Most Intimate
MOST INTIMATE ROCCO JARMAN we imagine all along, that our lives and our circumstancesconspire to undo us, when in fact, they conspire to help us in every way, to become.“The secret of tension is transformation.” Rocco Jarman LOOKING TO THE WEST the great wheel at last,is turning in the heavens and is turning also in […]
Rise
Original poetry and music by Simon J. E. Drew, inspired by the eternal fire.
A Mythological Perspective on Trauma
An article I was inspired to write to give an example of how I integrate science, psychology, and mythology to make meaning.
11. Tending to the Garden
Tending to the Garden I. Great is the bee who Tends well to his garden, He works all his life and yet Ne’er does he harden. II. “What’s good for the bee Must be good for the hive,” That’s the motto he lives by That keeps him alive. III. He knows what he does And […]
6. I Eat the Fruit
I Eat the Fruit I. I eat the fruit that groweth In the middle of the garden — The fruit that is forbidden —, Hoping God, my soul, will pardon, II. For I have heard sweet whispers That such fruit can bend the mind, Giving wisdom to young poets Who would seek, in hope to find. […]
3. “Nosce Te Ipsum,” Whispers My Soul
“Nosce Te Ipsum,” Whispers My Soul How may I look, and see? How may I listen, and hear? How may I feel, and know? How may I comfort my weary soul? How may I discern truth? How may I be guided by wisdom? How may I sing praise to THE ONE? How may I give […]
2. I Tread Softly There
I Tread Softly There I. Ferns grow in the valley, They block out sun and sky, A dark and weathered hew of green, Some natives passing by. II. They make no fuss about their way, And neither do they rush, They stop to marvel at the stream Which trickles ‘neath the brush. III. Their mongrel […]
Looking to the West
LOOKING TO THE WEST ROCCO JARMAN Sometimes we will not find what we are looking for because it is not there. If we can give up on it, we discover something similar, but altogether different, something surprising and humbling is instead, waiting loudly somewhere else. Rocco Jarman LOOKING TO THE WEST the most spectacular sunrise, […]
The Promise of Dawn
THE PROMISE OF DAWN ROCCO JARMAN THE PROMISE OF DAWN sometimesa new dawn has already arrivedmodestly and unheraldedwhile we were still sleeping,while we were still warming our unmade beds, the uncovered gravesof who we were just yesterday. it arrivedquietly, even as the first motionsof birdsong were passed, to the undiscerning ears of the worldentrained to […]
The Pilgrim (The Call)
THE PILGRIM (THE CALL) ROCCO JARMAN THE PILGRIM (THE CALL) A Hermetic Poem by Rocco Jarman Here I am, a traveller,on my way to where,I do not know. The child of two houses, with no home. There exists in me,the reigns and traces of my past,holding me to nature and to a primal legacy,an unbroken […]
