Your Proximity is a Breath Away: For Hans & the Forest that Awakens Us
I emerge transformed, feeling the icy tendrils of your touch brush against my neck as you remain hidden within a colony of hemlocks.
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"I write to discover what I know."
– Flannery O'Connor
Lavavoth
Jun 106 min read
Spiritual Ancestors: A Vision Quest Towards a New Land and Learning to Live with Past Life Trauma
This journey is about connecting with my spiritual ancestors who fill me with purpose, meaning, and curiosity.
Lavavoth
Jun 53 min read
“What Does Land Mean?”: A Visual Meditation on Release, Wild Sanctuary and Migration
Ojibwe land, sacred land, posted land. A parcel of more than 40 acres of wooded terrain.
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May 43 min read
The House on Tinmouth Road: Maple Syrup, Visual Ruminations, and GIS Parcel Data
I saw maples covered in vinyl tubing. "That must be their place," I said, oblivious of the fact that tapping could be a thing in Danby.
Lavavoth
Oct 4, 20231 min read
A Return to Blogging
A lot has happened since the last time I posted, including transferring schools and PhD programs.
Lavavoth
Mar 18, 20213 min read
One Step Up, Two Steps Down: A Semi-Poetic Response to Nonlinear Spiritual Development
Resistant to the call, disdainful and intolerant of embarking on such a path, spirituality arrived like a sledgehammer.
Lavavoth
Mar 11, 20216 min read
Six Ways to Ground Yourself
Grounding doesn't have to be a lengthy process. The important thing is to make it work for you. Here are six techniques for you to try.
Lavavoth
Sep 2, 20201 min read
The Manse on the Hill
Despair shifts like the tide,
and I am pulled down once again by an undertow of history.
Lavavoth
Jan 2, 20181 min read
Never Let You Down
Do you remember all the sounds, when I found you by the lake, and how the water seemed to call your name?
Lavavoth
Sep 6, 20171 min read
A Valkyrie’s Love Poem for the Trees
They have destroyed your
beauty, your canopy that once enfolded me into
your splendor.
Lavavoth
Jul 12, 20174 min read
Ewiger Wald: The Roots of Ecofascism and My Love for the Real Eternal Forest
Given Germany’s deeply rooted connection to the woods, I had always assumed that its forests were robust and covered much of the country.
Lavavoth
Jun 1, 20173 min read
Drumpf Pronounces Death to the Earth
The fate of our planet has just been decided.
Lavavoth
Sep 26, 20109 min read
'Magic': The Window Fan and My Spirit Friend
To my horror and dismay, I noticed that the fan was no longer in the window.
Lavavoth
Nov 16, 20081 min read
Lake Champlain in November
It’s nearly 12pm, windy and with a charcoal gray sky. The trees are bare, exposing large nests that had been carefully constructed...
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