words can put a spell on us.” Her novel, Wild Conviction: Sixteen is Power, (Brilliant Moon Press), is a richly historical, coming-of-age, socially conscious, epic adventure with touches of magic and love. It examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the rite of passage to identity, including the hero’s emotional and intellectual quest. Her publications also include several non-fiction essays and articles, fiction, and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. She holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature with an emphasis in Comparative Arts from Indiana University. In addition to being an author of novels, she is a poet, Professor Emeritus of English at New Mexico Tech (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology), and a scholar of the arts, literature, and writing. “Mary Dezember has created a tour de force featuring a strong young woman who displays integrity, independence, empathy, and a commitment to equality— a necessary role model for today’s world and any other.” —T. A. Niles, from T. A.’s Poetic Expressions-Plus [about Mary’s novel Wild Conviction] https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/8/28/historical-literary-figures-in-wild-conviction-contest monthly 0.5 2023-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a5bfd5e0-0858-431c-9286-caa028cff4d1/Screenshot+2023-08-28+at+8.48.42+AM+copy.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Historical Literary Figures in WILD CONVICTION Contest! - Make it stand out Screenshot above taken today, August 28, 2023. Since its release, WILD CONVICTION has often been #1 New Release or Top New Release in one or all of its categories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/5eafdcd7-db10-4029-8859-e2dddc4fbc47/Me.June.2023.by.Janet.Morrison+copy.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Historical Literary Figures in WILD CONVICTION Contest! - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. She is seen here loving her life as a poet and author. Her novel Wild Conviction (Brilliant Moon Press) was recently published. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles, fiction, and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She aspires to inspire champions to create a new and better day. Photo by Janet Morrison. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/8/15/wild-conviction-reading-amp-release-celebration monthly 0.5 2023-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/17bc958e-5a3a-47ec-bfc8-52f33b0a3b60/%231.V%26V.Screenshot+2023-08-15+at+11.00.37+AM+copy.png Musings from the Divine Studio - WILD CONVICTION Reading & Release Celebration! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/72d6c2de-fb25-4dc6-ad41-41c5d9dd2f24/Wild+Conviction+%281%29.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - WILD CONVICTION Reading & Release Celebration! - Make it stand out Read about Spirit and Twilight in WILD CONVICTION. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/beddf4c3-aad5-437b-8713-48adac771b6f/Screenshot.Dee.review.2023-08-15+at+8.38.57+AM.png Musings from the Divine Studio - WILD CONVICTION Reading & Release Celebration! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/c048c464-4ab4-4781-859f-7a615ce41d96/BookBrushImage21743+copy.png Musings from the Divine Studio - WILD CONVICTION Reading & Release Celebration! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a885da43-a152-4755-8412-16a83c94495d/WC.cover.3D.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - WILD CONVICTION Reading & Release Celebration! - Make it stand out WILD CONVICTION (Brilliant Moon Press) is available as an ebook, paperback, and hardcover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f5066fc1-a114-4690-9424-9bcbfca04248/Me.WC.outside.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - WILD CONVICTION Reading & Release Celebration! - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. She is seen here with a copy of her recently-released novel Wild Conviction (Brilliant Moon Press) on the campus of her alma mater. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles, fiction, and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She aspires to inspire champions to create a new and better day.. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/4/13/light-magic-amp-april-in-france monthly 0.5 2023-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1681404135578-VEZRBALOCIEICBJP2RZY/Giverny.sunlight.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Sun has come out of hiding from gloom, night and from its own blinding face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1681404460901-A3PU43GZDGW2GSAFODAP/Giverny.boats.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Boats, tree, bamboo rest in nature’s magic mirror: they live their beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1681404247574-XAF3WF9QG3OS50A3XD7Z/Giverny.fairyland.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Any moment now Fairies will appear, laughing: They, too, love the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1681404380965-8TANDNWU7S8U5JBZZRQV/Giverny.sparkles.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Sparkles dance on stream celebrating secrets with magical willows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/951b98a7-4619-46b6-abec-692f44086984/Giverny.willows.sunlight.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - These willows are not weeping; they are sun catchers at nature’s window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/5b976493-4d03-4c1e-a0d5-4a4351a59008/Giverny.happy.duck.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Happy duck quacks a rippling tune of lily pads, swimming jauntily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/86dd28ed-817c-4e73-ba78-d89e48b10757/Giverny.gnome.tree.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Gnome Home. Knock, knock, guys! Are you there? Are you sleeping away this glorious day? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/950a5d40-e94f-4150-a270-78f0a62dc0e7/Daughters.bridge.Giverny.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Light creates surprise and doubles beauty — daughters, Monet’s bridge times two! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/b028de1b-9e14-403a-9b71-c75049e71025/Giverny.Garden.Beauty.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - Every petal, leaf and stone sing new, shimmering light songs. Path leads on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/54919dce-3cb9-4206-9955-0a6915e31d32/me.Sacre.Coeur.4.23.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Light, Magic & April in France - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, seen here taking a selfie in front of Sacré-Coeur Basilica on Montmartre in Paris, France in April 2023, is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her novel, Wild Conviction (Brilliant Moon Press) is in the works to be published. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She aspires to inspire champions to create a new and better day. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2023/1/1/happy-2023-a-key-to-unlock-prosperity monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1672605854129-1LG5PX0EPVFTQ62U7G9C/key.7.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Happy 2023: A Key to Unlock Prosperity - Make it stand out I choose the Acceptance key, seen here on a beautiful scarf (scarf 1) from a friend. The words are part of the scarf. A very special gift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1672605715093-CPAJPYLE2X7EVIKMT1V6/key.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Happy 2023: A Key to Unlock Prosperity - Make it stand out My Acceptance key on a beautiful scarf (scarf 2) from another dear friend. Another special gift. This scarf with the key looks prosperous to me. This is my visionary image for unlocking each day with wonder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1672605960369-5WCWAE0YK9FDB9HVE1TC/key.6.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Happy 2023: A Key to Unlock Prosperity - Make it stand out My Acceptance key on a beautiful scarf (scarf 1) from a friend. So cool that the words are part of the scarf. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/11/30/cover-reveal-wild-conviction monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1669304995139-56YPM072IC8W4NTGMY4M/Wild+Conviction+%281%29.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Cover Reveal! Wild Conviction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/946fb1a5-931c-4a97-aad6-8740a5bcb668/Mockup+%281%29+copy.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Cover Reveal! Wild Conviction - Make it stand out The above photo of the physical book is a mock-up; the actual print book will be thicker, with spine design differing than what is shown. Photo and mock-up above provided by nirbheek. Below is also a mock-up. (Created by me using Book Brush) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/7f695c07-9581-4b20-b283-d854580485d9/WC.cover.3D.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Cover Reveal! Wild Conviction - Wild Conviction will be published early 2023. Sign up below for my newsletter to get updates. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/10/14/dance-a-short-story-by-mary-dezember monthly 0.5 2023-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1665765683293-L93BJO1ZWJML91EAWPFK/shoes+close+up.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Dance, a short story by Mary Dezember - Make it stand out Empty Dancing Shoes, Photo by Mary Dezember. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/7/26/silence-to-page-to-stage-with-poet-don-mciver monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1e0ef294-1a78-4b3e-85f7-57345bf51128/Don.McIver.Thirsty.Ear.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Silence to Page to Stage with Poet & Performer Don McIver - Make it stand out Don McIver on stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/80b0e783-b6c2-4e9b-bdeb-89c6a903794f/Dons.book.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Silence to Page to Stage with Poet & Performer Don McIver - My copy of Don’s second book of poetry, The Blank Page, on a blank page, cool pen poised, ready for me to write. Photo by Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/7cfe36f0-6066-42d2-9385-85894d670ae1/DonShotOaklandA.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Silence to Page to Stage with Poet & Performer Don McIver - About Don McIver Basic Human Needs Award winning poet, Don McIver is a six time member of the ABQ slam team as a poet and a coach, a host/producer of KUNM’s Afternoon Freeform, the author of The Noisy Pen and The Blank Page, and an editor of A Bigger Boat: The Unlikely Success of the Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene. He’s performed all over the United States, produced, curated, and hosted poetry events big and small including the 2005 National Poetry Slam and presently curates poets for Ensemble New Mexico’s “Sunday-Chatter” weekly event. He’s been published in numerous magazines and anthologies including Harwood Anthology, Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Poems by Teens and their Mentors, Earthships: A New Mecca Poetry Anthology, Poems from the Big Muddy: NPS 2004, Looking Back to Place, How to....Multiple Perspectives on Creating a Garden, a Life, Relationships and Community and Fixed and Free Poetry Anthology Volumes 1 & 3. He's presented at college conferences on Spoken Word and performed at the 2007 & 2020 Colorado Performance Poetry Festival among others. He's a teacher by trade at Central New Mexico Community College, where he also manages the tutoring center. Bio provided by Don McIver Photo courtesy of Don McIver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1646693455528-ESKDROLVP824KD87H7OI/Me.Closing.John.Barney.2.6.22.from.Denise.Crouse.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Silence to Page to Stage with Poet & Performer Don McIver - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, seen here on stage at Thirsty Eye Brewing Company, a venue where Don McIver hosts the Thirsty Ear poetry series, loves the performative aspect of sharing poetry with others and the musicality of lyrical poetry. Mary is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her novel, Wild Conviction, a winner of the Inkshares 2020 All-Genre Manuscript Contest, is in the works to be published. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She aspires to inspire champions to create a new and better day. Photo by Denise Crouse https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/5/31/poetrys-powerful-possibilities-with-billy-brown monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1654041083026-GHBR5VE7XSN1NE84C1T5/Fixed.Free.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - “Poetry’s Powerful Possibilities” with Billy Brown - Make it stand out Mary Dezember’s collection of the four annual Fixed and Free Poetry Anthologies, edited and published by Billy Brown. Photo by Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/8e1ffd86-ee60-4484-ac31-4a6769e47855/Bike.Fixed.Free.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - “Poetry’s Powerful Possibilities” with Billy Brown - Make it stand out Four Fixed and Free Poetry Anthologies, annuals. Photo by Mary Dezember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/8c3d04e1-42a3-4c2b-8350-5f5e76a5339c/Dezember.bike.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - “Poetry’s Powerful Possibilities” with Billy Brown - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, seen here ready to ride away with her Fixed and Free Poetry Anthologies, loves the performative aspect of sharing poetry with others and the musicality of lyrical poetry. Mary is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her novel, Wild Conviction, a winner of the Inkshares 2020 All-Genre Manuscript Contest, is in the works to be published. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She aspires to inspire champions to create a new and better day. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/4/25/sublime-musicality-originality-amp-insight-with-poet-hiram-larew-amp-narrator-t-a-niles monthly 0.5 2022-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1650918284653-D6MP6C2QYN8B9035IVCB/Front+cover+-+Mud+Ajar.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Sublime Musicality, Originality & Insight with Poet Hiram Larew & Narrator T. A. Niles - Make it stand out Mud Ajar, published in 2021 by Atmosphere Press, is Hiram Larew’s fifth poetry collection. Print and audio versions are available at several booksellers. Click below for information: Mud Ajar — Hiram Larew Poetry Dedicated to “West Virginia,” the Mud Ajar poems were largely written, as the books webpage states, “…as outdoor rambles during the 2020-21 pandemic. Others look back over a shoulder at what seems long ago. And some are simply puddles of ponder. But above and beyond all of that, with eyes that love sound and hearts that gleam, Larew's Mud Ajar is an opening that's not meant to end.