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Kiss – poem and art by Gesso Cocteau

Kiss

You kissed me and even our shadows became one, my heart began beating to the wings of birds distant, wild and immortal.

Gesso Cocteau -Original Mother Blog

Notes from my journal on ‘Original Mother’.

I created ‘Original Mother’ as a symbolic gesture of our common ancestry.  It represents a pursuit to unite people into the thread of humanity; to revolutionize the deepest meaning in our lives...

Falling From Grace – blog post by Gesso Cocteau

Falling From Grace

The flower that grows up my spine reminds me that falling from grace is at the center of being human.

Beyond the Poem – blog post by Gesso Cocteau

Beyond the Poem

‘without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world’.

Love's Divine – sculpture installation by Gesso Cocteau

Love's Divine

Creativity points the way for us to our own personal freedom.

Afterwards – poem by Gesso Cocteau

____afterwards

And the wolf walks with you ____  

Let this Darkness Be a Bell Tower – journal entry by Gesso Cocteau

“Let this Darkness Be a Bell Tower”

Excerpt From My Journal:    

Painting by Santiago Carbonell

Swept Away

 The poem that inspired this sculpture.

Shadow Solstice – poem by Gesso Cocteau

Shadow Solstice

"Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!" Bram Stoker 'Dracula'