On this page are some of my own words, inspired by life, created to inspire life and all its meaningful possibilities into manifestation. Here, you’ll find poetry, nonfiction, creative + experimental nonfiction, short stories, and embodied poetry. Please enjoy.

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Pain body, pleasure body.

“How can I claim the pleasure without the pain? It is the pain, or the absence of sensation, that eventually makes sensation, and even pleasure, available for embrace. It is this polarity that is the foundation for life's inherent music.”

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The Leap (part 2)

“My own perception of reality started to widen and deepen and develop alternate and asymmetric pathways that scared me in a way.”

A reflective mini-memoir of the driving forces leading me to Costa Rica, my 7th residency on this planet Earth.

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The Leap (part 1)

“How did I get here?”

A reflective mini-memoir of the driving forces leading me to Costa Rica, my 7th residency on this planet Earth.

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The Magic of the Moment

“She lost recollection of where she was, what had happened throughout the day, her plan for the rest of the trip, and submitted the whirlwind and whimsy of this kiss.”

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