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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Poetry1 min readMay 10, 2026

Odonata

Violent Surrender

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Memoir5 min readMay 4, 2026

A Brush with Death

And the Peek Beyond

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Poetry1 min readMarch 5, 2026

The Eye and the Mountain

The self I was trying to find Was a phantom created By observing outside myself.

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Poetry1 min readNovember 27, 2025

Tip of the Spear

A Pyramid in Time

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Memoir6 min readAugust 11, 2025

The Eye of the Mountain

Discovering My Personal Myth

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