Eye of the Mountain

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Writing on the inner life.

Essays, memoir, and poetry on attention, grief, belonging, and what it means to live awake.

An open journal facing the rising sun in a mountain landscape

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Form

All 132 Poetry 70Essay 31Memoir 21Collection 10

Theme

Transformation 50Embodiment 48Attention 39Trauma 35Aliveness 30Creativity 29Relationships 26Family 24Grief 12Identity 11Spirituality 10Belonging 9Nature 5Culture 5

Series

Chakra Map 7The Arc of Becoming 5Shock Collar 3Lotus Eaters 3Developmental Order 3Shaping Water 3

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01
Essay3 min readJuly 23, 2026

Boundless Compassion

And Its Limits

traumarelationshipsattention
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Poetry1 min readJuly 5, 2026

Love with a No

Untangling from Enmeshment

relationships
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Essay2 min readJune 23, 2026

The Endless Reaching

Not a Pathology

relationshipsattentiontrauma
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Poetry2 min readJune 11, 2026

Aliveness Manifesto

Life is not something to earn.It is not waiting at the end of healing, success,certainty or fear.It is here.Now.

alivenessattentionrelationships
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Poetry1 min readJune 3, 2026

Seeing Color

The world is not just black and white. There are many shades of darkness. There are many tones of light. And there's all the stuff in between:The rainbow of life.

attentionrelationshipscreativity
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Collection5 min readShock CollarMay 30, 2026

Shock Collar

A Short Autobiography

traumatransformationrelationships
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Poetry1 min readMay 22, 2026

Leaving Hope

Severance

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Memoir3 min readMay 19, 2026

Performance Won't Earn Belonging

Neither Will Authenticity

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Memoir4 min readMay 18, 2026

Crossing the Desert

Perspective On the Distance Travelled

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Poetry1 min readApril 22, 2026

Invitation to Dance

Center to Center

alivenessembodimentrelationships
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Poetry1 min readMarch 16, 2026

The Path of Fear

And The Path of Love

attentionrelationships
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Poetry1 min readJanuary 21, 2026

Language Fails

Touch Heals

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