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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132 pieces

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Collection7 min readThe Arc of Becoming · 4June 1, 2026

Continue Here - The Arc of Becoming

Chapter 4 - Capacity and Practice

transformationtraumaattention
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Collection5 min readShock CollarMay 30, 2026

Shock Collar

A Short Autobiography

traumatransformationrelationships
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Memoir1 min readShock Collar · 14May 28, 2026

The Tragedy of My Life

Shock Collar - Part 14

creativitytraumaembodiment
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Poetry1 min readMay 26, 2026

Worshiping Absence

Missing Out on Aliveness

alivenessgrieftrauma
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Poetry1 min readMay 25, 2026

Ecstasy Now

Inner Friendship

alivenesscreativity
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Poetry1 min readMay 22, 2026

Leaving Hope

Severance

attentionalivenessrelationships
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Memoir3 min readMay 19, 2026

Performance Won't Earn Belonging

Neither Will Authenticity

identitybelongingrelationships
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Memoir4 min readMay 18, 2026

Crossing the Desert

Perspective On the Distance Travelled

embodimenttraumarelationships
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Poetry1 min readMay 16, 2026

Past Future

You think your past determines your present.You think your present determines your future?

attention
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Poetry1 min readMay 12, 2026

Nothing

Is Nothing

embodiment
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Poetry1 min readMay 10, 2026

Odonata

Violent Surrender

nature
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Poetry1 min readMay 8, 2026

The Spiral Line

Consciousness Observing Itself

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