Wonder & Dust
exploring the connections between spiritual and creative practice
A Ribbon of Light That Might Guide Us Through
In the empty forest of winter, two Cooper’s Hawks approach a holly tree. The tree is lit by a ribbon of light that has unspooled from a weak winter Sun. The…
The Light That Runs Through Everything
Dear Readers, First, thank you. Since Helene tore through my life you have been kind, generous, and patient. Many of you have subscribed, sent messages, bought cards, and coffees, and all of…
The Age of Repair Is Beginning
Dear Reader, I am very focused in the studio on my upcoming show Dreaming Animals, and this post explores one of my most profound animal dreams. This dream is interwoven with the…
The Blue Basket
Let me know my smallness. Not an isolated smallness, not an insignificant smallness, but the smallness of a thread in a great and intricate tapestry, the smallness of one spider in…
Dreaming Animals: the Mission
The first story was a dream. The first storyteller, the Dream-maker. Long before words. Long, long, long before complex language, or tools, our deepest ancestors were dreaming. The proof is…
The Fox’s Gift
It is early December, and you are walking through the forest. Snow falls, filtering the thin dying light of midwinter. It has a raw beauty that leaves you unsettled, as if…
The Holy Grail of My Practice
Back in February two things came onto my agenda–a massive studio clean-out and a total renovation of my website. I got a little help with the heavy lifting of cleaning,…
Creativity as Relationship
There are different kinds of creative practice. There is the technical practice of one’s craft—the time spent becoming more and more proficient, building skill and developing mastery. This is important…
Creativity as a Spiritual Path
In a world that is largely under the thumb of huge religious institutions, it might be easy to lose sight of the fact that for eons, since humanity’s very beginnings,…