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Michael Howley Art

Michael Howley Art

bringing nature’s moods into your home

Dark Stirrings

There are times in my life when I feel swamped by darkness for whatever reason – it may be triggered by current circumstances or it could be a ‘dark night of the soul’ that hopefully will pass. Thomas Moore wrote, (in his book with that title) that if you find yourself in the dark belly of the whale, all you can do is to be there and be carried by it. The other thing that he suggested was that you might find your own way of expressing it – whether it be through music, poetry or art, etc. Here are a few ‘dark stirrings’ from the belly of the whale….