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April 2, 2015
A-Z Challenge: Day 3 – C is for Culture.
Simple enough. OR is it? Living in a world where there are so many different cultures – from the stuff that brings us yogurt to the various forms of social expressions – it can be agony trying to navigate through the maze of expectations. I have come to the conclusionRead the Rest...
April 1, 2015
B is for Beautiful
I woke up one morning, and boy oh boy! I didn’t have one grey hair, nor two… I had a silver river flowing along the side of my head. ON top of that, my alter ego – Fatty in the Mirror – ate the entire stock of chocolate and cakes, and thus I am left with the orange peels and the cottage cheese. YUCK.
It is hard to pin-point what beauty is, because… well, it is in the eye of the beholder. So I ask myself… but what if the beholder is blind?
The little voice [the one ignoring Fatty in the Mirror!] answers:
“Even the blind man can see the beauty as it rides upon the sound of a voice, edge itself between the lines on his fingerprints to be spread upon the smooth snippets of life he touches.
Beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder,” the voice tells me, “it is in the smell of the world at dawn, when the sound of birds cracks the sky open like a fertile egg.
It is in the imagination of the soul, tattoo’d in colours of laughter where the lines are blurred but the picture is vivid.
It is in the superiority of a kind thought leading to a magical deed that change the outcome of a nightmare to be filled with flirtatious rainbows telling a story of hope, love, joy…
Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder…” the voice insists, “Beauty, is beholding the eyes of the seeker.”
And so, I point my finger at Fatty in the Mirror, and chuckle at her as she strikes a pose, yet again.
I do not feel very beautiful, and yet… The look in his eyes when he walks through the door every night, is still the same it was 20 years ago. I guess some people may just like their cottage cheese and orange peels a little more than others.
His eyes are beholden, when he seeks out my beauty.
It is hard to pin-point what beauty is, because… well, it is in the eye of the beholder. So I ask myself… but what if the beholder is blind?
The little voice [the one ignoring Fatty in the Mirror!] answers:
“Even the blind man can see the beauty as it rides upon the sound of a voice, edge itself between the lines on his fingerprints to be spread upon the smooth snippets of life he touches.
Beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder,” the voice tells me, “it is in the smell of the world at dawn, when the sound of birds cracks the sky open like a fertile egg.
It is in the imagination of the soul, tattoo’d in colours of laughter where the lines are blurred but the picture is vivid.
It is in the superiority of a kind thought leading to a magical deed that change the outcome of a nightmare to be filled with flirtatious rainbows telling a story of hope, love, joy…
Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder…” the voice insists, “Beauty, is beholding the eyes of the seeker.”
And so, I point my finger at Fatty in the Mirror, and chuckle at her as she strikes a pose, yet again.
I do not feel very beautiful, and yet… The look in his eyes when he walks through the door every night, is still the same it was 20 years ago. I guess some people may just like their cottage cheese and orange peels a little more than others.
His eyes are beholden, when he seeks out my beauty.
A-Z Challenge: Day 2 – B is for Beautiful
I woke up one morning, and boy oh boy! I didn’t have one grey hair, nor two… I had a silver river flowing along the side of my head. ON top of that, my alter ego – Fatty in the Mirror – ate the entire stock of chocolate and cakes,Read the Rest...
A-Z Challenge: Day 1 – A is for Appreciation
synonyms: valuing, respect, prizing, cherishing, treasuring, admiration, regard,esteem,high opinion “appreciation of literature comes only from first-hand study of the works of great writers” It is always, in my opinion, a good practice to stop and look at where you are at – and appreciate how you got to that point.Read the Rest...
March 27, 2015
Suicide Assassin
– By Adri Sinclair I don’t see it as murder – though I’ve become very good at it. I see it as suicide – which is arguably not much better, but then again… Is it worst? I don’t think so. “Were you close?” The old man with the shovel asks,Read the Rest...
March 23, 2015
Ahoy!
“What kind of a bleeding order is that? I can’t very well be having you undermine my every move, Monday!” She shrieked. Her curly, raven black hair Madusa-flaring around her head. The one side of his face pulled in an amused, pained manner; she’s not done, thus he waited. “Read the Rest...
March 22, 2015
Life is Changing – By Ingvild Bergland!
Life is changing. Seemingly everything she sees are different choices. No time to rest. Moving around she decide for light, dark or grey. Haunted voices are following her every step on the path. Trying to run away from her past. She is looking for a place to hide. Distant shiveringRead the Rest...
A Chat with Mariana – Full Interview & Poem
Mariana Carvalho is a 16 year old young lady, living in the UK. When I found out that she has printed “Hidden Carmina” to read, I thought it would be good to keep an eye on this girl. Boy was I ever right to do so? This girl has anRead the Rest...
March 20, 2015
The Setting of Hidden Carmina – by Adri Sinclair
More and more people are asking me about the Second Breath series, and more and more of them ask the same question: “But where is it set?” My answer remains the same, each time. “Wherever you want.” From the start, I refused stubbornly to bind my characters, or my readers.Read the Rest...
March 16, 2015
Review: Accept no Trash Talk – by Traci Lawrence
This is a book about overcoming the effects of disrespectful communication–and many other situations that may seem to keep us from moving forward in life. The author uses many examples from the lives of prominent figures in history and current events to illustrate her points. She also cites cases fromRead the Rest...