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1650918206284-JTNOY7GCLNAI0Q1IQJQK/Hiram.Drawing+May+2016.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Sublime Musicality, Originality & Insight with Poet Hiram Larew & Narrator T. A. Niles - Make it stand out Poet Hiram Larew. Illustration of Hiram Larew by Donna Luhrs. Courtesy of Hiram Larew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1649280796068-H6NZKZU68T8WJOU0IAZ9/TA.Niles.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Sublime Musicality, Originality & Insight with Poet Hiram Larew & Narrator T. A. Niles - Make it stand out Narrator & Producer T. A. Niles. Photo courtesy Hiram Larew. You can find out more about T. A. on the website here: https://my.findawayvoices.com/narrator/taniles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a3d8d1b9-6120-4c1b-a485-e40cf16d2b21/Mary.practicing.2.6.22.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Sublime Musicality, Originality & Insight with Poet Hiram Larew & Narrator T. A. Niles - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, seen here rehearsing her poetry, loves the performative aspect of sharing poetry with others and the musicality of lyrical poetry. Mary is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her novel, Wild Conviction, a winner of the Inkshares 2020 All-Genre Manuscript Contest, is in the works to be published. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She aspires to inspire champions to create a new and better day. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/4/10/threatened-the-tradition-of-old-town-albuquerques-mural-art monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/750b65ec-2d87-44bc-b93e-d3d6d6f0c38e/IMG_5830.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Mural welcoming all to Old Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1649634672862-AK5M8FXKGSALP97RT2DJ/Jodie.Mural.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Artist Jodie Herrera and her mural, New Mexico Resilience, in Plaza Don Luis, Old Town Albuquerque, painted on a non-historical building, one only a few decades old. The Landmarks Commission is targeting New Mexico Resilience and a mural by Reyes Padilla for destruction. Jodie Herrera writes in her Instagram post of February 16, 2022, the following: “I created this mural this past year in August for Plaza Don Luis located in old town Albuquerque. It was a true honor to represent our community and culture through this piece of work. The mural represents the resilience and beauty of the new Mexican people, like Cacti we Thrive despite difficult circumstances and we do it beautifully. The flower in full bloom also Represents the knowledge of the ancestors and the buds are Future generations to come. It honors the past and the present, a fitting sentiment for Old Town. The triangle pattern honors the masculine and the feminine or duality in general. Thank you @lapisroom and @pdlabq for the opportunity and lovely experience! THIS MURAL IS IN DANGER OF BEING REMOVED!!!” Photo credit: Cameron Crow. Photo provided by Jodie Herrera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/5c7b3e2d-1076-46b9-a07a-732e0dd6b408/Reyes.painging.mural.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Artist Reyes Padilla painting his mural, Lyrical Landscape, in Plaza Don Luis, Old Town Albuquerque, on a non-historical building, one only a few decades old. The Landmarks Commission is targeting Lyrical Landscape and the mural New Mexico Resilience by Jodie Herrera for destruction. Reyes Padilla writes about the murals on an Instagram post of February 16, 2022, the following: “It means the world to see the community rally behind these works and fight to keep them. This generation IS part of history - a living history that continually moves forward if it is to survive!!” Photo Credit: Laura Houghton. Photo provided by Reyes Padilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/750b65ec-2d87-44bc-b93e-d3d6d6f0c38e/IMG_5830.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1649636130358-WINLHMVTZCOZXD6Q0EM9/IMG_5834.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1650122149229-LOMDTN715DCPRHNTT53Y/IMG_6174.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1650122059356-38GDWZAVKACDSLO4GFD1/IMG_6180.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! 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The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1650122480511-6YHRUMT4DO4BCCJYAM9G/IMG_6172.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/eecfe4a2-6907-4b42-a2c6-a29a08535daf/IMG_5905.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out The Pathway (1992-1993) by Albuquerque artist Beverley Magennis, with Robert Stout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/750b65ec-2d87-44bc-b93e-d3d6d6f0c38e/IMG_5830.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Based on the quote from Naji in the KRQE article, this mural art that welcomes everyone to Old Town would need to be destroyed as well as most of the murals currently in Old Town. This cannot happen. None of the existing mural art, including the art in Plaza Don Luis, should be destroyed. All existing art in Old Town must be designated as protected art. Future mural art must be have guidelines that include arts and culture professionals on the Landmarks Commission with opportunities for public comment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/6e17828d-1a4c-4369-84d2-44f7c75f2052/1907+article+about+murals.Jodie.H.Special.Collection.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Source of above newspaper clipping: Albuquerque Special Collections Public Library; provided by Jodie Herrera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/eed1f64b-f274-4217-ad64-8163345eebe7/OldTownDevelopmentStandards.Guidelines.page2.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Source: https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/UDD/UDD-OldTownDevelopmentGuidelines-May2018.pdf. Page 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ee6797e6-bdc7-4185-b85b-6dfd17b0fc9b/HistoricOldTownDevelopmentStandards.Guidelines.page3.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Source: https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/UDD/UDD-OldTownDevelopmentGuidelines-May2018.pdf. Page 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/698452d8-4bf4-4470-acfe-e2695a0903dc/Plaza.Don.Luis.from.Main.Plaza.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out The view of Don Luis Plaza from the Main Plaza. The murals are not visible. Photo added to this post on April 27, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/9702811c-8192-4af7-a947-3472924bbcbf/Plaza.Don.Luis.front.on.Romero.St.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out View from the front of Don Luis Plaza from Romero Street, several feet from the Main Plaza. New Mexico Resilience mural is barely visible. Lyrical Landscape mural is not visible. Photo added to this post on April 27, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d35fd033-a2fc-4b4e-bd9f-81862279b839/Reyes.Padilla.from.website.Roberto.Rosales.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Artist Reyes Padilla. Photo credit: Roberto Rosales About Reyes: Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Reyes Padilla currently lives and works in Albuquerque. His paintings, murals, and site-specific installations have sold to a variety of collectors and museums, including the State of New Mexico, The City Of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and The Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum. Padilla's installation titled, ¡Mira, Look!, was purchased for the permanent collection of Explora Science Center and Museum in Albuquerque in 2016. He has been awarded a fellowship with SOMOS ABQ. In 2019 he received the Distinguished Alumni Of the Year award from Central New Mexico Community College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/5c7b3e2d-1076-46b9-a07a-732e0dd6b408/Reyes.painging.mural.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Padilla’s mural, entitled Lyrical Landscape, is inspired by “the colors and sounds of New Mexico,” states the Southwest Contemporary article of February 4, 2022, entitled “ABQ Small Businesses Fight Commission’s Decision to Remove Murals.” https://southwestcontemporary.com/abq-small-businesses-fight-commissions-decision-to-remove-murals/ Padilla’s mural, entitled Lyrical Landscape (2021) is inspired by “the colors and sounds of New Mexico,” states the Southwest Contemporary article of February 4, 2022, entitled “ABQ Small Businesses Fight Commission’s Decision to Remove Murals.” Photo credit: Laura Houghton. https://southwestcontemporary.com/abq-small-businesses-fight-commissions-decision-to-remove-murals/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1649634672862-AK5M8FXKGSALP97RT2DJ/Jodie.Mural.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Artist Jodie Herrera and her mural, entitled New Mexico Resilience (2021), in Plaza Don Luis, Old Town Albuquerque, painted on a building only a few decades old. Photo credit: Cameron Crow. Photo provided by Jodie Herrera. Herrera’s website states: Jodie Herrera is a Northern New Mexican painter with Latina, Apache and Comanche ancestry. She has been an artist her whole life and started formally painting in 2011. Herrera received her BFA with honors from the University of New Mexico and currently resides in Albuquerque, where she works as a full time Artist and Curator. Source: https://jodieherrera.com/about.html https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1ebeab63-d8b4-458a-9d3b-4f15608e0876/IMG_5911.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Two reproductions of Confederate cannons that had been buried near Old Town flank the front of Old Town Plaza, weapons greeting visitors and residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/404b7cb8-cd25-487f-94ed-430b6afbba73/IMG_5849.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/b916b2ab-1e44-4dbd-96be-9e97e77de6a1/books.close.up.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/cac91a98-8795-4472-ac1c-15492eaac740/books.mural.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - Make it stand out Enjoying my additional research on murals and art in Albuquerque, historical to contemporary, from books from the Albuquerque Public Library, with a latte and next to a stunning interior mural in a coffee shop in my neighborhood—Old Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1617070973935-4B3FB6PIRXJ4NXX6D6UV/IMG_0042.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Threatened! The Tradition of Old Town Albuquerque’s Murals - About the Blog Author: Wings of Art Mary Dezember, PhD, believes all of the current mural art in her neighborhood of Old Town Albuquerque must stay and be protected. Seen here in 2021 enjoying what she calls the wings of art, fixed on a building in Old Town, Mary believes this art is a type of mural art and must be protected. Mary is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) from August 2000 to May 2021. At New Mexico Tech, she also served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her novel, Wild Conviction, a winner of the Inkshares 2020 All-Genre Manuscript Contest, is in the works to be published. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She strives to inspire champions to create a new and better day. Photo credit: Tobias Pino https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/4/3/what-if-as-children-debussy-and-rimbaud-spoke-its-possiblethen-after-that-day monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d0612bc6-d53b-4ab2-9375-f937653c8f96/front.door.walkway.cu.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What if, as children, Debussy and Rimbaud spoke? It’s possible…then, After That Day…. - Make it stand out The former home of Debussy’s piano teacher, who was Paul Verlaine’s mother-in-law, where Rimbaud was a guest and Debussy took piano lessons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a41958ab-f339-40e6-a231-c6c31da00896/front.door.walkway.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What if, as children, Debussy and Rimbaud spoke? It’s possible…then, After That Day…. - Make it stand out The stone path in front of the home, where Rimbaud reportedly lay on his back to view the sky. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/3/24/swept-away-into-the-poetic-musical-cosmos-with-bb-la-la monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/74966dc8-39db-4fc4-8cda-fffa45734b9d/High+Wire+CD.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Swept Away! Into the Poetic Musical Cosmos with Bébé La La! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1646698463479-4AH0889Y1WDKNI0HMVMT/BebeLaLablwhPlaying.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Swept Away! Into the Poetic Musical Cosmos with Bébé La La! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1646697944104-P1PED1FS416GPVFV6CYG/Bebegals1.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Swept Away! Into the Poetic Musical Cosmos with Bébé La La! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1641393084331-JWJ5YPT0M13BNMQ1AWBB/BebePhotoShoot%E2%80%93Adriana+Lopez+Jameson_5.28.17.+A+copy.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Swept Away! Into the Poetic Musical Cosmos with Bébé La La! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/fb8617f6-0246-495d-a400-512dcbefac07/Moon.Goddess.Mary.Feb.2022.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Swept Away! Into the Poetic Musical Cosmos with Bébé La La! - About the Author Mary Dezember, PhD, loves being swept away into magical places and spaces, such as how she feels when hearing the sound of Bébé La La. Mary is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from August 2000 to May 2021. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her novel, Wild Conviction, a winner of the Inkshares 2020 All-Genre Manuscript Contest, is in the works to be published. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She strives to inspire champions to create a new and better day. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/2/23/ancestors-as-poetry-voices-given-breath-again-by-voices-of-woodlawn-poets-of-witness monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1645639704479-5Z1Z5O8XVN828SXPVW1V/royalty.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn - Make it stand out Royalty by Diane Wilbon Parks, courtesy of Diane Wilbon Parks More of Diane’s amazing art highlights the beginning and ending of the program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ae9e62be-d31b-44ff-8fbd-3ee743127626/Cliff+Bernier+and+his+harmonica++Nov+4+2019+Gleanardn.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn - Cliff’s harmonic riffs rise as segue for each poetry set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/7c75ce6c-bb65-4dcd-b531-7bc81aedfef1/Patrick+Washington.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/51d93b96-8d35-4369-ba76-9da404146492/Hiram+Larew2.