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Blog2022-02-25T21:37:51+00:00

Welcome to the blog of Rising Star
where we humbly offer our prayers and reflections

–   Walking the Sacred Earth   –

Building the Cosmic Egg

In the autumn of 2020, we completed the Cosmic Egg. The concept of this special project came from a vision that my partner Zach Johnson, artist, and stonemason, had [...]

For Love of the Earth

The other day I left my busy life, my distracted mind and my comfortable home to walk in the mountains. Stepping off the path and onto the undisturbed, soft bed [...]

Death and Stonework

 A few days ago I learned of a dear friend’s passing. The waves of disbelief have been rolling over me accompanied by the soft freedom of her spirit and the [...]

Visit from a Butterfly

John took this photo sometime in 2010, during a month-long job in the mountains of Colorado. We were brought in to replace a series of retaining walls that had failed [...]

Spiraling

Not quite a year ago, I became a member of a wonderful Tai Chi club. It’s a practice that has blown open my heart and mind. Learning to understand how [...]

Listening and Stonework

When I speak of listening in this context, I am referring to the act which brings you to the present moment, the awareness which allows the stone to simply be, [...]

Stone as Teacher

It is in the stillness of our being, with stone as teacher we access the grandest version of ourselves. If we desire to create something pure, we must not be [...]

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