Hi, you have a brand with organic ingredients for the lips? The color I have in mind is a cross between plum and raspberry. No, a little brighter than that but not pink. Would you have it as a lip liner? Matte but creamy. Wide-stick. (Eh, a little lighter than I wanted.) Oh, I wish… Read More Men Have It Easier
After going through my posts on the writing process, blogger Kevin commented that I seem to “write with intent rather than for ‘mere’ expression.” A lot of his poetry arose from the fun of it and the wish to express himself in a particular way. He also asked if I always analyze what I read, if… Read More Calling All Artists, Thinkers, Writers
I noticed something about the colors of the words that streamed from my head when I started blogging two years ago. The spectrum had many light, bright hues. Looking back at the single young woman from this side of time, I was a little startled at the levity in the beloved writing that I had… Read More The Writing Process: Color
My husband knew I was The One when he first saw me. I (with a roll of the eyes) chalked up what he called love at first sight to the way the clothes happened to flatter me that evening. He stopped me in my tracks, though, when he admitted for the first time after 10… Read More I Think I Love My Body
Back in high school, a good friend said after meeting my family, “Your mother is so beautiful. What happened to you?” I laughed. Good question. Part of Mom’s looks have been their enviable resilience to time, something she never took for granted. Korean women remain vigilant against the insistence of gravity on their face, and… Read More Men and Women: Another Difference, Part 2
What color is make-believe, you ask? It is the color of time that never runs out, the sun streaming over a land where children are kings and queens, It is the heart of Middle-earth The color of Cinderella’s tears, the color of beauty who loved the beast Pinocchio’s lies and the virtue of knights, the… Read More The Color of Make-Believe
He dressed the day with clouds and spilled a sea of stars into the night calling each by name The night’s aria declares His deep pleasure The universe is intoxicated with glory. The Autumn wind gasps the surety of Winter The geese, one giant wing a moving geometry that angles into the wind How… Read More — know?
So the last time I called, it was to ask the meaning of art. This time I want to talk about its source and sustenance. Would you help me through my ambivalence on this question, follow as I st r u gg le? Thinking over the things my mother worked to procure for me –… Read More Calling All Artists, Thinkers, Writers, Part 2: The Luxury of Art
I noticed something recently about the colors of the words that have streamed from my head these few months. The versicolor spectrum has many lighter, brighter hues than my writing has seen over the years. The lacuna of the last ten years where I was entirely occupied in the life of a wife and mother… Read More The Writing Process, Part 1: Color
Music Music is heaven-borne. Was God’s idea. God’s people sung their prayers through the Old Testament, though they did not have to. And they sang a new song before the throne…Revelation 14:3. Music will crown the triumph of restoration, vindication, renewal in heaven. Color Imagine there were no such thing. So we couldn’t even paint.… Read More 20 Things I Consider Sacred: Part 4
A Holistic Journey 