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ff57794d-42e0-4a85-a27a-aee12b4c2a99/Diane+Wilbon+Parks++2018+%281%29.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/bf0380fe-3cb3-4c19-8473-0e99cb249cbe/Ladi+Di++April2021.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1645649345446-SNQZO7295MKQNDZGM2YR/VoicesofWoodlawn.flyer.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/ca5232e0-ce93-476c-b477-2eb88e6dff58/Voices%2Bof%2BWoodlawn%2BNov%2B23%2B2019.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn - Make it stand out Voices of Woodlawn in conversation. Photo courtesy Voices of Woodlawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a3d8d1b9-6120-4c1b-a485-e40cf16d2b21/Mary.practicing.2.6.22.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Ancestors as Poetry: Voices Given Breath Again by Voices of Woodlawn - About the Author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, arts scholar, arts advocate, and a lover of visual, verbal, musical art, and the beauty of language. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from August 2000 to May 2021. She enjoys performing her poetry and advocating the creativity of others. She is seen here practicing at home to perform her poetry and to MC the closing art, poetry and music event for the SCORE exhibition by Albuquerque artist John Barney, February 6, 2022. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. She is the founder and host of Creatives in Conversation. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her novel, Wild Conviction, a winner of the Inkshares 2020 All-Genre Manuscript Contest, is in the works to be published. Her writing examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the internal quest or rite of passage to identity. She strives to inspire champions to create a new and better day. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2022/1/19/spontaneity-captured-in-art-creativity-as-performance-with-artist-amp-poet-john-barney monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/dcfe8da4-f5fd-447e-b148-158373bfd7ab/Barney.paintings.Thirsty.Eye.Wall.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney - Make it stand out Four of the six paintings by John Barney at Thirsty Eye Gallery in the S C O R E exhibition. Photo courtesy of John Barney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/0d37688d-be95-4fb9-8839-70a32ed8cfba/Barney.LL2.Anicha.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/9e014f6c-01ae-49dd-8de4-80ff991a24a1/Barney.MasonJar1.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1641393818911-MLDF60M55EOYK7GLFGZU/John.Band.2.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney - Make it stand out Moving Line Ensemble performing at Thirsty Eye on December 12, 2021. Photo courtesy of John Barney and Bruce Warren Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/2e40cbb8-4446-48d3-8e34-6b2d6cc1bb99/John.Barney.mic.Score.opening.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1642619785738-QL7NZF51O1508BYEIY82/John.Barney.arms.wide.hiking.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney About John Barney Albuquerque based visual artist, poet and performance artist John Barney has shown and performed work in New York, Miami and San Francisco, including installations and readings featured at Burning Man, Austin International Poetry Festival, Bay Area Fringe Festival and the Johnson Art Museum. As part of his graduate studies in landscape architecture, he came out to New Mexico to work on projects at Zuni Pueblo and in Albuquerque. His work focuses on the dialectical relationships between the body and place, figure and void, movement and space. John has shown work at a variety of spaces, such as the Harwood Art Center, Magnifico, University of New Mexico and Third Street Arts. His work was recently featured in Santa Fe’s Trend Magazine. In addition, he has completed design commissions for a number of artistic residential gardens in Albuquerque, NM and Ithaca, NY. John currently daylights as the Leslie Knope of the Bernalillo County Parks & Open Space Department and teaches at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. He draws every day including almost every week at Chatter Sunday, where he is the artist in residence since 2016. See more about John, his art and performance here: https://www.facebook.com/johnbarney66 Photos Courtesy of John Barney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594913898224-0O6E4VH1SR35PF6L6FZ2/elaine%2Britchel%2Bart%2Btours.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney - Make it stand out Elaine Ritchel of Santa Fe Art Tours Photo credit: Sean Ritchel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/13c17d01-f264-4da5-9c14-c1e3089fefab/Art.Ninja.Thumbs.Up.Jan.2022.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Spontaneity Captured in Art with John Barney - Mary Dezember, PhD, also known as the Art Ninja (as dubbed by John Barney) is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, and a lover of visual, verbal and musical art. Mary is seen here giving the two thumbs up for John Barney’s Low Line #2 Anicha, shown at John’s S C O R E exhibition at Thirsty Eye in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from August 2000 to May 2021. She is a tour guide for Santa Fe Art Tours. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2021/9/19/exploring-where-visual-art-amp-poetry-come-from-with-denise-weaver-ross monthly 0.5 2021-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1632077055010-715WXVZ3A5O2JQMNUHMH/9_GardenoftheMusesMural_DWeaverRoss+copy.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Exploring Where Visual Art & Poetry Come From with Denise Weaver Ross - Make it stand out Garden of the Muses Mural by Denise Weaver Ross Located at The Source Forest, Albuquerque, NM Photo courtesy Denise Weaver Ross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1632076139513-G12JPAARBMFUEM5PZJBG/King+of+Hearts.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Exploring Where Visual Art & Poetry Come From with Denise Weaver Ross - Cerulean Blue Pain in the blues of hospital gowns, stripes on a newborn baby blanket. Pain codes blue with alarms, thunders with pairs of white sneakers down long corridors, shivers under navy hospital covers, waiting to hold a baby swollen— alien with countless wires and tubes. Pain turns lips from purple to indigo in a driveway waiting for sirens to grow louder than the thundering of my heart. Pain pulsates in blue fluorescent lights in the silence of an emergency room when the monitors have gone still. Pain is the cerulean blue of summer skies, high and hot above ashes in a rose garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1632080770479-2ECN67MP6EXJ00AF8EHO/Denise+books.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Exploring Where Visual Art & Poetry Come From with Denise Weaver Ross - The blog post review author’s Denise Weaver Ross collection: House of Cards: The Whole Deck (book of poetry and art) House of Cards for Sickle Cell Warriors (Tarot Card Deck) Letters to the Deceased & Other Missives: Poems Find out more about Denise’s art and publications at her website: deniseweaverross.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1632076543007-CZ0F5ABPB8J39YFERQUM/Denise.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Exploring Where Visual Art & Poetry Come From with Denise Weaver Ross - Make it stand out Poet, Artist, Muralist Denise Weaver Ross Photo provided by Denise Weaver Ross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1632079582608-EBKMM9IGZXQY8TBYNCTB/MarywithDeniseCards.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Exploring Where Visual Art & Poetry Come From with Denise Weaver Ross - Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet, an author of fiction and non-fiction, an educator, and a lover of visual, verbal and musical art. She is seen here enjoying the beautiful House of Cards by Denise Weaver Ross. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor Emeritus of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from August 2000 to May 2021. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2021/7/29/beholding-what-we-overlook-with-artist-amp-poet-marietta-patricia-leis monthly 0.5 2021-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627659674741-LZMFN6TMMWKX6L9TMI0F/Leis.Vapors.11.v15a.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Vapors 11 by Marietta Patricia Leis parafin wax/flax/gold leaf 4.5 in. x 5.25 in. x 4.25 in. Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/sculpture/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627587340120-79C5D0FQUPYS5XE1B83I/Leis.Land_Lines_cropped-927x1024.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Land Lines by Marietta Patricia Leis graphite acrylic/wood 43 in. x 34 in. x 5 in. Photo courtesy: https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/ice/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627588353497-NWJ1YMUGEPSDPZUXW3BU/LEIS_Reveal-6_2views-1024x585.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Make it stand out Above: Reveal 6 by Marietta Patricia Leis oil, wood, lucite, 13 in. in diameter, 5.5 in. in depth (front & side view) Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/shades/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627588251843-FFTZ4LK5RGT1T8LZ7NXJ/Leis.Eclipse_12-1024x1024.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Eclipse 12 by Marietta Patricia Leis Flashe, copper leaf, panel 6 in. diameter, 3 in. depth Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/shades/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627588753789-3P4HDCOIL926BXJJLGBR/Leis.Ascension-06-Cropped-1024x1024.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Make it stand out Above: Ascensions 6 by Marietta Patricia Leis oil/board 20 in. circle Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/shades/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627585803746-WTN9NJXCSYAOF1SOSC4A/Leis.Disturbances+in+the+Field+%28detail%29.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Make it stand out Above: Disturbances in the Field (detail) by Marietta Patricia Leis styrofoam/cardstock/oil/MDF Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/ice/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627590422450-TJPPGKGYDINRW2Q9R297/Leis.Traces4_leftside-819x1024.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Make it stand out Above: Traces 4 by Marietta Patricia Leis oil on Spruce wood, 17 in. x 14 in. x 16 in. Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/featured-work/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627590659598-F2WAL01H7AK1QR6C0M1V/Leis.Fissures1_2018WEB-1024x510.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Fissures 1 & 2 by Marietta Patricia Leis ink relief prints on paper 35 in. x 34 in. Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/greens/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627659366983-RXZBJRCMLTPI9I579SY1/Leis.Phoenix.Rising.ClientWorkWinter2020_712-1024x819.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Phoenix Rising 1 & 2 by Marietta Patricia Leis Mimosa wood, copper leaf, Flashe, approx. 13 in. x 10 in. x 7 in. each Photo coutesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/sculpture/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627589381385-2IQLOGWPZMHV46H8O05N/Leis.Breath_Cloud_bw_FLT_Wht-1024x844.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Make it stand out Above: Breath 1 by Marietta Patricia Leis archival ink print on Habotai silk, 30 in. by 41 in. Photo courtesy https://www.mariettaleis.com/portfolio/air/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627660147851-H0ZFJ851ELMB0DI31U7Y/IMG_2456.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Here I am, in my hammock, pausing from life’s busy-ness with Pausing: Reflections in Poem and Art by Marietta Patricia Leis. Marietta wrote the poetry of Pausing while she was Artist in Residence at the Morris Graves Foundation, The Lake, in Northern California. Pausing by Marietta Patirica Leis is available on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627660704469-3W9NZTEZX9D321QFP2U2/IMG_2471.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Here I am at home, pausing from life’s busy-ness to ponder the wonders on the website of artist and poet Marietta Patricia Leis. Marietta’s website is here: https://www.mariettaleis.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627585860852-OCI2IAX5PLHSFF5G4IMG/ML.Cubes.studio.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Make it stand out Artist Marietta Patricia Leis creating in her studio. Photo courtesy Marietta Patricia Leis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1627660532144-B5QXBNNFKD4VYE18JCEN/IMG_2427.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Beholding What We Overlook with Artist & Poet Marietta Patricia Leis - Blog author Mary Dezember seen here taking a moment to reflect on life’s wonders with Pausing by Marietta Patricia Leis. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2021/5/24/finding-hope-in-art-with-hope-cross monthly 0.5 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1621970011196-UDS2ZJMFJD1011U2TRWP/Hope.on.Land.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Finding Hope in Art with Hope Cross - Photographer Hope Cross exploring her new life and her lovely land in the mountains of Georgia, capturing the gorgeous scenes to share. Photographer Hope Cross “answering the call” by exploring her new life and her lovely land in the mountains of Georgia and by capturing with her camera the gorgeous scenes to share. Photo courtesy of Hope Cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1621970399217-XU4ETIM1MIUMEXLKVIEY/Hope.painting.view.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Finding Hope in Art with Hope Cross - One of Hope’s Earth Paintings. As she states in her description of her art, which you can read in its entirety near the end of this post: ” My painted birds are greater than life and not true to size as I paint them as I see their big personalities show up in their little bodies.” Photo Courtesy of Hope Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1621970869040-8BBB1KFAADMOQVTJJUOW/Hope.fiber.art.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Finding Hope in Art with Hope Cross - One of Hope’s Nature Weavings. As she states in her Artist Statement, which you can read in its entirely near the end of this post: “I use dried flowers and other bits of nature and a variety of natural fibers to create unique weavings. Also, being a painter, I often make weavings utilizing old paint brushes and palettes.” Photo Courtesy of Hope Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1621970759757-G0UZKD3IUIHG8A92UMKI/Hope.creating.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Finding Hope in Art with Hope Cross - Artist Hope Cross, creating in her studio. Photo of Hope Cross Courtesy of Hope Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1621897154937-SSF5JRD1APC47NP1IZR9/PXL_20210420_162243376-01.