"Ecstatic seizures," he says, "are a subtype-" Too late. The term blooms into sensation. Not joy or pleasure. Something larger, less kind. A flooding. Conviction that whatever is happening is important beyond scale. The ordinary rules of salience revoke. I am in awe without object, your honor.

Light Comes From Within by Dongni Hou, 2021

Supernatural spider-woman from Japanese folklore

"Why ‐‐‐‐ do they shut me out of Heaven? Did I sing ‐‐‐‐ too loud?" - Emily Dickinson

The descent into the unconscious is always dangerous. It can be visualized as being devoured by the whale-dragon, as going down into a dark cave or into the castle of the evil magician. We go there to get something. As a rule, it is a valuable treasure or a precious stone.~Jung

Jef Bourgeau (American, b.1950)

Thoughts? #philosophy

I’m at some kind of ending, but I don’t quite understand it yet. I keep thinking that I can almost make out the shape… but it’s slippery. I don’t have the will anymore to wonder, so we’ll just see. 😂

Cookie Monster Eyes: Hmm, Very Interesting

Alt: Cookie Monster Eyes: Hmm, Very Interesting

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#vss365

I pace for miles on weary feet— willing my buried soul to speak, and I listen very closely. ⸻ I sit still and lose myself in world, while soul sneaks up, wrapping me in whisper: “Are you ready to go peacefully?” ⸻ Glowing, I agree. #Poetry #SkyPoet #BlueskyPoetry #MythicPoetry

#DailyDelights I love the juxtaposition between the way water gathers, pools, and drops from the leaves and the speed and weight of the rain falling around them.

𝘎𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 Einstein didn’t just accumulate knowledge. He imagined impossible scenarios (thought experiments) to discover things no one else had noticed yet. There’s a difference between understanding an idea and creating a new way to understand it. #ThoughtJournal #CreatorCognition

Rae Radford@raeradford.bsky.social · 12h ago

Precisely. #BookSky

✨️ "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." - Carl Jung ✨️

All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable & will always be. If you really want to help this world, you will have to teach how to live in it. No one can do that who has not learned how to live in joyful sorrow & sorrowful joy of the knowledge of life as it is.~Joseph Campbell

Annnnnnnd I'm done. A couple of days later than I'd hoped, but the first six months of my work deserved closer attention. And now I can say that I've sorted and filed all of my poetry on this Bluesky account as well as my Alt. 😵‍💫 And my repost spree is OVER. 😂

Glitter

Alt: Glitter

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Serena🪞🧿✨@alethianstrata.bsky.social · 4d ago

Diving in again! My goal is to sort all of the poetry I've published on Bluesky by Monday morning. 😵‍💫 12 more months to go. 😂 #PoetryCommunity #WritersLife #SkyPoet

From me to you... 😉 The worlds a playground Apropos of nothing - so Get weird recklessly #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Dailyhaiku #Writersofbluesky #Blueskypoetry #Poetrycommunity #Writing #Poetrychallenge #3lines #artists

Troubleshooting the current timeline, slipping in— and out of consciousness. #Haiku #Poetrycommunity #VSS365 #Poetry #Micropoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #HaikuSaturday #SciFiHaku #SciFaikuSaturday

Tiny treasures gleam, Sunlight strung on spider silk, Baubles and trinkets. #HaikuChallenge (gewgaw) #Haiku #Poem #Poetry #3lines #Blueskypoetry #Photography 📸 By me.

Of the many disjointed realities I have lived, I cherish the ones Where I created love From nothing. #Blueskyrelay (disjointed) #Poetry #Poem #writingCommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrysky #BlueskyPoet 📸 By me.

I adore any creature that learns to thrive under oppressive pressure and darkness. #Art #BlueskyArt #Painting #BlueskyArtists #ArtSky 🎨 Watercolor, acrylic, & sharpie.

The truth is laughable... But the truth isn’t funny— at all. #Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #SkyPoet #Joker

In a world of infinite possibilities, the easiest thing to be is wrong. Don’t obsess over the unexceptional. #Poetry #Poem #MicroPoem #BlueskyPoetry

Each sigh, each song, each poem — each prayer, each hope — a love note to you. #HaikuFeels (Note) #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #SkyPoet #WritersofBluesky

I caught your words mid-air And shot them back— In an accent, with vibrato, In triplicate, turned compulsive. I couldn’t tell you why, Except that breathing, speaking, 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 is a playground— And I heard you. Loud and clear. Do I sound like a human, too? #VSS365 (echolalia) #Poetry #Poem #Autism 👽

I think of how I still smile when I picture your face. I wonder how I can. I wonder how I couldn’t. #Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #SkyPoet #PoetryLovers #PoetryCommunity

Fingers stroking at the spine. The richest inhale of perfumed, soft decay. You show me where it was written— always written— between the lines. #VSS365 (Vellichor) #Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #SkyPoet #PoetryLovers #PoetryCommunity

a person 's finger is pointing to a book titled " hundertjahrgeschichte "

ALT: a person 's finger is pointing to a book titled " hundertjahrgeschichte "

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Every scattered star of my constellation— built from the light I planted, nurtured, and harvested from my eyes. Mapping through the darkness all around. #Poetry #Poem #PoetryLovers #BlueskyPoetry #PoetryofBluesky #SkyPoet

You’re a genius, when removed from all your longing. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰. #HaikuFeels (remove) #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #SkyPoet

A poem nearly 20 years old. 😱

Serena🪞🧿✨@alethianstrata.bsky.social · last yr.

For the #Circular prompt, I feel like taking a journey back to my first publication, circa 2007. 🧵 Style in 5 movements— because the formatting I was 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰 into back in the day is a sonofabitch to deal with. 😆 #VSSPrompt (Circular) #Poetry #Poem #SkyPoet #BlueskyPoetry #PoetryLovers

I sit center inside the eye of the hurricane. A vehicle— a machine— with the swell of the ocean, and the entire cosmos inside it. I record, the best I can. Try to make it make sense— from the devastation my storm caused. I’m only human… but there’s something else here, too. #Poetry #Poem #SkyPoet