WorldEmber 2023

I hope for the endless soul and imagine an eternal life. I believe that all life is sacred and deserving of love. I believe that love is a choice we make; both a gift we offer the world and a life style that we choose to follow. I believe that all the world is shaded in grey. Within each of us is the Divine light; we can choose to allow it to shine through us. I am a Maker. I believe that I share in the divine through the power of creation; that the Goddess is in all those who are compelled to Make. Every day that I am alive I strive to create things. These things are my mark, the things that will be left behind for a while after I have died. These are the things that my loved ones will hold when they cannot hold me. Into all the things I make, I pour all that I am and all that I love so that when others come to know these things they will also know me. I believe Making is love. When you weave yourself into a thing you give yourself to those you hold dearest. And if they love you, they will be able to call you back and up out of the things that you have created. In that way, we live through our creations and our love. It is why I Make.

AI Disclaimer

Since the use of AI is such a debated and sensitive topic, I feel it important to be fully transparent on the topic. I use AI to generate images on my web pages to improve the presentation of my work. I use Dall-E through the ChatGPT program to generate the art. I also use AI to help in my writing in the following ways: spell checking, grammar checking, for coming up with titles for my work and brain storming. When I say brain storming, I will use AI to generate a list of ideas of things to write about or types of characters to create. If you find any of these uses of AI offensive, then my work is not for you. I ask that you be respectful and simply move on to find the writing you are looking for.