by Bela Johnson | Apr 11, 2013 | inspiration, musings, personal, poetry, Uncategorized, writing
I write. Not because I must, or because I am compelled by some unseen force like the devil nipping at my backside. I used to write to expel emotion, to coax forth whatever poison lingered from the confusion of youth, to purge whatever angst, anger, judgment and...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 9, 2013 | healing, inspiration, musings, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
There are times when the veil is drawn. Days go missing, while retreat seems the only option – Time away from the world to heal; to gather fragments and splinters back to a body weakened with pain and strange imaginings. Many eschew the need...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 4, 2013 | compassion, happiness, inspiration, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
How long can one exist on just a story? I think some people live out the entirety of their days in the thrall of fabrication. And many don’t realize it until it is too late. I remember My Story. It began in the distant past, and I coughed it up and out like a...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 2, 2013 | food, Hawaii, lifestyle, personal, Uncategorized
Strange ritual, this gorging on holidays. Course after course – for we have paid dearly for them – slides down the hatch in habitual response to colors, textures, tastes. The floor is flagstone; the chairs in this grand old hotel are plastic, of all...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 27, 2013 | inspiration, musings, nature, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
Like clouds of breath rising from a steaming tub or the formless spines of cumulus; Untethered thoughts wander, free of their mooring in the harbor of the heart. Vexation arises – too much elemental air. We need earth to grow: tunnels of wriggling...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 25, 2013 | art, creativity, inspiration, Uncategorized
[youtube=http://youtu.be/xMj_P_6H69g] This was so poignant, I cried. Absolutely brilliant. Attitudes and approaches are morphing on a grand scale, and it is heartening to observe these leaps in consciousness. We need hope in this rapidly changing world, in the face of...
