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| Huichol Art ala Anita Perez Ferguson |
I used to be older, very discouraged, and certain life’s summer season was done. It was then that I wrote these lines:
Am I writing or praying?
Am I writing, or praying,
when I create a character
and give her life?
when I create a character
and give her life?
Her ordinary moments
reflect the hopes and fears
that herd us toward
divine guidance and shelter.
Am I constructing a plot,
or meditating on her
purpose and perils?
I listen to her heartbeat
and see a creative spark
reflected in her eye.
Am I writing or praying?
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Summer Past
Summer past
Appears to be
Forever gone.
Never to come again.
Not to be annually recurring,
But spent.
Disbursed.
It’s company
Disbanded.
-- Anita Perez Ferguson, Santa Barbara, CA, young adult historic fiction author
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Been There Voices is about us, our lives, our successes and failures, our joys and sorrows, our lessons and our gradual, hard-won wisdom. We have survived and thrived throughout whatever has come our way.
The reasons are arbitrary and not intended to dismiss half of our population, however, this project focuses on the stories of women, and begins with fourteen women, well-polished grains of sand on the beach of life, tumbled by the waves of time until their light shines through, offering their stories, joys and sorrows, to the ocean of wisdom.
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