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Word Sketches — Images created with words
Have you ever tried to draw an image of something in your head using colored pencils, crayons, or watercolors? You must understand then the effort, creativity, and courage necessary to bring those images to the paper. I hope the words I sketch here will help you see the images I am creating for you. Even better, you may be inspired to create word sketches of your own!
Encounters
Our guest blogger today is Charlene Edge author of From the Porch to the Page: A Guidebook for the Writing Life and author of the award-winning memoir, Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International. I wrote a blog about her last year. You can revisit it here. Today she is sharing with us a cherished poem.
This poem is a tribute to my husband, Hoyt Edge, the love we share, and how one moment might have made our amazing life together not happen at all. The poem emerged after he told me about his trip to South Africa in 1999 before we started dating in 2000.
The incident in the poem happened while he was on safari through Kruger National Park, riding in an open-top tour jeep with a few other sightseers. It was getting dark by this time, but up ahead the experienced tour driver saw signs of lions in the nearby grass and along the sandy road...
Let’s Talk About Women
I love and hate this picture of Mami and her brother Luyo kneeling prayerfully at the foot of Abuela Provi who is sitting in a chair. Abuelo Luis took this beautiful portrait of filial love and religious devotion. It expresses so much! But the story this image brings to mind affected me deeply growing up and led me to decide to bring my daughters up in a radically different way.