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Finding Hope in Art with Hope Cross - Make it stand out Photo of Hope Cross Courtesy of Hope Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1622148190453-5VSCDIFZUM9JPP0JM9RA/Hope.Marlow.Loom.View.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Finding Hope in Art with Hope Cross - Make it stand out Hope with Marlowe, creating in her divine studio in the mountains of Georgia. Photo credit: “Answering the Call from Mineral Bluff” blog post by Hope on her website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1621969107697-1F3TOIG4P4WGVINIISKS/Sean.Me.Steve.Hope.Marlow.Ozzy.2013.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Finding Hope in Art with Hope Cross - Make it stand out About Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She is also Steve Dezember’s aunt, lovingly-called Aunt MeMe. Aunt MeMe is seen here in 2013 visiting Steve and Hope at their Georgia home and holding a painting by Steve and Hope that she had just bought with great excitement! Also pictured are, to her left, Steve, Hope, Marlowe, Ozzy (foreground), and holding the painting with her, is her son Sean Ritchel. Mary earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Retired Professor of English, she taught Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from August 2000 to May 2021. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2021/2/24/quest-for-tears-with-author-sen-dwyer monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1614202698295-N057UOTJ94LPY786W14A/Dwyer+book+cover.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Quest for Tears with Author Seán Dwyer - A Quest for Tears: Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury (2019, Sidekick Press) by Seán Dwyer To order a signed copy: seandwyerauthor.com/quest Also available unsigned on: Amazon, here Barnes and Noble, here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1614203064307-OGIB3IE5WF3RVETWRTXP/Sean+Dwyer+author+pic.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Quest for Tears with Author Seán Dwyer - About Author Seán Dwyer About Seán Dwyer Seán Dwyer is an author of award-winning nonfiction and fiction, both novels and stories. He is also a professor of Spanish at Western Washington University and a songwriter. A publisher was waiting for his debut novel manuscript when, in a matter of seconds, Seán’s teaching and writing careers were put on hold. Rear-ended at 50 mph when he stopped at a crosswalk, Seán suffered two concussions in two seconds. His brain injury left him unable to read or write for nearly three years. He regained the ability to write as he produced a memoir of the accident and his recovery, A Quest for Tears: Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury (2019, Sidekick Press). You can find out more about Sean and his publications at his website: seandwyerauthor.com Author photo credit: seandwyerauthor.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1614220614916-ZNQHW1T1BFERK8OUL6RZ/Sean+teaching.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Quest for Tears with Author Seán Dwyer - Seán had to put his beloved career as a professor on hold for six months while he healed. Photo credit: seandwyerauthor.com/resume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1614220967019-UACS2Y76OVGW545E65NJ/Outdoor+office+2.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Quest for Tears with Author Seán Dwyer - Seán writing at his “outdoor office.” Photo credit: seandwyerauthor.com/resume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1614203690033-NIIA3YG8SS8RMHO4Y0X0/Mary.Dezember.October.2020.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Quest for Tears with Author Seán Dwyer - About the Blog Author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. While in graduate school, she was fortunate to meet Seán Dwyer, a literary critic for the Ryder Magazine who reviewed her poetry. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works toward publication. Shown in photo of November 2020. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2021/1/30/set-fire-to-fear-with-sean-ritch monthly 0.5 2021-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1612111360747-5IJVOFO09DMRB3GHQ8AP/Sean.microphone.pointing.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Set Fire to Fear with Sean Ritch! - Sean Ritch is an accomplished musician, with several songs and albums that an be found on iTunes and Bandcamp. Photo: Sean Ritch Courtesy Sean Ritch website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1612111455175-Z3AGKU4NKNCWRSH8XTVP/Sean.singing.mic.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Set Fire to Fear with Sean Ritch! - Sean Ritch’s songs are pure poetry that hold positive messages, helping listeners to feel good about who we are and about our lives: Click on the song titles below to read the lyrics and hear these songs from his digital album Perspective on Bandcamp: “Obvious” “Real Me” “Sunrise” Photo: Sean Ritch Courtesy Sean Ritch website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1612049718101-EDHDFY81BEAHTS2SVTLV/Sean.laughing.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Set Fire to Fear with Sean Ritch! Photo: Sean Ritch Courtesy Sean Ritch website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1612114552120-TWZ1UZJSGEYQ5LMG7K19/2%2B-%2B8Y2B5928%2Bcopy.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Set Fire to Fear with Sean Ritch! Sean Ritch igniting a full house to set fire to fear! Courtesy Sean Ritch website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1612114630438-DN02YAF80OLDUX1KMY38/1%2B-%2B8Y2B5923.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Set Fire to Fear with Sean Ritch! Sean Ritch captivating the audience with his super message and super performance. Courtesy Sean Ritch website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1612050812843-C0DOKBU7TFL1KDM0MVQP/IMG_3625.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Set Fire to Fear with Sean Ritch! - Sean Ritch and Mary Dezember, feeling triumphant, after hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon then back to the top. April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1612050911768-65LPDAIJCAX7VQE32HPQ/IMG_3629.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Set Fire to Fear with Sean Ritch! - Blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction, and is Sean Ritch’s mom. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works toward publication. Seen pictured with her son, Sean Ritch (Sean Ritchel), around the year 2000. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/11/13/unlocking-modern-mystery-with-poet-john-amen monthly 0.5 2020-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1605297809635-RHE7JURRB31SJLDK26BW/John_Amen_0224191465_edited.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Unlocking Modern Mystery with Poet John Amen Poet John Amen. Photo Credit: Chad Weeden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1605303721985-J6ZXJVV7J3IPH0VB9BIQ/IMG_9248.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Unlocking Modern Mystery with Poet John Amen - Blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works toward publication. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/10/18/creativity-with-edge-intensity-amp-heart-the-poetry-of-tim-staley monthly 0.5 2020-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1603046701070-TWPBNUP0ZOMUQ2CNRLRU/Most.Tim.Staley.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Creativity with Edge, Intensity & Heart: The Poetry of Tim Staley - Tim’s newest poetry chapbook, The Most Honest Syllable Is Shhh (Night Ballet Press). Click here: Available at these locations. Click here to read reviews of The Most Honest Syllable is Shhh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1603046761179-7YY5WQ5DD9E50M5AORNN/Tim.Staley.Lost.png Musings from the Divine Studio - Creativity with Edge, Intensity & Heart: The Poetry of Tim Staley - Tim’s debut poetry collection, Lost On My Own Street (Pski’s Porch Publishing). Click here: Available at these locations. Click here to read reviews of Lost on My Own Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1603046861506-PQ62DKPH6EUBG39FXZ4U/Tim.Staley.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Creativity with Edge, Intensity & Heart: The Poetry of Tim Staley - Poet Tim Staley founded Grandma Moses Press in 1992 and continues to serve as publisher. He lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico. His website is poetstaley.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1603047789460-YK2JTCORYPN9US7DJGEX/DSC01075%252B%2525281%252529.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Creativity with Edge, Intensity & Heart: The Poetry of Tim Staley - Blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Mary met poet Tim Staley, who was also editor of the journal Cacti Fur, at the Best Beat Poem Contest 2016 sponsored by Beatlick Press. Her poem “Still Howling and Endnote to Still Howling” won first place and was first published in Cacti Fur. Photo is at her Still Howling book launch in 2016 at No Land in Santa Fe, hosted by Strangers Collective. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/10/4/commanding-the-space-of-inner-peace-with-poet-deborah-turner monthly 0.5 2020-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1601849558415-W7JBPHWN1WOCTADNDA2H/SweatingItOut_DTurnerPic2_justMe.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Commanding the Space of Inner Peace with Poet Deborah Turner Author Photo by Stephanie Stefanik About Deborah Turner: Deborah Turner comes from a long line of tall woman. Her jock poetry emerges, in part, from how coaches quickly spotted and recruited her for basketball, rowing, softball, and track. She played the prior two in college, where she remained long enough to earn degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and a doctorate in information/library studies from the University of Washington. She also served as a Fulbright Fellow in Tampere, Finland. Although Turner has worked as a librarian, an educator, and a researcher, she now writes poetry and prose full-time in Philadelphia. Her early works appear in the Lavender Reader as well as in anthologies, including the Body Eclectic and Letters to My Sister. Additionally, she blog publishes on her website. Turner now lives with her family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. For more details, please visit her website at www.deborahturner.online. —from Sweating It Out media kit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1601850390750-UWUMRMALP4HQZKCYRXPT/bookCoverOnly.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Commanding the Space of Inner Peace with Poet Deborah Turner - Read more about Sweating It Out here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1601851469402-E1IPWQ24HILKAVOH7OYT/IMG_9255.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Commanding the Space of Inner Peace with Poet Deborah Turner - Blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works toward publication. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/8/30 monthly 0.5 2020-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1598821121263-3Y7SYVJ1Z35XU3RY3D04/Jacques.guitar.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Expressing Joy with Creativity & Jacques Dorier! - Musician singer song writer and mixed media artist Jacques Dorier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1598818292976-IH76UQ9QJG47I6TXUX1C/Beacon_20170322_0001+%282%29.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Expressing Joy with Creativity & Jacques Dorier! Sculpture by Jacques Dorier. Photo credit: George Post Jacques Dorier Art Gallery of Paper Sculptures and Wearable Art showcases his many talents. From creating Paper Sculpture Masterpieces to designing Wearable Art. Jacques Dorier Paper Sculptures combine figurative sculpting, resin casting, Washi paper manipulation techniques, fine acrylic painting and a fearless imagination! This unusual combination lends itself to the creation of intricate paper sculptures with rich textural qualities. — from Jacques Dorier website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1598818857561-4W24ALIICHF02Z5EXIFQ/funny+Jacques.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Expressing Joy with Creativity & Jacques Dorier! - Enjoy a fun evening of creative works and conversation with Jacques Dorier at Creatives in Conversation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1598819134312-0B7KE608L49CDAMG3O4Q/Jacques+in+hat.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Expressing Joy with Creativity & Jacques Dorier! Jacques Dorier bio from his website: Jacques Dorier, The Musician Jacques is a singer/songwriter who writes emotionally charged songs. His songs reflect the different emotions associated with love and relationships. He is also a storyteller who uses the song format to talk about fictitious and real characters. A concert with Jacques is like a roller coaster of music styles, mixing uplifting songs with more intimate and reflective ballads. His European upbringing is obvious in his melodic approach to song writing, while integrating harmonies and rhythm from the New World and adding a touch of folk and bluegrass rhythm. His passion for acoustic string instruments is obvious as he brings on stage various guitars, mandolins and Irish bouzoukis. Jacques Dorier, The Sculptor Jacques Dorier is also a sculptor. He studied the Japanese art of Washi Paper Dollmaking, also called Washi Ningyo with a Japanese Master. These dolls were entirely made of handmade papers. The foremost ambassador of Washi Ningyo is Mrs Kyoko Nakanishi in Japan. After completing his apprenticeship, Jacques started sculpting his own characters but still dressed in Washi papers with a technique that he developed to stiffen the folds and add more flow to the sculptures. The result is a paper sculpture that is solid as a rock and non crushable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1598819704829-Y6MLD4DP7175VNSVG6VR/IMG_2422.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Expressing Joy with Creativity & Jacques Dorier! - Blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works toward publication. As seen here, like Jacques Dorier, Mary donned a fun hat, adding a bit of whimsy to her joyful life of creativity. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/8/11/what-these-tree-pods-hold-gifts-creativity-amp-the-art-of-erin-louise-gould monthly 0.5 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597260865131-EQXQKZ8473JJWFEDOVWR/5+-+Erin+Louise+Gould%2C+all+that+I+have%2C+Installation+Photo%2C+I+Long+to+Be+Arboreal.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - “When I look at the cache of seeds I have gathered, the mass of the pile seems unbelievable. I collected each of these seeds with these fingers. I lost count of them months and months ago when I was somewhere in the tens of thousands…” —Erin Louise Gould, all that i have zine Installation Photo. Photo credit: No Land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597261468258-G73OJ358YQI7RUUL7AKY/6+-+Erin+Louise+Gould%2C+all+that+I+have%2C+I+Long+to+Be+Arboreal+%28video+still%29.