The 60-Second Sabbath

subconscious

  • The Random Pen

    My pen, I realize,has made its own stray marks on the pageas I dozed off–stray marksor a cryptic messagefrom my subconscious? Some do look like letters–perhaps even words;decipherable,with an imaginative stretch:perhaps"let go,"or,"less goo,"or,"left again." Maybe the ambiguity is intentional,and whatever… Continue reading

  • Comrades

    Why do we fearour comradesfrom the underworld? They represent the realitythat underlies, undergirds us. If we are willing,they revealthe truth beneathour wearying effortto control, stifle, fathom,that which we fear will fracture us. Where darkness and light meet–    beneath the… Continue reading

  • Dreaming

    The Transcendentinvades my dream–bulldozes the fences,mows down the weeds,blows out the windows,reveals all,and says,"Here–here is what's real,thriving and alive in your subconscious:believe it;embrace it." And I awakentransformed. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Queen of the Night

    The Queen of the Nightrules my subconscious,orchestrates my dreaming,allows what is necessary    to rise to the surface,holds in the wings    what I'm yet unable to handle. I have no choicebut to trust her;she is God's emissary,the high priestessof… Continue reading

  • Balaam’s Ass

    This morning,saddle up your heart's donkeyand let it take youwhere you fear to go. Expect a bumpy ride–you can't even imaginewhat you'll find–wasps, thorns, snakes and black flies,selfishness and murderous thoughts,parts you'd burned and buriedbut which still crawl,scarred and in… Continue reading

  • Break Through

    Break through the limitsof sensibility, logic and reason.Stamp and jump until the floor gives way.Drop into the sweet chaos of irrationality. Here imagination reigns unrestrained.Poetry and passion collide and ricochet.Symbol and allegory lunge, leap and laugh.Creativity dances, glances, bounds and… Continue reading