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More Thoughts Unspoken on Flannery O’Connor: Conversations with the World 104

This installment of Conversations with the World takes a new approach to the series by switching from well-known quotes to an additional excerpt from my “Thoughts Unspoken on Flannery O’Connor” lecture. The text will be followed by links to different articles and essays currently examining O’Connor’s depiction of race in her work and how racial bias possibly influenced her personal behavior or attitudes towards African Americans: 

“My goal is not to offend but to encourage consideration....

A Global Passion for Rainbows: Conversations with the World 103

The following excerpt is re-posted from a blog first shared years ago and is presented now because it makes a good fit for the Conversations with the World series.

“When an acquaintance from a social media site emailed me in March 2011 to tell me a quotation from one of my books was circulating on Twitter as a “quote of the day,” I said to myself: Oh, that’s nice, I think. As a brief afterthought while turning my attention to other real-time matters, I hoped someone would find the quote useful. I...

Moving forward with global release of: Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind

“Of Peacocks & Skylarks” art by Aberjhani used in title graphic for "Moving forward with global release of: Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind" C2020. Sometimes in the middle of a pandemic a writer has to make difficult publishing decisions. That sounds a little odd, I know, but this is one of those times for me as I move forward with the global release of Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind, now on its way to online and offline book distributors.

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Invitation to a Bob Marley Rock-Steady (Excerpt from Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back of My Mind)

"Invitation to a Bob Marley Rock-Steady" title art graphic by Aberjhani) How public celebrations of influential voices impact individual lives is one of the major themes in the book Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind. If you‘ve been checking out previous synopses of the book and excerpts from it, you know already its primary points of focus are on the legacies of three authors: James Alan McPherson, John Berendt, and O’Connor.
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There are, however, quite a few more  compe...

Encouraging Conscious Coexistence: Conversations with the World 102

Postered Chromatic Poetics title art graphic by Aberjhani. Many of my blogs on the Charter for Compassion website address an international audience on why the practice of conscious global coexistence is crucial to humanity’s survival and how we can work towards achieving it. It is something diplomats from different countries have been trying to help nations accomplish for centuries, so the concept is not new. But we continue to get blindsided in the 21st century by biases and phobias whic...

A Friendly Chat with Flannery O’Connor

"A Friendly Chat with Flannery O'Connor" art graphic by Aberjhani. C2020  
Running throughout the title story of Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind is a series of intuited exchanges between this author and O’Connor. They range from nostalgic and humorous to confrontational and exploratory. The following is one of those exchanges:


Aberjhani: I agree about the limited perceptions of race in the South as opposed to the more extended objective reality, but I can’t agree that ...

Back Doors and Racial Inequality Prior to the Age of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Art graphic by Aberjhani for narrative excerpt from the book Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind. For more than one demographic of America's diverse populations, Black, White, Brown, Red, Yellow, and combinations thereof--male or female and different-flavored sexual identities--back doors were once synonymous with emblems of racial, economic, and political oppression in their most cutting conspicuous forms. They stood alongside crosses burning with flames of hatred as o...

Democracy, Personal Whims, & Accountability: Conversations with the World 101

Welcome to Conversations with the World 101, part of the virtual launch party for Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind. This is what it’s all about :
 
Quotations of my work in different languages in various mediums have had the unexpected effect of adding my voice, in visually creative ways, to some important conversations going on around the world. They concern major issues like human trafficking, climate change, social justice, and falling in love. At #This2020Moment, th...

Launch Schedule for Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind

Detail "Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind" poster art featuring quote from poem "History and Prophets' Prerogatives." Artwork by Aberjhani now available on Fine Art America and Pixels.com. Working around the different restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic set back the publication of Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind in more ways than I could have anticipated by almost 6 months. Let’s face, production under these circumstances is a big is...

2-for-2 Facebook Shares on Love and Laughter in Our COVID-19-Challenged World (part 2)

"Love is our most unifying & empowering common spiritual denominator" art graphic featuring quote by Aberjhani and visual art by Natasha Von Rosenschilde. (Shared on Facebook by The Power Within Us.) The idea of Love as a valuable resource, or a powerful tool, is one some people find difficult to accept for various reasons. We can’t, after all, pay rent by smiling at landlords with hands over heart and then walking away, or purchase groceries by blowing a kiss to cashiers and waving goodb...