Rolling silence
by adriana
Silence duplicates itself.
Categories: Art, Fiction, Meditation, Writing • Tags: Art, Inspiration, Meditation, Patience, Silence
Tag: Inspiration
Heat and sun
by adriana
I noticed the sun first this morning followed by the heat piping out of the old radiator. Lightness on one hand and heaviness on the other.
Categories: Art • Tags: Art, Inspiration
Before and after the thunderstorm
by adriana
Blue walls, red curtains, and gold-framed mirrors that reflect who is up on stage behind the microphone. Clothes damp, shoes soaked, a number of us had gathered to hear the Bennington Writers fiction reading at Cornelia Street Cafe while a thunderstorm raged over New York City. When the storm hit earlier in the day, I watched the sky cast charcoal gray from my perch on the eighth floor at the Center for Fiction. I headed out onto the Midtown streets […]
Categories: Events, Fiction, Reading, Writing • Tags: Inspiration, Mindfulness, nature, Readings, Thunderstorms, Writing
Enter stillness to practice listening
by adriana
On a stretch of highway near Great Barrington, MA, I was called to stop at a dirt road framed by trees (pictured above). On one side a cemetery hid in the shade and on the other a green, grassy lawn stretched into the sunlight. The road felt majestic like the trees were tall knights guarding a secret passage. And the road’s existence itself felt hidden, especially to me as someone who wasn’t from the area but rather enjoying an extended […]
Categories: Meditation, Poetry, Travel, Writing • Tags: Creativity, Inspiration, Meditation, nature, Poetry, Stillness, Travel, Writing
Books that fill the sky with color
by adriana
Some books fill the sky with color. Some authors leave a distinct hue, their indelible mark in the space beyond the clouds. When Maya Angelou passed on May 28 in 2014, I watched a gorgeous sky take shape at sunset in Salinas, Ecuador. The clouds stretched across the sky and shades of pink lingered before giving way to gold then yellow then orange. It was her sky that evening, a majestic tribute in her honor. That evening I began a Maya Angelou reading […]
Categories: Ecuador, Fiction, Poetry, Reading, Travel, Writing • Tags: Ecuador, Fiction, Inspiration, Travel, Writing
adriana rambay fernández 