Paths I have walked, literally, as I have explored the countryside around me from the time I could walk, and figuratively, as I walk through life.
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About
I was first inspired by the beauty of the local landscapes of Carnegie and the trails and byways along the Chartiers Creek and throughout the Chartiers Valley, paths I’ve been walking since I began to walk. Those paths led me away to learn new things, and led me back, to interpret what I’ve found.
My biggest inspiration for poetry, prose and artwork is still the world right around me, and I enjoy the opportunity to share it from the perspective of one who walks and hikes and bikes and carries a camera, art materials and journal everywhere—even around the house—so the inspirations are fresh.
The familiarity of weather and structure and cultural habit are a starting point, a base to build upon as I walk other paths while building my stories.
Latest Journeys
I Don’t Want to Be Colorblind
I Don’t Want To Be Colorblind I don’t want to be colorblind, I want to paint what I see, the colors of our faces like flowers, not different but tones of each others’ faces as we turn toward the light, we blend so beautifully. poem and artwork © 2014 Bernadette E. Kazmarski The illustration above …
The Call of the Wolf Moon
I turned off the lamp but light still shone, my bed awash with cool blue pulls my thoughts to follow a path up toward the full Wolf Moon the imperative solo light of January nights; I hear her distant howl across the valley and feel her pull on me to follow her path past the …
Indigenous People’s Day
Growing up in this hilly tree-covered landscape festooned with waterways I loved the land I walked on. That love formed my forever connection with it through my art and photography and just to be, wading the streams, standing in falling snow, walking barefoot on the soil and feeling the strength of the earth through the …
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bernadette @ bernadette-k dot com