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - ”When all that is received is a gift, all that you do is a gift, all that you make is a gift: every interaction becomes a gift. You become bonded with the world, committed to every being in a living, breathing, fluid reciprocal exchange. Doesn’t that sound magnificent?” —Erin Louise Gould, all that i have zine Installation Photo. Photo credit: No Land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597261205484-2SRDH7V0OKGQP909OK92/30+Erin+Louise+Gould%2C+all+that+I+have%2C+Installation+Photo%2C+Monolith.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - “I needed them and there they were. This had been the entire story of my relationship with this species.” —Erin Louise Gould, all that i have zine Installation Photo: Monolith 3”. Photo Credit: No Land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597264895777-QSEP5IM7VK8AU9G5THD7/erin+louise+gould.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - Erin Louise Gould is a multimedia artist working primarily with sculpture, video, and performance. She is currently attending the University of New Mexico to attain her MFA in sculpture and participated in the Land Arts of the American West program in 2018. Before moving to Albuquerque in 2017, she lived in Santa Fe for four years after finishing her Bachelors of Art degree at Colorado College in 2013. Living with a chronic and painful autoimmune disease and surviving a decade-long eating disorder fed Gould’s interest in how we perceive and live inside our bodies and how our bodies sometimes seem to live without us. Erin Louise Gould at No Land. Photo credit: No Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597262125720-AE6VMSI1STYYVSY7CDYV/NoLand.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - No Land Art Space 54 1/2 E San Francisco St #7, Santa Fe, New Mexico No Land hosts shows, events and residencies by emerging artists and writers. Follow the steps up and into No Land. Once inside, you will see: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597262315952-KPB1SUW8MVZGU8Q71M7H/7+-+Erin+Louise+Gould%2C+all+that+I+Have%2C+Installation+Photo%2C+all+that+I+have%2C+laser+cut+acrylic.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - Innovative installations. Erin Louise Gould: All That I Have Installation Photo. Photo credit: No Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597262423484-6808HP7JCKVQE601WK8Q/No+Land%2C+Doreen+Wittenbols+International+Passport+Paintings.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - Artists in the act of creation. Doreen Wittenbols: International Passport Paintings Photo credit: No Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597262658665-GVRU7X3HITVPVEECK0XU/No+Land%2C+Emily+Margarit+Mason+Installation+View.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - Progressive paintings. Emily Margarit Mason: Installation Photo credit: No Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597262787926-IG1DRHTUNYN7GH582H0Y/No+Land%2C+Emmaly+Wiederholt+Pick+Me+Apart+Performance+Still.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - Creative performances. Emmaly Wiederholt: Performance of Pick Me Apart Photo credit: No Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597264287606-Q0ZMCGUPSZG6UF8Z4NTJ/Mirror+Box+zines%2C+Strangers+Collective.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - No Land houses a zine shop and library. Mirror Box, February 2018, by Strangers Collective. The show featured 35 emerging artists and writers, and included a curator and artist talk, as well as a closing performance by Emmaly Wiederholt. Mirror Box Zines. Photo credit: No Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597264487016-6CFX8JT1MGXRR2N7OFLS/DSC01070.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - Strangers first utilized the space that would become No Land for collaborations with Albuquerque poet Mary Dezember (December 2016) and digital arts publication 1905 Magazine (February 2017). Jordan Eddy seen here introducing Mary Dezember’s book launch for Still Howling with an evening of discussion and art by Allen Ginsberg (owned by John Feins) in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the publication of Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597264582278-SC1XMBXFDVH0CZW1AMNW/Here+Nor+There+installation%2C+No+Land.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - No Land officially opened in April 2017 with the solo exhibition Marcus Zúñiga: YA VEO. No Land has showcased the work of Erin Louise Gould, Drew MC, Jesús Castillo & Sonja Bjelić, Emmaly Wiederholt & Gregory Bartning, Kat Kinnick & Zahra Marwan, Barbara Justice & Adriana Barrios, Dandelion Guild, Ariana Lombardi, Nathan Smerage, Liz Brindley, Flying Wall Studios, Niomi Fawn, and Jessie Deluxe. Installation view of Here nor There. Photo credit: No Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1597265593762-WKKQ4CGG9ISHRKG993I3/DSC01074.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - What These Tree Pods Hold—Gifts, Creativity & the Art of Erin Louise Gould at No Land - Blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. Here, Mary is shown performing at her Still Howling poetry book launch at No Land, hosted by Strangers Collective in Santa Fe, 2016, the 60th anniversary of the publication of the book Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg in 1956. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/7/26/poetry-and-risk-margaret-randall-and-the-journey-of-a-creative-life monthly 0.5 2020-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1595798524047-MN27U7554VRCAAUTEFYA/IMG_9213.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Poetry & Risk—Margaret Randall & the Journey of a Creative Life - RECENTLY RELEASED BY MARGARET RANDALL I Never Left Home: Poet. Feminist. Revolutionary. a memoir of time and place DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1595797642912-5GNDU5RDAVJAD9FCS27T/Margaret%2BReading.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Poetry & Risk—Margaret Randall & the Journey of a Creative Life - Margaret randall Recent honors received by Margaret Randall include the "Poet of Two Hemispheres" prize, given by Poesía en Paralelo Cero, Quito, Ecuador, in April of 2019 and the Haydée Santamaría Medal, given by Casa de las Américas, Cuba, in May 2019. In May 2019, the University of New Mexico gave her an Honorary Doctorate in Letters. In March 2020 AWP named her the year's recipient of its George Garrett Award. And that same month she was honored with the Paulo Freire Award by Chapman University's Donna Ford Attallah College of Education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1595797796421-68VA3Q9OD0F43GPKG6I0/Margaret+at+Tent+Rocks%2C+by+Barbara+Byers.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Poetry & Risk—Margaret Randall & the Journey of a Creative Life Margaret Randall at Tent Rocks, New Mexico. Photo by Barbara Byers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1595799965253-4IP12AX6P68MTWO1BMJ4/DSC01074.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Poetry & Risk—Margaret Randall & the Journey of a Creative Life - ABOUT THE BLOG AUTHOR Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. As with Margaret Randall, hearing Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” read aloud affected Mary Dezember profoundly. Inspired, she wrote her award-winning poem “Still Howling.” Here, Mary is shown performing at her Still Howling poetry book launch hosted by Strangers Collective in Santa Fe, 2016, the 60th anniversary of the publication of the book Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg in 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1595800597335-GOKVQGZJMI3CF0NHQJFO/IMG_9203.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Poetry & Risk—Margaret Randall & the Journey of a Creative Life And, in honor of Margaret Randall’s creative and courageous spirit and accomplishments, the blog author posed in front of her poster (from a 2006 exhibition at The National Gallery in London) that says: COURAGE, SUFFERING, SACRIFICE. CREATING GREAT ART HAS NEVER BEEN EASY. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/7/9/wander-into-art-with-elaine-ritchel monthly 0.5 2020-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594232868980-65M76042F3BCIFR21N12/elaine%252Britchel%252Bart%252Btours.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Wander INTO Art with Elaine Ritchel—What a Trip! - Elaine Ritchel | Founder + Lead Guide of Santa Fe Art Tours Elaine Ritchel has a master's degree in art history and has worked as a gallery teacher and art museum educator in the US and abroad. She specializes in discussion-based teaching and creates meaningful, art-centered experiences that promote visual literacy, inspire personal awareness, and deepen connections with the world around us. After a three-year stint in Croatia, where she worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb and the Croatian Association of Artists, Elaine returned to New Mexico to launch Santa Fe Art Tours. Elaine is also an arts, culture, and travel writer. Here’s her online portfolio. Additionally, she is Mary Dezember’s daughter and a co-host of Creatives in Conversation. Photo by Sean Ritchel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594301570951-V7B01TUX4VNIOEP4A6BS/image-asset.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Wander INTO Art with Elaine Ritchel—What a Trip! Elaine and art-wanderers in a museum in Zagreb, Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594301720195-6YGFUSV9UF826ZHF51VK/fullsizeoutput_7e3.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Wander INTO Art with Elaine Ritchel—What a Trip! Art wanderers truly “getting into” the art on a tour with Elaine at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594301786245-LC5FB3CSSORSSDZ6XMF1/IMG_0967.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Wander INTO Art with Elaine Ritchel—What a Trip! Wondering about and wandering into art with Elaine Ritchel at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe. Photo by Kyle Farrell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594301893016-BPDDVR0TALB2LN7NG32B/fullsizeoutput_1279.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Wander INTO Art with Elaine Ritchel—What a Trip! Elaine Ritchel on Santa Fe Art Tours’ beloved Canyon Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594303032002-DNXOOUNRAZLT1E1F786N/Mary.Elaine.SF.2016.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Wander INTO Art with Elaine Ritchel—What a Trip! - about the blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. She organizes and hosts From the Divine Studio: Creatives in Conversation. Her greatest love and accomplishment is her children. She is pictured here with her daughter, Elaine Dezember Ritchel, at a gallery event in Santa Fe in 2016. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/6/25/amid-conflict-peace-is-in-the-air-paul-ingles-and-tuning-in-to-peace monthly 0.5 2020-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1593098252155-GK26YF3W09R50SQ6Z3S0/asp-poster.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Amid Conflict, Peace is in the Air: Paul Ingles and Tuning in to Peace - CREATIVES IN CONVERSATION TOPIC BY PAUL INGLES: Creative Expression in Film, Radio and Social Media Paul will talk about his feature film A SOLDIER'S PASSAGE, his music radio documentary work, his 18 years running PEACE TALKS RADIO program, and his thought-journaling on social media. Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm MDT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1593098090260-7O2UXP6MESF7A17QHONW/PaulCloseup.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Amid Conflict, Peace is in the Air: Paul Ingles and Tuning in to Peace ABOUT PAUL INGLES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1593097874059-JPVYUJTDEV75G5U7WNJJ/Me.deskJune.2020.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Amid Conflict, Peace is in the Air: Paul Ingles and Tuning in to Peace - ABOUT THE BLOG AUTHOR: Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/6/11/the-night-sky-shining-with-grace monthly 0.5 2020-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591810773180-U3BOT7XERW09UMP87WQU/mike-lewinski-iURMH0Lrz8Y-unsplash.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Night Sky Shining with Grace Embudo, New Mexico. Photo by Mike Lewinski on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591809928242-YN867JFS8MGBBY5423N5/Gina.Moore.png Musings from the Divine Studio - The Night Sky Shining with Grace - music and worship director Gina Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591810110299-6NHN62CETSCBCWCJVCW7/Roberta_photo.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Night Sky Shining with Grace - Pastor of Grace and Peace Lutheran church Roberta Meyers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591810181055-TU72AKVWMCSUGBF2JZXY/Vicki.Oshodi.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Night Sky Shining with Grace - director of the mission of grace Mission of Grace Director Vicki Nixon Oshodi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591810530223-LH8MSWAE7RPBDA90T7F2/Ritchels.Dezembers.Elaine.Sean.baptism.1993.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Night Sky Shining with Grace Blog author Mary Dezember shown with family in1993 in the front yard of Grace Lutheran Church in Evansville, Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591815909054-HQF4TVK18NZ94QP7YC1W/December.2019.Dezember.Taos.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - The Night Sky Shining with Grace - about the blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. Shown inTaos, New Mexico, Christmas Day, 2019. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/5/21/creative-spirit-amp-the-value-of-audience monthly 0.5 2020-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589912072288-YB2F9IK7FUXVBGUDYBI2/road-trip-with-raj-o4c2zoVhjSw-unsplash.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Creative Spirit & the Value of Audience “Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving.” ― Jodi Picoult, Second Glance Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589912266202-E6V2UTFUMJUHPURBM0N0/thought-catalog-jnRWLoBbzx4-unsplash.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Creative Spirit & the Value of Audience "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.” ― James Baldwin, quoted in Life Magazine (24 May 1963) Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589912793191-848DP5P2ZDVRG6XUOE6B/mark-williams-pGCWhoTS_PQ-unsplash.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Creative Spirit & the Value of Audience “In writing, words can be magic. We spell words and, arranged well, they can put a spell on us.” — Mary Dezember, marydezember.com Photo by Mark Williams on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589913933361-HLP0SR1HHTMAJJWWAFGP/IMG_3325.