Category Archives: awakening

The Masked Angel of No (a Work in Progress)

Posted on December 1, 2017 by gracekellyrivera

The other day I was at the grocery store getting a few groceries after teaching a flamenco class. I hadn’t eaten much earlier in the day and consequently I was quite hungry. I’d also received a bit of disappointing news … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on Effacement

Posted on March 3, 2017 by gracekellyrivera

The glory of an impeccable moment alone is sacrificed here for the sake of beauty shared. This photograph represents a moment when the course of my life on this day brought me to a silence that was not the silence … Continue reading →

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The Persistence of Flowers (Notes on Awakening)

Posted on February 7, 2017 by gracekellyrivera

Showing this work in progress is no simple matter. All manner of consideration looms up at me and yet underlying, there is a simplicity that I want to cultivate and grow before I no longer have this body. The simplicity … Continue reading →

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Alighting

Posted on October 31, 2016 by gracekellyrivera

I have been waiting to land at some place of completion that would give me the language to speak what needs to be spoken. The wait has become foolish, a trick of the old paradigm mind, which is being sloughed … Continue reading →

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No Thoughts on Work and Soul Food

Posted on September 5, 2016 by gracekellyrivera

The Great Work is not social work. It is not artistic creation, much to the chagrin of my artistic self. It is not what I once thought it was. In fact it’s not anything I can think. Anything I can … Continue reading →

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