5/11/13 5/11/13

Made Things

Art is what is created when inspiration meets the medium.

4/25/13 4/25/13

Prisoners

When we feel isolated, we can lose hope.

4/17/13 4/17/13

After The Boston Marathon

A poem in response to the Boston Marathon Bombing

3/27/13 3/27/13

Sacrifice

You earn your peace by the sacrifices you make.

2/22/13 2/22/13

The Two Conductors

Two different choir experiences underscore the right conditions for creativity and play.

2/6/13 2/6/13

Keep Moving:Thoughts on Journaling and Process

The discouragement inherent in practicing art. How keeping a journal can anchor a writing practice.

1/22/13 1/22/13

Trapped in the Ice

Breaking through the isolation of chronic Illness.

1/16/13 1/16/13

Brancusi's Egg

A new chapbook of poems from Finishing Line Press suitable for using in the health care setting.

12/20/12 12/20/12

The Art of Medicine in Metaphors

Announcing The Art of Medicine in Metaphors by James Borton.

12/12/12 12/12/12

Love is What Carries You

Living in the absence of the dead. The sweetness that can come with grief.

12/3/12 12/3/12

My Morning with Matisse

Learning about Matisse's process; how to persist through difficulties in creating art.

11/15/12 11/15/12

Inwardness

The value of silence, of modulating communication in an age of connectedness.

9/1/12 9/1/12

Why Write?

Writing as both vocation and career.

7/18/12 7/18/12

Practicing Simplicity

Being in the moment--how to prepare the ground.

6/20/12 6/20/12

Everything Changes, Nothing is Lost

Facing the natural changes of aging, the inevitable losses.

4/13/12 4/13/12

The Work of Dying

A woman who loved life lets it go.

3/22/12 3/22/12

Grief Work

A surfeit of losses and a red-enameled pan.

2/28/12 2/28/12

Appearance and Reality

How easily we make assumptions about others. A few vignettes.

2/13/12 2/13/12

When is Writing Not the Answer?

Sometimes introspection is not a good idea

1/23/12 1/23/12

Willing to Make Mistakes

Sometimes be willing to make mistakes is the most important part of a creative endeavor.