emotion Archives - The Dewdrop

Deep Down Things

February 13, 2025February 17, 2025 Vanessa Able

True presence demands attention beyond the self, and a reckoning with the vastness of the other lives that shape our world. BY DEREK FURR

Ice Over

Ice Over

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 Trent Thomson

Change drives our lives forward; our emotions fuel the trip. BY JULIA ROBINSON SHIMIZU

Gabriela De Paz – Enredadera

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Vanessa Able

Gabriela De Paz's flower paintings are portraits of emotions and a homage to the perpetual flux of the human condition.

Amy Marshall

Featured Poetry

Amy-Sarah Marshall – Shelled

February 14, 2021February 13, 2021 Vanessa Able

Amy-Sarah Marshall's poem 'Shelled' touches on feelings of loss and remembrance through a minimal and pared-down verse.

“Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice