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Cropped black and white photo of man with a bird in his mouth by Ryan McGuire of Gratisography
Cropped black and white photo of man with a bird in his mouth by Ryan McGuire of Gratisography
This is by Ryan McGuire of Gratisography

Listening requires attention and openness. Poet Ana Daksina reminds us how silence allows us to hear the beating of our own hearts…

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Today I spoken have no single word
Nor have one spoken by another heard

Today I listened to a sighing breeze
Wistfully stroke the branches of the trees

Perhaps for the first time I fully heard
The language in the singing of a bird

Mid lovely silence, oh, so quietly
My Muses whispered many dreams to me

Today no single word hath passed my lips
Came seven poems from my fingertips

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Guest Blog Post: Reconnecting via Photography by Richard Keys

Close up of a fly courtesy by Richard Keys of Photosociology.wordpress.com

Fellow blogger Richard's photos are stunning! Here he describes his process and how photography can heal... Introduction Hey, I’m Richard, and my blog is photosociology.wordpress.com. To be honest, I’m surprised that my blog is followed by others, I’m just a guy with mental health problems, which photography helps me to cope with. Initially, it got… Continue reading Guest Blog Post: Reconnecting via Photography by Richard Keys