cobbling together the artist's life…coaching, acting, photography, writing, and music…
Beauty is real. We argue over its subjectivity and objectivity, but in both concept and experience, the presence of something we call Beauty is undeniable. The experience of Beauty stirs us, speaks to us, and creates (or illuminates) a yearning in us that longs to be filled, yet most often, is not. What is Beauty? …
Continue reading "100 Things I Know #18 – There Is A Call in Beauty"
Though we stumble upon moments when our lives cohere and suddenly all the our experiences make sense, and these moments often feel as if we’ve discovered an empirical reality that was there all along, the truth is that these moments are moments of our own story-telling, moments we have made. There are facts, and then …
Continue reading "100 Things I Know #5 – Meaning Will Not Be Found. It Must Be Made."
I mean –ness as in “a suffix denoting a state or condition. An instance of this.” Darkness. Likeness. Kindness. Lightness. Flower-ness. Jeff-ness. You-ness. The particular quality of a thing or person. This is my way of saying each of us has been crafted uniquely. Our particular mixture of DNA, circumstance and environment, cultural expression, personality …
Continue reading "100 Things I Know #14 – You and I Have A “Ness”"
I keep experimenting. I've been posting these over at my Tumblr. Follow over there if you'd like.
I wrote a second day's worth. It's not poetry, really, but here it is. We could do this sort of thing everyday, and never run out of counting. Just thankful. Especially for this beautiful bunch. Not together this year for Thanksgiving, but they'll always be with me, whichever holiday table finds …
JEFF BERRYMAN 