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Creative Spirit & the Value of Audience “Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.” ― Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Blog author Mary Dezember, shown standing between two of her community, son Sean Ritchel and daughter Elaine Ritchel, after her reading and launch for Still Howling, hosted by Strangers Collective (in Santa Fe, NM), 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589917820602-94CP6EAKNUPXCH83IH3G/SH%2BBook%2BLaunch.Strangers.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Creative Spirit & the Value of Audience - about the blog author Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. Shown performing at her Still Howling launch hosted by Strangers Collective, 2016. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/5/13/bliss-with-the-beloved-rumi-hafiz-and-teresa-e-gallion monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589378012603-596ORAMM48B9RNOG28FA/WOW+Prom+Pic.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Bliss with the Beloved, Rumi, Hafiz and Teresa E. Gallion - Photo by Jeannette Dauber-Sanchez Teresa looking stunning at a fantastic overlook in Del Norte, Colorado, with her WOW (Wild Outdoor Women) hiking group in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589378057627-6OVIASIANBEILBC6AYL1/Teresa.G.peace.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Bliss with the Beloved, Rumi, Hafiz and Teresa E. Gallion Teresa spreading peace from the shores of Greece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589378099259-714V6K704LAVP1CU3MBR/Chasing+Light+Book+Launch+-+me+only+%282%29.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Bliss with the Beloved, Rumi, Hafiz and Teresa E. Gallion - Photo by dee cohen bruno Teresa at her Chasing Light book launch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589378132406-U68NZ1D8YH0GUW0WIA15/Final+Cover+Front%5B1%5D.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Bliss with the Beloved, Rumi, Hafiz and Teresa E. Gallion Contemplation in the High Desert: Quatrains Inspired by the Poetry of Rumi by Teresa E. Gallion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589378168386-57FEWW67EC91INEDUL0V/Sugarloaf+052414+010.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Bliss with the Beloved, Rumi, Hafiz and Teresa E. Gallion Chasing Light, Poems by Teresa E. Gallion, 2013 Finalist of New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589462804266-L306FSMN0HITD42W1NLM/Dezember.hiking.2019.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Bliss with the Beloved, Rumi, Hafiz and Teresa E. Gallion - About the blog author: Mary Dezember, PhD, is a poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature, specialization in Comparative Arts, from Indiana University in 2000, with PhD minors in Art History and Performance Studies. Professor of English, she teaches Comparative Arts, Art History, Creative Writing and Literature at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her publications include several non-fiction essays and articles and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing). Her novel, Wild Conviction, is in the works to be published by Inkshares. She, like Teresa, loves to hike. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/5/5/step-into-the-enchanted-land-of-tamar-kanders-art monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588694562110-HBKQWFFXI0LR1Z3N1ZM5/Tamar.in.studio.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Follow the Enchanting Paths in the Art of Tamar Kander Tamar Kander in her divine studio. Photo by Jamas Brooke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588697266474-237E0QB27R6UZWNNGRNL/tamar+Kander+%21cid_EA2DE5E7F3F14AF8801F20821E0D4D5A%40dell600m.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Follow the Enchanting Paths in the Art of Tamar Kander Artist Tamar Kander. Photo by Steve Raymer. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/4/28/celebrate-creativity-with-jules-nyquist-amp-john-roche-and-their-poetry-playhouse-and-publications monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588176072946-KPQTX32HF4LW2DN605C0/Jules.John.awards.pgn.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Chase Gloom Away with Poetry & Play: Jules Nyquist & John Roche! Join Jules and John in Conversation Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 5:30 to 6:30 pm MDT from anywhere you are! At NM/AZ Book Award banquet 2019, supporting their Playhouse Publications authors. Jules’ book Zozobra Poems won the philosophy award. Photo credit: Joanne Bodin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588176972329-DDPRNGQLX9SHSJ7D8O2O/playhouse_portrait_jules.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Chase Gloom Away with Poetry & Play: Jules Nyquist & John Roche! - Jules celebrating poetry and the spirit of play Photo credit: John Roche https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588177003198-FWV84NIIH7GZHGFRWB1H/john+roche+bike+mural+photol.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Chase Gloom Away with Poetry & Play: Jules Nyquist & John Roche! - John wearing a Walt Whitman shirt available from Jules’ Poetry Playhouse Photo credit: Leslie Locketz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588177056560-MC7WQ7RJ02248P5PR6IF/playhousemusicstand.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Chase Gloom Away with Poetry & Play: Jules Nyquist & John Roche! - jules’ Poetry Playhouse banner at the lovely New Mexico location. Photo credit: Jules Nyquist Jules’ Poetry Playhouse banner at the lovely New Mexico location. Photo credit: Jules Nyquist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588181540721-GFTM9N1PCDOG06F3RHNM/sestinaplaybookcover.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Chase Gloom Away with Poetry & Play: Jules Nyquist & John Roche! - JuLES LATESt PROJECT A collection of Jules’ own sestinas with sestina writing exercises to help other poets, the Sestina Playbook, forthcoming the end of May 2020. Pre-ordering information here. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/2020/4/20/travel-off-the-map-and-into-the-studio-of-artist-stan-berning monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1587655419445-7SU9DX39Y5M1HW9CA5CZ/Northern.New.Mexico.skyscape.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Travel Off the Map and Into the Studio of Artist Stan Berning! Notice the land and sky scape in northern New Mexico. A photo I took when traveling this amazing state. You can see more beautiful northern New Mexico land and sky scapes in Off the Map. And this photo is in honor of Earth Day yesterday and everyday. Earth is our home and our Collective Divine Studio. https://www.marydezember.com/blog/social-closeness-and-hakim-bellamys-we-are-neighbors monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1586964815602-V3WL1949S3C0AUE2033C/Hakim+20170517+02.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Social Closeness and Hakim Bellamy’s We Are Neighbors Join Hakim in Conversation next Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 5:30 to 6:30 pm MDT. Photo credit: Adam Rubinstein https://www.marydezember.com/blog/canvas-of-life-look-closely monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1586100529562-QHF8UDVVPMD6L1JDJIGP/photo%2BRaymond%2BAdams.steve.hope.jpeg Musings from the Divine Studio - Canvas of Life, Look Closely Hope and Steve, October 2011 Photo by Raymond Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1586098959073-VOZ5TFCNFGR97GAIU7EQ/Hope.JPG Musings from the Divine Studio - Canvas of Life, Look Closely Hope by Steve Dezember II (with Hope’s footprints near his wheel tracks) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1586100697242-YQAY4B42MGOYBR4IZ4IV/IMG_20191225_064206_889.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - Canvas of Life, Look Closely Hope and Steve, December 2019 https://www.marydezember.com/blog/the-divine-studio monthly 0.5 2020-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1582421719204-9ME3RD73QI7YSEXQGSIK/green-chameleon-21532-unsplash.jpg Musings from the Divine Studio - The Divine Studio https://www.marydezember.com/featured-creatives daily 0.75 2021-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1616355211085-RWKN7OQVIQBUSD8CLHQT/image.jpg Featured Creatives - Seán Dwyer, Author March 3, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1616355211085-RWKN7OQVIQBUSD8CLHQT/image.jpg Featured Creatives - Seán Dwyer, Author March 3, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1613613535944-X0NUVNISP3DDO0TP24MG/Sean.looking.great.jpg Featured Creatives - Sean Ritch, February 3, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1606849929393-43TQ9B4IJD67Y68UK9MG/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives - JOHN AMEN, NOVEMBER 18, 2021 Poet https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/5eec0080dabd8b4bf9f8ddcc/5f5508da7d0bb549059614c1/1599408351175/ Featured Creatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1604069257137-8LU3QRNKPE2FEG36OWK7/image.jpg Featured Creatives - TIM STALEY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1599409803998-QPRGPFOQLOTWQMCG3LS2/SweatingItOut_DTurnerPic2_justMe.jpg Featured Creatives - DEBORAH TURNER, OCTOBER 7, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1599410348062-GCKCUU7Q27V3JJMBQ6WP/Jacques.guitar.jpg Featured Creatives - JACQUES DORIER, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1599409965831-KV16R9HKMD1QH3OYPH9P/IMG_3316%2B%25281%2529.jpg Featured Creatives - JORDAN EDDY & KYLE JORDAN, AUGUST 19, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1596729577161-AXNIWOYOYOOV523CMINN/Margaret+at+Tent+Rocks%2C+by+Barbara+Byers.jpg Featured Creatives - MARGARET RANDALL, AUGUST 5, 2020 Margaret Randall. Poet. Essayist. Oral Historian. Translator. Photographer. Social Activist. Margaret memorized and inspired us when she read from her page-turner memoir I Never Left Home (Duke University Press) and new poems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1594913898224-0O6E4VH1SR35PF6L6FZ2/elaine%2Britchel%2Bart%2Btours.jpg Featured Creatives - Elaine Ritchel, July 15, 2020 Elaine Ritchel, Founder and Lead Guide of Santa Fe Art Tours. Elaine of Santa Fe Art Tours took us on the mesmerizing steps into creative flow by close looking and appreciating a fabulous painting by Emmi Whitehorse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1593714579821-CN4POBM9D3SYZPIKM73P/PaulCloseup.jpg Featured Creatives - Paul Ingles, July 1, 2020 Filmmaker. Actor. Producer. Co-Founder of Good Radio Shows/Peace Talks Radio Paul Ingles inspired us with his diverse creativity expressed through a variety of media and focuses on peacemaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592525004429-76BQ63EQYHI8P4Y2G2RB/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives - Pastor Roberta Meyer, June 17, 202o Pastor of Grace and Peace Lutheran Church, Evansville, Indiana It was a magical evening filled with Pastor Roberta’s amazing Grace and Peace stories of care provided by the Mission of Grace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592525076555-JV5UIQZKIUSD2MO356C0/Gina.Moore.png Featured Creatives - Gina Moore, June 17, 2020 Singer. Music & Worship Director of Grace and Peace Lutheran Church, Evansville, Indiana It was a magical evening with the amazing Grace and Peace voice of Gina Moore lifting us in gorgeous, soul-filled song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592526438528-BYRF8CW88A7M51ACKLLQ/Vicki.Oshodi.jpg Featured Creatives - Vicki Oshodi, June 17, 2020 Director of the Mission of Grace Vicki and Pastor Roberta provided stories of care by the dedicated work of the Mission of Grace, Evansville, Indiana, for a magical evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1593722657817-5ZHYNFT3D6D9SSSUJOE1/Me.deskJune.2020.jpg Featured Creatives - Mary Dezember, June 3, 2020 Author. Mary Dezember read selections from her upcoming novel, Wild Conviction. Thought-provoking discussion followed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592526976795-1O9O32WC6HVEXG93W9EH/WOW+Prom+Pic.jpg Featured Creatives - Teresa E. Gallion, May 20, 2020 Poet Inspiring and deeply moving. Teresa E. Gallion’s beautiful delivery and poems addressed bliss, adversity, the power of nature and of chocolate. Photo by Jeannette Dauber-Sanchez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592527043688-FSXD30LGFUI0LMJRCERZ/Jules.John.awards.pgn.jpg Featured Creatives - Jules Nyquist & John Roche, May 2020 Poets, Publishers & More The evening with Jules & John was energizing — with great poetry and conversation about how they build community, such as with Jules’ Poetry Playhouse. Photo by Joann Bodin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592527142021-X3WIFZINB9IQNKHNKSQX/Hakim+20170517+02.jpg Featured Creatives - Hakim Bellamy, April 22, 2020 Poet It was an electric evening with Hakim Bellamy, inaugural Poet Laureate of Albuquerque (2012-2014) and Deputy Director of Cultural Services for the City of Albuquerque. Hakim always rocks the house! Photo by Adam Rubinstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1599408773630-1BOXHJ37KPHX9SLU531U/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives - JACQUES DORIER, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1599408407433-K322NR1VBIEX9QHXUSRJ/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives - JACQUES DORIER SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1599409716872-0029GMQ49BSRJ93G9ZTS/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1613613476277-H96X1MMQWAJFKVZSIV8R/image.jpg Featured Creatives - Sean Ritch, February 3, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1616355491608-UEYTRJ7XITYPF6RDIT67/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1619961502970-ZIKUHZMSDF5UY1LHI7KD/image-asset.png Featured Creatives - Penny Boston Poet & Muse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1619961888402-9N9MKQXCWT2TB1TE7ACC/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives - Julie Ford Poet & Muse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1619962142240-BL79R45K1ISKF24DXHXY/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives - Maggie Griffin Poet & Muse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1619962504674-Y1ECXY16TVBHV2KXQZAV/image-asset.jpeg Featured Creatives - April 7, 2021 Mary Dezember Poet & Muse on Her Birthday https://www.marydezember.com/events daily 0.75 2026-01-08 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2026/1/21/off-campus-writers-workshop-member-book-club-craft-discussion-pump-up-the-volume-with-mary-dezembers-novel-wild-conviction monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/18ffb71d-cb74-4556-9750-2df195263727/3D+print+and+phone.WC+new+cover.jpg Events & Classes - Off Campus Writers Workshop Member Book Club--Craft Discussion--Pump Up the Volume with Mary Dezember's novel WILD CONVICTION - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2025/4/25/featured-poet-at-giving-voice-to-image-a-collaboration-of-artists-and-poets-by-vivo-contemporary-gallery-year-12 monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/7e70a61d-2536-4976-a97a-1b9bc3404ec4/Giving+Voice+to+Image12++cover.jpeg Events & Classes - Featured Poet at Giving Voice to Image: A Collaboration of Artists and Poets by ViVO Contemporary Gallery — Year 12! