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 · Creativity

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Essay1 min readJuly 20, 2026

Murder by the Name

Words are not innocent

attentioncreativityaliveness
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Poetry1 min readJune 21, 2026

The Shape of Pain

The Out Line

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Poetry1 min readJune 13, 2026

The Act

Starts Now

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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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Memoir1 min readShock Collar · 14May 28, 2026

The Tragedy of My Life

Shock Collar - Part 14

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Poetry1 min readMay 25, 2026

Ecstasy Now

Inner Friendship

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Poetry1 min readMay 8, 2026

The Spiral Line

Consciousness Observing Itself

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Poetry1 min readMay 6, 2026

The Slowness of the Heart

A Practice in Becoming

transformationcreativityattention
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Memoir5 min readMay 4, 2026

A Brush with Death

And the Peek Beyond

griefcreativitynature
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Essay1 min readApril 18, 2026

The Smell of Farts

And Its Undeniability

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Poetry1 min readJanuary 21, 2026

Language Fails

Touch Heals

embodimentcreativityrelationships
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Poetry1 min readJanuary 9, 2026

Violent Pleasure

No Escaping

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