#james a. pearson

[dk-thrive]

I'm not asking you to hold me together. I'm asking you to open so wide there's room for all the ways I come apart.

— James A. Pearson, "How to Listen" in "The Wilderness That Bears Your Name" (Goal Trail Press, March 26, 2024.(via Regina Rosenfeld)

[contremineur]

How can I love this spring  when it’s pulling me  through my life faster  than any time before it?  When five separate dooms  are promised this decade  and here I am, just trying  to watch a bumblebee cling  to its first purple flower.  I cannot save this world.  But look how it’s trying,  once again, to save me.

James A. Pearson, This spring

from here

[april-is]

April 2, 2025: This Spring, James A. Pearson

This Spring James A. Pearson

How can I love this spring  when it's pulling me  through my life faster  than any time before it?  When five separate dooms  are promised this decade  and here I am, just trying  to watch a bumblebee cling  to its first purple flower.  I cannot save this world.  But look how it's trying,  once again, to save me.

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[farewell-to-lorien]

"How to Build a Tree"

Sometimes your next halting step is more powerful than the grandest vision. All a leaf knows about building a tree is to turn towards the light.

James A. Pearson

[evenasmallcough]

CANDLE SMOKE

This candle smoke that's white against the shaded room is dark against the window light.

Maybe we're neither good nor bad.

Maybe we're smoke rising from tiny embers of life, almost gone, making beautiful shapes.

- James A. Pearson

[julesofnature]

Did you know there will be poppies again this year? It’s true. I’ve seen their muted green fractals stockpiling sunlight, distilling it down to its purest essence before igniting into slow motion fireworks. In the end, isn’t this all that’s required of you? To drink in what you love, to concentrate it in the crucible of your body, and, finally, to bloom. ‘All That’s Required of You’, by James A. Pearson https://jamesapearson.com/

[evenasmallcough]

I'm not asking you to hold me together. I'm asking you to open so wide there's room for all the ways I come apart.

- James A. Pearson, an excerpt from How To Listen

[dk-thrive]

Only there will you find the tiny seed that holds the whole mystery of you and cradle it in the warmth of your body until the spring.

— James A. Pearson, "Wintering" in "The Wilderness That Bears Your Name" (Goal Trail Press, March 26, 2024.(via Regina Rosenfeld)