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1276b07c-cf22-45c5-8c98-5172a30e999b/Poets.Artists.Giving+Voice+to+Image+12.jpeg Events & Classes - Featured Poet at Giving Voice to Image: A Collaboration of Artists and Poets by ViVO Contemporary Gallery — Year 12! - Make it stand out The poet and artist pairings. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/12/12/book-finishers-summit-free monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1733333553945-990DMMWPEAZN3RB465BH/BOOKFINISHERSUMMIT_SOCIAL_MARY.jpg Events & Classes - Book Finishers Summit -- Free! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/9/22/short-reading-of-poetry-and-novel-selections-with-book-signing-at-treasure-house-books-in-old-town-albuquerque monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/7/8/booksweeps-giveaway-memoirs-literary-fiction-and-book-club monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/8b1ba127-d945-44a3-9ed2-e4d6d31bb7e9/July-24-AZBB-Literary-Fiction%2C-Book-Club-Books%2C-%26-Memoirs-Group-LARGE.jpg Events & Classes - BookSweeps Giveaway: Memoirs, Literary Fiction and Book Club - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f24a654f-576e-4464-9a86-a6237e79ad1d/DEZEMBER-AZBB-Literary-Fiction%2C-Book-Club-Books%2C-%26-Memoirs-July-24.jpg Events & Classes - BookSweeps Giveaway: Memoirs, Literary Fiction and Book Club - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/7/8/pop-up-contest-1-celebration-with-wild-conviction-birthday-party-month monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/0bdba10d-e999-48ec-9957-aa20805f19c5/Black+Gold+Win+Giveaway+Special+Instagram+Post+%282%29.jpg Events & Classes - Pop-Up Contest #1: Celebration with Wild Conviction Birthday Party Month! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/bb92666d-5911-4c7c-a2e2-c67e6ff4e5f4/wild+conviction+%281%29.png Events & Classes - Pop-Up Contest #1: Celebration with Wild Conviction Birthday Party Month! - POP-UP Contest #1 Question: Who in the novel calls Twilight a “mystic princess” (Chapter 8)? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/37fc1a76-a4c1-4918-98c0-64f0579954c8/Gifts+for+Most+Contests.jpg Events & Classes - Pop-Up Contest #1: Celebration with Wild Conviction Birthday Party Month! - Make it stand out Gifts are not to scale. To see more about them, see this page on my website: https://www.marydezember.com/books-and-gifts https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/7/10/creatives-in-conversation-special-birthday-edition-happy-first-birthday-wild-conviction-and-whats-next monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/86461ef7-76c0-415a-9f4e-12372f8b4ed9/WC+Billboard+Night+City+Lights.jpeg Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation Special Birthday Edition! Happy First Birthday, Wild Conviction! — and What’s Next? - Make it stand out Wild Conviction hasn’t really been featured on a billboard. But, could that be in the future of this award-winning novel? https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/7/1/happy-birthday-month-to-wild-conviction monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/97aabb0f-48ca-428c-a61a-06d4a2023d24/wild+conviction+happy+birthday+vertical.jpg Events & Classes - Happy Birthday Month, Wild Conviction! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/5/28/win-a-copy-of-wild-conviction-on-june-8-2024-womens-fiction-day monthly 0.5 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f94b39f1-4f53-437e-9507-dacc73b7d4fa/Celebrate+Women%27s+Fiction+Day+WC.cropped+copy.jpg Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! - Celebrate Women’s Fiction Day with this fun contest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/04c43186-1307-4b77-8b78-59fa5d56b610/BookBrushImage-2024-3-28-20-3636.png Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1716049648514-3WWCYWXSTDT22WOASXNL/GOLD+Winner_Human+Relations+Indie+Book+Awards+%281%29.png Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! - Wild Conviction is the GOLD WINNER in the 2024 Human Relations Indie Book Awards, Historical Realistic Fiction category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/6955ed1e-03fd-4f98-833f-7043b302763f/Wild+Conviction+paperback+and+ebook.png Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! - In a hostile land, a young woman dares to stand against enslavers and learns— survival isn't freedom. Secrets about her ancestry ignite Twilight Adams to help children enslaved at a wicked plantation. Believing in her calling and her emerging powers, she bravely faces constant oppressive situations, fighting for her life and the lives of those she loves. Spanning three years, 1858 to 1861, Wild Conviction is a socially conscious, richly historical, epic adventure—sprinkled with Magical Realism, laced with Southern Gothic, and steeped in the heated tensions of Antebellum America. For this novel, the author created a scenario within a historical setting in which the terms Rich-tone and Pale are used for skin tone—and without historical and contemporary derogatory terms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/d0558305-cfb1-48fc-8e22-cd065388fa55/WFD+2023+-+Two+Hikers.png Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! Wild Conviction is a cross-genre novel — meaning it spans several genres. It is Historical Fiction. It is sprinkled with Magical Realism. It is laced with Southern Gothic. It is an Epic Adventure novel. It is a Coming-of-Age story. It is Literary. Amazon categorizes it as Historical Mystery, Thriller and Suspense — and even in the category of Supernatural Thrillers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/dfe183b0-e136-40c8-9232-0035217d20a3/WFD+2023+-+Summit.png Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! All in all, Wild Conviction is an amazing journey. And, thus, based on the definition of Women’s Fiction by the Women’s Fiction Writers Association — a vibrant community of writers of which I have been a member for several years — Wild Conviction is also within the category of Women’s Fiction. This does not mean it is only for women readers or only about women. What it means is that it is a story of an amazing journey. Here is the definition of Women’s Fiction from the Women’s Fiction Writers Association: “Women's fiction is a writing genre that includes layered stories in which the plot is driven by the main character’s emotional journey. The stories can be contemporary or historical and may have magical, mystery, thriller, romance, or other elements.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/cfe41315-3873-4101-91d6-2cc8b07ecbb2/WFD+2023+-+Mountaiin+Top+-+Gold.png Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! From the Women’s Fiction Writers Association website: “Women's Fiction Writers Association is an inclusive organization of writers creating layered stories in which the plot is driven by the main character’s emotional journey.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588026809677-YRZPHA63FSHWQH1R3BGF/IMG_8864.JPG Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! - Rose Antebellum Carpetbag Clutch with Clues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1588026999306-MUG0QWSXW3NAE746XBT8/IMG_8865.JPG Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! - Black Antebellum Carpetbag Clutch with Clues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592056296229-PHU2LS7G4ZTH1J54B9KR/wallet.open.JPG Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! - Gallatin’s Wallet with Clues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f736191e-a81e-4f64-8432-ef76460d5f37/Women%27s+Fiction+Day+2023+Social-+IG+%281080+%C3%97+1080+px%29-3.png Events & Classes - WIN A COPY OF WILD CONVICTION on JUNE 8, 2024 — WOMEN’S FICTION DAY! - Another way to support authors (me, in this case) is to ENTER THE CONTEST! https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/3/4/quinessential-listening-poetry-online-radio-presents-mary-dezember monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/fcb463a8-f648-45ef-ab40-a373c875222b/Mary+Dezember%281%29.jpg Events & Classes - Mary Dezember Featured on Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio and YouTube - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/3/10/wild-conviction-total-eclipse-book-tour monthly 0.5 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/aa0910b5-bd52-4e5d-b14d-5b34d5f34b32/WC+Book+Tour+2024.1.png Events & Classes - Wild Conviction 'Total Eclipse' Book Tour Begins! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1707944688745-2OEPX5ZW6BUIETNGYG3V/Mary+Dezember+with+Wild+Conviction+novel+at+Treasure+House+Books.JPG Events & Classes - Wild Conviction 'Total Eclipse' Book Tour Begins! - At Treasure House Books & Gifts. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2024/2/23/giving-voice-to-image-poetry-amp-art-event-at-vivo-contemporary monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2023/8/28/read-amp-reflect-literary-historical-amp-book-club-fiction-booksweeps-contest monthly 0.5 2023-09-05 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2023/8/26/historical-literary-figures-wild-conviction-contest monthly 0.5 2023-08-26 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2023/8/20/mary-dezember-reads-wild-conviction-selections-as-spoken-word-feature-at-sunday-chatter monthly 0.5 2023-08-19 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2023/8/23/wild-conviction-reading-amp-release-celebration monthly 0.5 2023-08-05 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/9/12/poetry-bread-presents-with-sam-castello-at-kuru-silver-city-891-fmgmcrorg monthly 0.5 2022-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/23cb791b-7ce2-43ff-a3af-c2ecd976c9ca/TA.Niles.jpg Events & Classes - Poetry Bread Presents with Sam Castello at KURU Silver City 89.1 FM/GMCR.org Poet & Producer T. 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Niles https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/7/21/mary-dezember-as-invited-guest-poet-at-reading-by-richard-vargas-at-fixed-and-free-occasional-reading monthly 0.5 2022-07-11 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/9/7/creatives-in-conversation-features-author-tara-maher-presenting-on-everybody-editor-finding-and-owning-your-own-voice monthly 0.5 2022-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/8f580dc8-6905-4488-bd62-b7ba4ed28892/Tara.Maher.jpeg Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation features Author Tara Maher presenting on "Everybody Editor: Finding and Owning Your Own Voice" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/5/29/women-with-guts-productions-presents-women-student-loan-debt-get-out-from-under-it-with-mary-dezember-phd monthly 0.5 2022-05-26 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/4/27/creatives-in-conversation-presents-poet-don-mciver-poetry-as-conversation-writing-poems-that-respond-to-other-poems monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/f020571c-84ec-471c-ae25-b980a44c210d/Don.McIver.Thirsty.Ear.jpg Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation presents Poet Don McIver! - Make it stand out Don McIver reading and leading the poetry series Thirsty Ear at Thirsty Eye in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo by John Barney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/b857cf70-d022-4217-bbdb-e40bc7022940/DonShotOaklandA.jpg Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation presents Poet Don McIver! - Make it stand out Photo of Don McIver courtesy of Don McIver https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/4/27/creatives-in-conversation-presents-a-life-of-joy-with-billy-brown monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/5a68ef98-c699-413a-9885-9dbd478c6572/Fixed.Free.jpg Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation Presents "A Life of Joy ... :-) with Billy Brown" - Make it stand out Some of my anthologies edited and published by Billy Brown. Photo by Mary Dezember https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/2/14/february-gifts-for-black-history-month-amp-month-of-love monthly 0.5 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1591310053818-DF89DYB8H6YYISRH9M2C/carpet.bag.rose.JPG Events & Classes - Gifts for Black History 365 & February Month of Love - Black History 365 Find the questions on my Thursday, February 24 newsletter. Winner has choice of one gift: *Rose or Black Antebellum Carpetbag Clutch with Clues (a small version of Twilight’s or Ember’s antebellum carpetbag for travel) *or, pictured below, Gallatin’s Wallet with Clues *or, pictured below, Sisterhood of Gifts (and Mary Dezember) Logo Laptop Messenger Bag. Each gift contains other gifts that relate to my novel Wild Conviction, including a poem by Phillis Wheatley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592056296229-PHU2LS7G4ZTH1J54B9KR/wallet.open.JPG Events & Classes - Gifts for Black History 365 & February Month of Love - Black History 365 Gallatin’s Wallet with Clues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1592056496615-4ITWFF51ICVBHUOOPXLH/logo.bag.JPG Events & Classes - Gifts for Black History 365 & February Month of Love - Black History 365 Sisterhood of Gifts (and Mary Dezember) Logo Laptop Messenger Bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1641323685287-YIAJYLYTKJQUF54P7DXT/EARTH-MARKED+LIKE+YOU+Cover.jpg Events & Classes - Gifts for Black History 365 & February Month of Love - Month of Love Find the questions on my Thursday, February 24 newsletter. Winner receives signed copy of my first poetry book, pictured left. Earth-Marked Like You Poems by Mary Dezember Published by Sunstone Press, 2011. “…Above all her precinct is love. With the variety of Sappho’s solitudes, sensualities, and ironic humor, she gives us her galaxies and moon, in movement like everything on earth, before her observing and transforming eye. Read her and be transformed.” — Willis Barnstone, author of Life Watch and The Restored New Testament From back cover: “With a voice both sensual and spiritual, the poetry of Earth-Marked Like You presents the body as a temporal and spatial expression of the soul. These poems suggest that our passion as human beings is to transcend our ordinary lives so we can feel the excitement of the life force and that we use our bodies in our attempts to do this.” https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/2/6/join-us-for-john-barneys-score-exhibition-closing-performance monthly 0.5 2022-02-05 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/3/13/mary-dezember-featured-poet-at-chatter-sunday monthly 0.5 2022-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a082bcc4-520f-4b3b-863f-72e6dc176abe/Me.Closing.John.Barney.2.6.22.from.Denise.Crouse.jpeg Events & Classes - Mary Dezember Featured Poet at Chatter Sunday Credit for photo on left: Denise Crouse Taken on 2.6.22 at the closing performance of SCORE art exhibition by artist John Barney at Thirsty Eye in Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a3d8d1b9-6120-4c1b-a485-e40cf16d2b21/Mary.practicing.2.6.22.jpeg Events & Classes - Mary Dezember Featured Poet at Chatter Sunday Mary at home practicing her poetry performance. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/1/18/how-surreal-surrealist-art-amp-games-free-event-via-zoom monthly 0.5 2022-01-11 https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/5/4/creatives-in-conversation-presents-poet-hiram-larew monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/4a61be2d-3207-4921-b6a8-4d8f08e827f0/TA.Niles.jpg Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation presents Poet Hiram Larew & Narrator/Producer T. 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Niles - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/4/6/creatives-in-conversation-features-musical-artists-bb-la-la monthly 0.5 2022-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/cd958bc1-e382-4c98-875f-27a289d7e046/BebeLaLablwhPlaying.jpg Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation presents Bébé La La - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/3/2/creatives-in-conversation-features-the-voices-of-woodlawn monthly 0.5 2022-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1644430803692-ZYPETFZM1D380EGW2WYM/Voice.flyer.png Events & Classes - Creatives in Conversation presents Voices of Woodlawn - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marydezember.com/events/2022/2/2/creatives-in-conversation monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://www.marydezember.com/press daily 0.75 2024-07-24 https://www.marydezember.com/home daily 1.0 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/c277d931-05fa-4235-a646-ff717b193047/Web+1600+pixels.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/e77b607e-7415-43da-8bdc-25ce6327eae1/Follow+Me.Mary+Dezember.Social+Links.2.11.24%2810%29.png Home - Hello! 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Still Howling book launch hosted by Strangers Collective in Santa Fe, pop-up holiday event, December 17, 2016. Poem “Still Howling” (with poem “Endnote to Still Howling”) is First Place Winner of Best Beat Poem, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1707446695382-XYS81A5N0PT619Q8PY3K/Mountains+lights+Earth+Marked.jpeg Home - "...edgy, raw, and sensual..." “…Dezember’s work and artistry are defined by her search for soul and her use of poems to speak on her soul’s behalf. The result is edgy, raw, and sensual . . . Earth-Marked Like You is Dezember’s manifesto—that we are all connected beyond our fleshy restraints…” — Excerpts from review by Alice Osborn for The Pedestal Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1707448394001-U3RUAAX8749E56LAP3J1/Earth+Marked+green+background.jpg Home “…enormous in scope, technical skill and experiment, and surprise. An enormous achievement. Poems like ‘Skin Traveler’ are sudden master poems that surprise and please: ‘Your body is a map of everywhere I want to go./Yet I can see none of these places are on earth./With you, I become otherworldly,/a skin traveler. . .’ …”— Willis Barnstone, author of Life Watch and The Restored New Testament https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1707451123277-077MLD1RI9PIDG6JN0AB/BookBrushImage-2024-2-8-20-584.jpg Home “…Above all her precinct is love. With the variety of Sappho’s solitudes, sensualities, and ironic humor, she gives us her galaxies and moon, in movement like everything on earth, before her observing and transforming eye. 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Son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1613929436148-AZEGLCIGL6JA39ZZY8E0/Dezember.hiking.2019.jpg Creatives in Conversation Mary Dezember, Creator and Host Author. Poet. Professor Emeritus. Mom. https://www.marydezember.com/poems-by-mary-dezember-dedicated-to-you daily 0.75 2023-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589205906503-QSZTV2F94YU7VQXQA5IH/Divine%252Bstudo.jpg Poems by Mary Dezember, dedicated to You https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589211317455-3488K29FG5G4P3KCKE9A/SeanMOM.jpg Poems by Mary Dezember, dedicated to You My son Sean standing proudly and firmly behind his art. See him performing his art today at seanritch.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589210864350-5KPJL2G78KLOT1V9V2Q8/mom.me.kentuckylake.jpg Poems by Mary Dezember, dedicated to You - Mom and Me, Loving Life together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589210977880-45ENGJCTMFX4H6IFU7LY/Mary.Dezember.baby.MomElaine.jpg Poems by Mary Dezember, dedicated to You - Mom, supporting me from the beginning, supporting me throughout eternity I know you are always there, supporting and loving me. But I miss you, Mom. You are in my thoughts, my heart, and, sometimes, you show up in my poems and stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589213890000-E2Q4833S9GOMFPBKWO7C/IMG_4352.jpg Poems by Mary Dezember, dedicated to You - Our beautiful Earth: photo I took while on a northern New Mexico journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1589213929355-LWD1DIGKUOL32L6GRVIZ/IMG_4356.jpg Poems by Mary Dezember, dedicated to You - Our beautiful Earth: another photo I took while on a northern New Mexico journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1584896117936-P70PO5RKXBK5U77IAX7S/Divine+studo.jpg Poems by Mary Dezember, dedicated to You - Make it stand out My dear writing buddy, Sam: forever my banner. Sammy Dezember June 10, 2002 - June 24, 2021 https://www.marydezember.com/about-the-novel daily 0.75 2026-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/a25e1cdc-48be-4526-9426-b832d945379b/The+cover.jpg About the novel - In a hostile land, a young woman stands against enslavers and learns— survival isn’t freedom. Secrets about her ancestry ignite Twilight Adams to help enslaved children at a wicked plantation. Believing in her mission and her emerging powers, she bravely faces constant oppressive situations, fighting for her life and for the lives of those she loves. Spanning three years, 1858-1861, Wild Conviction is a socially conscious, richly historical, epic adventure—sprinkled with Magical Realism, laced with Southern Gothic, and steeped in the heated tensions of Antebellum America. For this novel, the author created a scenario within a historical setting in which the terms Rich-tone and Pale are used for skin tone—and without historical or contemporary derogatory terms. Wild Conviction is written for general audiences, so while categorized for adult-age readers, it is a compelling story that is also suitable for young adult/teen readers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1716049648514-3WWCYWXSTDT22WOASXNL/GOLD+Winner_Human+Relations+Indie+Book+Awards+%281%29.png About the novel - Make it stand out GOLD WINNER in 2024 HUMAN RELATIONS INDIE BOOK AWARDS Historical Realistic Fiction category https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1731786304143-IP6BCOM0QGN84EQYJ45Q/Finalist+2024.png About the novel - FINALIST IN THE 2024 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS HISTORICAL FICTION PRE-20TH CENTURY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/00ee508e-5d9e-4427-ac1f-e3ed3f9d4080/1.FiveStarReview+TB300.png About the novel - Click to read the stellar, insightful Five Star Review from Kathy Stickles for Reader Views https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1735567399957-8KJ9SMDX080E18Z00Y1G/Royal+Winner+Trans+Background+for+Wild+Conviction.png About the novel - 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Please be aware: Small gifts inside are not suitable for young children. https://www.marydezember.com/magical-abilities-in-the-world-of-wild-conviction daily 0.75 2024-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1723050464760-KKF2WGCX6JW1B5GS04W1/unsplash-image-k9AQXetODCY.jpg Magical Abilities in the World of Wild Conviction If your total score is 6 or 7, your Magic is NATURE WHISPERER . . . when you live in the world of Wild Conviction. As with Ava and Twilight, trees hear you when you speak, sending your comments or pleas to other patrons of the wild. Nature often responds to guide you or, in its mysterious way, “steps in” to help you. Blending in with nature, you can momentarily disappear inside the mystical bluish aura of trees. With practice, you can climb, jump, and, eventually, maybe even glide to and from tree limbs. Your magical gifts propel you with the wind, making you a fast and adept runner in the wilds of nature, skillfully maneuvering through obstacles and the difficulties of life. You use your magical gifts to learn about life, to grasp possibilities, to get out of troubling situations, and to help others. Being a runner among the wildness of nature, you are active—sometimes even racing—to find ways to improve the quality of life of those who respond favorably to you, including people, flora, and fauna. If you have read Wild Conviction, you can probably recognize how Ava and Twilight have this magical gift. If you haven’t yet read the story, maybe now is the time to read and see the magic you would share with the characters Ava and Twilight if you lived in their world of Wild Conviction. You can find Wild Conviction here. 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If you haven’t read the story yet, now might be the time to read and see the magic you would share with the character Twilight if you lived in her world of Wild Conviction. You can find Wild Conviction here. Image credt: Aron Visuals @aronvisuals on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1723051008824-78DNH921K71HCKZ4S6HE/unsplash-image-MaKGtATeNDY.jpg Magical Abilities in the World of Wild Conviction If your total score is 10 or 11, your Magic is CULTIVATING AWARENESS AND DISCOVERY . . . when you live in the world of Wild Conviction. Like Ember and Twilight, you have a unique, undeniable connection with the Earth. You are at home in gardens and wildflower fields. You have a kind and sensitive nature, which enhances your magical gifts for bolstering and enriching the human, flora, and fauna lives you care for. Your affinity with the Earth keeps you grounded, but because the Earth is a planet spinning in the cosmos, your special connection also allows you to fly mystically. This mystical ability gives you a “vantage point” to make important discoveries. Thus, you frequently see what others cannot. If you have read Wild Conviction, you can probably recognize how Ember and Twilight have this magical gift. If you haven’t yet read the story, now might be the time to read and see the magic you would share with the characters Ember and Twilight if you lived in their world of Wild Conviction. You can find Wild Conviction here. Image credit: eberhard grossgasteiger @eberhardgross on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1723051158719-9RB0CVXAFNX2Z1ASZGGZ/unsplash-image-ZyDq456v4_A.jpg Magical Abilities in the World of Wild Conviction If your total score is 12 or 13, your Magic is SECRET COSMIC WISDOM . . . when you live in the world of Wild Conviction. Like Jafaan and Twilight, your wild heart connects deeply with the people, creatures, and plant life that populate your home. This connection, coupled with your ability to communicate with anyone—including patrons of the wild—makes you wholly unique in any community. You see community as inclusive of people, animals, plants, insects, the sky, the heavens—all of the Earth and the cosmos. You are a natural leader. You strive to keep harmony among the inhabitants of your world—even when it means doing what many others might disagree with. An excellent tracker, you can find those who call for help, even if the call isn’t directed to you in particular. You can escape from bad situations; though, if you believe your presence there might be helpful to others, you often choose to stay in—or even return to—difficult circumstances. You often don’t recognize your own powerful gifts. If you have read Wild Conviction, you can probably recognize how Jafaan and Twilight have this magical gift. If you haven’t yet read the story, now might be a good time to read and see the magic you would share with the characters Jafaan and Twilight if you lived in their world of Wild Conviction. You can find Wild Conviction here. Image credit: David Gomez @dcanadianphotographer on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1723051500459-XWBKYJOEZJ90T3VOLDAF/unsplash-image-wgsu3WzFZ5c.jpg Magical Abilities in the World of Wild Conviction If your total score is 14 or 15, your Magic is GUARDIAN BRILLIANCE . . . when you live in the world of Wild Conviction. Like Jesse, you are a bit skeptical of magic, so you may not see your own fantastic abilities. Kind, curious, and full of ideas, you are clever in scheming secret ways to help others. An inventor and innovator, you help to build and sustain your community. Reliable and dependable, you are known to be a defender of justice and a guardian of your community. With Brilliant Guardian magic, you are loyal and usually practical—though, at times, you believe that change for the better is just around the corner, forgetting that on the long road to justice, the results you’ve worked hard for can be elusive. Determined, like the brilliant sun, you persevere. If you have read Wild Conviction, you can probably recognize how Jesse has this magical gift. If you haven’t yet read the story, maybe now is the time to read and see the magic you would share with the character Jesse if you lived in his world of Wild Conviction. You can find Wild Conviction here. Image credit: Marek Piwnicki @marekpiwnicki on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b86b0eb5ffd208fe4f0acbd/1723051767008-DPRR85SCH22M6108QNEP/unsplash-image-xe-ss5Tg2mo.jpg Magical Abilities in the World of Wild Conviction If your total score is 16, 17 or 18, your Magic is PRIMAL ENCHANTER . . . when you live in the world of Wild Conviction. Like Gallatin, you have a unique connection with water—which covers about 70% of the Earth. This connection with our vast, life-sustaining essential element allows you to expertly navigate the “River of Life.” Always watching from your vantage point of floating on a rain cloud in the sunshine, you are a keen observer and discerner of the beauties and hazards in the awesome flow of life, giving you foresight. However, your inclination to steer clear of conflict can keep you from engaging fully with what life presents. Due to your uncanny navigation skills, you could maneuver others to follow in your wake, but that is not your desire. You enchant unintentionally by being positive and non-judgmental, qualities often mistaken for being cool and aloof. But those who take the time to get to know you see your playful side and value your positivity. A charmer, you are an unapologetically yet humble primal and sensual being. 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