With the publication of I Bought a Pearl quickly approaching (September 4, 2024), I am a mix of all the emotions you might expect. I am excited, relieved, and nervous. I also find myself reflecting on my path as an author, how I ended up here and what things might look like in the future. … Continue reading Trauma and Relationship with God––Not Positive, but Inspirational?
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How Van Gogh’s Gospel Changed My Understanding of /Healing Beauty/
When I was a kid, I learned about Vincent Van Gogh in an art class. I loved mixing paint with flour to make it thicker and attempting to imitate the great artist’s work. I always felt for Van Gogh. I think I had a tender spot for his troubled end-of-life. The fact that he cut … Continue reading How Van Gogh’s Gospel Changed My Understanding of /Healing Beauty/
Skeptical Communion
Concealing the confidentialSealing the separationConsequences of congenitalStrength. Candid to the coreAnd comely by consecrationCommonly confused solicitationFor camaraderie and kinCraving closeness, still I'm soullessCurrently can't comeInto companionship. So now,Such simple somethings such asKindnessSeem a soft caress or a slithering snakeAnd I can't keep it from slippingTo somewhere I cannot contain it. I can't keep it from … Continue reading Skeptical Communion
The Plants That We Let Grow
All good things must come to an endAnd of some we'll never speak"This too shall pass"And what we sow, we shall reap. Too soon, perhaps, for honestyI'm wordless if I must contain itTime has made me feralWe're at an impasse if I can't explain it A quarrel's abrupt resolution,My opposition now before the ThroneWe may … Continue reading The Plants That We Let Grow
Freedom Sizzling
Raw, exposedLike an egg out of its shellSPLAT! in the bottom of the panWith the truth searing my most sensitive parts,I sat. The inner dam of deception had sprung a leakAnd the words cascaded forth before my lips could hold them back.He took advantage of me. With 20/15 vision, I saw it all.How he had targeted … Continue reading Freedom Sizzling
Naomi M. Wong 