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

Theme · Transformation

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Essay1 min readShaping Water · 1September 28, 2025

Unfurling

Shaping Water (part 1)

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Poetry1 min readSeptember 15, 2025

Right here, right now, right you

(Stay)

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Poetry1 min readSeptember 12, 2025

Talking to a Ghost

In the mirror

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Poetry1 min readSeptember 11, 2025

Breathe in

Breathe out

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Essay5 min readSeptember 9, 2025

Venom to Medicine: the Alchemy of Growth

Exalting our flaws

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Memoir1 min readAugust 20, 2025

The Helm of Dustiny

Alignment and orientation

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Essay1 min readAugust 15, 2025

The Paradoxes of Wholeness

The polarity of growth

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Essay2 min readChakra Map · 5August 11, 2025

Throat Chakra: voice

You allow me

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Essay2 min readChakra Map · 6August 11, 2025

Third Eye Chakra: insight

You know me

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Essay2 min readChakra Map · 3August 11, 2025

Solar Plexus Chakra: identity

You chose me

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Essay2 min readChakra Map · 2August 11, 2025

Sacral / Navel Chakra: life force

You accept me

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Essay3 min readChakra Map · 1August 11, 2025

Root Chakra: the right to be

You hold me

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