Creative Heart Ablaze

From island garden to golden coast, souvenirs from my treasure chest. The second anthology with 128 poems from four decades is an artistic adventure with colors of nature, love and friendship. A tribute to the divine communion of creation and a greater design of interwoven destinies that inspired me to write. Cover painting by Chantal Dassanayake

To Sing with Bards and Angels is an invitation to travel through landscapes evoked by beautiful language, into the heart of nature and imagination. Step into the magic of a creative spiritual journey through the descriptive voice of a contemporary Bard, as she shares her quest to live and work in harmony with the Creative Spirit, writing her way into being, turning her life into poetry and story. With help from an angel and a full moon shining on the ocean, Iona Jenkins blends this potion of inspiration from a treasury of memories, her love of wisdom, sacred places, native landscapes, legends, the arts and nature, all served in a cup of creative possibility for those aspiring to live with wisdom and soul as spiritual artists. A few sprinklings of practical suggestions, optional meditations and tasks are added to help readers discover inspiration flowing through the unique song of their own lives.

Peaceful Pilgrims Series is set in Karen Wiesner's fictional town of Peaceful, Wisconsin, a small community with old-fashioned values and friendly people you'll want to get to know and visit often. Sometimes trying to have it all with no quarter given means losing what matters most... Riley Levi works hard toward success as a flight attendant and longs for love to set her heart ablaze. In order to speed up the timetable of her career aspirations, she takes an ill-advised shortcut that could have lasting ramifications. Riley's husband, Liam "Blaze" Blazel, lives in their hometown of Peaceful, Wisconsin, serving as a police officer. Blaze and Riley married six months ago. He believes marriage means a husband and wife live together, sleep together every night, and eventually raise a family together. The last thing Riley needs is to be in a committed relationship with a man who wants to ground her. Perhaps the most damning thing of all is that they love each other passionately. There's simply no happy medium that could make this thing work...

Feel the primal fire ignite within. "The Untamed Spirit: Embracing Your Wildness and Unleashing Your Full Potential" isn't a self-help manual; it's a primal awakening, a call to reclaim your authentic, uncaged self. Dive into the echoes of your wild instincts, untangle the shadows of doubt, and unleash the vibrant curiosities that yearn for expression. Tame the inner critic that dims your dreams, and ignite the fierce dance between your wild heart and powerful mind. Untamed passions will become your compass, guiding you to unleash your boundless creativity. Learn to waltz with fear, embrace vulnerability as your strength, and trust your untamed intuition, whispering wisdom from ancestral echoes. Forge your own untamed path, forge relationships that ignite your soul, and build a tribe that celebrates your unique roar. Untame the world around you, leaving your indelible mark, and build a legacy that ripples through generations. The journey doesn't end; it's a wild onward, a constant evolution towards your most magnificent, untamed self.

SPARK* is a dialogue about creativity. But this is not about creativity in the external sense of brainstorming or coming up with new ideas. It’s a discussion around the internal experience of creativity and what it means to be a creator. The fulfillment of creative inspiration is more of a reflex, a necessity, in the face of the internal friction and angst that exists within us, pressing us ever deeper into ourselves in our need to explore and expose what it is that is stirring inside us. The revelations of these urges pour themselves out through limitless mediums. This is not about mediums either. In our expressions of creativity there exists an experience much more profound than simply finding resolution. Creativity (and the outward acts of creation it demands) is full of fear and vulnerability. Creative resolution demands a terrifying, yet unavoidable, openness of the heart — a trust that there is purpose in the risk. This exposing of what lies within us leaves us naked before an unforgiving world. The humility of creation is so real, so overwhelming, it often brings us to our knees. Yet interwoven within this visceral, emotional experience of creativity is the reality of the soul that we have been created in the image of a Creator who is ever beckoning us. And the more we open ourselves to the depths of what it means to be a creator, the more we seem to find of Him — and in this intimacy, we begin to see how just as His creation speaks of His heart, our creativity does too.

"Identity" - Christoph Marti Portfolio Book 5 In this captivating photography book, join Christoph Marti on an inspiring journey through the world of photography. Through his unique approach and deep understanding of the connection between artist and subject, he invites us into the intimate realm of visual artistry. With trust and shared creativity, breathtaking images come to life, capturing the essence of individuals and telling their stories. This compelling narrative of a photographer is a celebration of embracing individuality and the power of human expression. A visually stunning book that reveals the transformative power of photography, inviting readers to see the world through new eyes.

This fresh translation of poetry by the fourteenth-century Christian mystic “sets the heart ablaze and the spirit soaring” (Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, author of The Artist’s Rule). Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, and Rudolf Steiner have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought. In addition, his work has influenced the development of twentieth-century American Buddhism and the Theosophical tradition. Eckhart wrote at a time—much like our own—when society appeared to be coming apart at the seams. In the midst of all that chaos and uncertainty, he captured the many forms and stages of God’s love, the mystic path, and the journey of transformation. His writings were so startling that he was even accused of heresy. Now, seven centuries later, this fresh rendering of his work translates the essence of one of Christianity’s greatest poetic and spiritual voices, conveying the heart of his teachings about loving God and embarking on a spiritual journey characterized by mystery, paradox, and an embrace of the unknown.

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