Category Archives: reading

when you believe

Posted on November 9, 2016 by seagullsea

Kristalnacht, November 9th, 1938   On November 9 to November 10, 1938, in an incident known as “Kristallnacht”, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, … Continue reading →

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The road

Posted on September 26, 2016 by seagullsea

“The road to recovery is always under construction “ -Lily Tomlin And i feel that the road towards words is always under revision…i have been doing a lot of that lately. One one hand one must write like a river, flowing unblocked … Continue reading →

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The artist’s way:day one

Posted on September 2, 2016 by seagullsea

“The artist’s way”by Julia Cameron. After being told for years i should read this book.Here we are. I liked this quote: “The position of the artist is humble.He is essentiallly a channel.”    – Piet Mondrian “The music of this … Continue reading →

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Talking to someone i should have been silent to

Posted on June 19, 2016 by seagullsea

Me:Excuse me,i was busy writing ,  quickly posting a piece on my blog.. Man of my tribe  i just met with his young children and google phD wife.* Man:oh,how many people read your blog. Me:I just had a NEW SUBSCRIBER … Continue reading →

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Metamorphosis of the Metamorphosis

Posted on April 27, 2016 by seagullsea

A seagull adaptation to F Kafka’s short story-metaphor . My son had to study this story for school so i thought of a way to make this difficult sad and complex story more approachable. Gregor samsa dreamed He’d become a … Continue reading →

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God help the child-the end

Posted on April 13, 2016 by seagullsea

“God help the child”by Toni Morrison Ok.It took me less than 24 hours  to read the book and i was even busy doing other things so you can imagine the word “breathtaking”fails to describe and so without spoiling the suspense … Continue reading →

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A late awakening

Posted on March 27, 2016 by seagullsea

“With the presence came the Agape and a kind of automatic expectation of Synchronicity and a remembering to make sure along the way that I had told the absolute truth to others-voicing especially the intuitive ideas that I felt they … Continue reading →

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watching the swiss-Part 1

Posted on February 12, 2016 by seagullsea

“In an address to the swiss ambassadors,Frank -Walter Steinmeier,the German Minister for foreign Affairs ,recently pointed out with a smile that the task entrusted to them is one that certainly arouses a lot of envy among their foreign colleagues:”You represent … Continue reading →

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kafka quietening the mind

Posted on January 20, 2016 by seagullsea

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us”     -Franz Kafka so many of us make the mistake of keeping  words imprisoned in the mind. Books may be the axe to break the frozen sea but … Continue reading →

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