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Ongoing Time

June 9, 2025 ~ joanvinallcox ~ 1 Comment
The sky is never
still,
constant in unnoticeable
changes,
hidden till time passes

Like who I love
and how
this moment holds
their presence
and releases us into changing.
Birds fly against the changing sky and lake

Morning Winds

March 30, 2025 ~ joanvinallcox ~ Leave a comment

cross-posted – https://joanvinallcox.substack.com/p/morning-winds

I turn to the mirror 
that is no longer there
seeking an answer
to the invisible question.

The wind blows
changes across time,
neutral within the moment
as a butterfly’s flight.

The pines stand black
against a grey-white sky.
They, too, are temporary
and will rot or burn,

but their boughs dance
and sway
in the passing wind.
Now.
The shadow of a pine

Drifting: A Liminal Space

May 4, 2020May 7, 2020 ~ joanvinallcox ~ Leave a comment
I find myself
lost again
struggling for 
breath
in a closed up
car,
riding on a road
not yet built
invisible
between two cities
The undrawn 
map - (and breath)
take shape
in the dark,
outlined
by the headlights.
The search party 
won't come
until I
am found

from Mapping The Wilderness

Sea Change

March 27, 2020 ~ joanvinallcox ~ Leave a comment

“Sea change or sea-change is an English idiomatic expression which denotes a substantial change in perspective, especially one which affects a group or society at large, on a particular issue.” Wikipedia

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Joan Vinall-Cox, Ph.D. is a lifelong learner, retired communications professor, and rabid reader who has taught in both the college and university systems. Her Ph.D., in 2004 was an Autoethnographic Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry focused on moving from technophobia to technophilia. She is a widow from a pretty happy marriage and a mother to a strong and kind daughter. Her interests include Centering Prayer, Multiple Intelligences, Attention Deficit Disorder and its connection to creativity, Jung, Campbell’s Monomyth, and Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry.

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