by Bela Johnson | Dec 2, 2025 | consciousness, creative process, regeneration, Uncategorized
There is a pinhole of light streaming through a blank canvas,and as I ponder this portal, more is revealed—always in time. We are in a conversationwith the unfolding. There was a time when I would have torn the edges,clawing my way with eager hands to get through that...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 18, 2025 | home, regeneration, Uncategorized
Coming home may be the first truth we recognizewithout words—feet sensing receptive ground, comfortrising from the soil as breath deepens and expands.We are no different from the dog with its wet muzzlelifted to the wind, savoring with senses we still possessbut long...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 4, 2025 | cosmos, earth witness, nature, regeneration
Daily writing promptInvent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate.View all responses Since holiday’s etymological origin stems from holy day,shouldn’t every morning we wake to the miracle of life—on a planet able to sustain our...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 26, 2025 | art, poetry, regeneration, Uncategorized
In self-created confinement I dwell,waves of consciousness crashingonto undisclosed shorelines,thundering hooves of phantom horsesapproaching through the sands of time. Some might shudder at these contemplativespaces — interstices of timebefore necessary activities...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 20, 2025 | earth witness, people, regeneration, relationships, Uncategorized
There are confusing encounters, leaving one gaspingfor breath, the mind grasping for understanding;such is the nature of life and death—the latter being more recent in my world of experience. I eschew addictions, just as they are soughtto resolve what seems...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 19, 2025 | Observations, regeneration
She stands open-mouthedas the bird careens into glass—a soft thud, then feathered dustdrifting in the brittle air. Among the stubble of guinea grass,where cattle have grazed too close to bone,a dove-grey body trembles in shock,as the drought continues, broken onlyby...
