by Maxima Kahn | Jul 20, 2015 | Creative Sparks
An artist must take risks. An artist must be willing to be vulnerable. This is not comfortable. But if you want to maintain a safe, respectable distance, if you are wedded to appearing calm and rational, if you want to hide behind a polished persona, above reproach,... by Maxima Kahn | Jul 17, 2015 | Poems
for Mary Oliver Everyone has their teachers, I think to myself this morning as I notice you have dedicated your small great book of poems to James Wright. We are all in each other’s debt, all filled with this inconstant music— inherited vocables, lost... by Maxima Kahn | Jul 16, 2015 | Creative Sparks
I was recently inspired and moved by a beautiful blog post by Matt Licata, PhD. What he reminded me is that true love accepts the other person just as they are, without agenda, without trying to change or fix them. We are able to be with them just as they are and find... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jul 10, 2015 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
This is the final post in a 4-part series on the Seasons of a Creative Life. You can read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here. In the Winter we turn inward for renewal and replenishment. It may feel like nothing is happening, like we have dried up and have no more... by Maxima Kahn | Jul 9, 2015 | Poems
Feast your eyes on the gold and silver of the morning light in these trees, your ears on the rhythmic drumming of the woodpecker, the funny laughter of some little bird snickering like a mischievous boy. This is the balm of morning, its healing salve,...