Under the Echo of Bumblebee Wings (c) Vivian Zapata. One of many beautiful works of art in LFAC's exhibit The Creative Soul: Art & The Sentient Being running 1/15 - 4/26/16 In 2016 at Life Force Arts Center, we decided to explore what art is and why it's...
Talisman Pants by Amy Christensen
I coined the term Accidental Talisman to give a name to any object that is no longer used, obstructs, distracts, produces negative thoughts and emotions, is avoided, hides something else or is something unresolved. I call them “talismans” because while we may want to...
The Angel and The Heretic: The Making of an Art Ritual – reflections by Britt Posmer, Mary Burton, Bart Smith & Joan Forest Mage
On December 5, 2015, Life Force Arts Center presents the premiere of an Art Ritual and Book Launch based on Britt Posmer's book of poetry The Angel and The Heretic (Saint Julian Press, July 2015). In the following article, Britt and the other performers reflect on...
Poets of the Spiritual & Macabre: Bibliomancy, Tarot & Other Literary Divination
On Friday, October 30, 2020 Life Force Arts Ensemble will host our annual Dead Poets Halloween Party. Pantheon asked some of the presenters from past Dead Poets parties their thoughts on the connection of divination and poetry, and why they chose the Poets whose...
The Tree’s Tale: An Excerpt from The River Goddess by Valentine Riddell
The tall Cottonwood that lived at the corner of DeVargas and Galisteo streets wasn’t in its place when it noticed Owl’s truck pull up to the curb—it was down by the acequia sipping water from the ice melt. Hastily it bounded back up the hill, landing with a jolt that...
Poems of Universal Energy by Sally Cooper
Editor's note: The following poems by LFAE Featured Artist Sally Cooper were inspired by some of the artwork in Life Force Arts Center's exhibit "The Spiritual Power of Art: Universal Energy" running May 22 - September 1, 2015. All poems were written in 2015. MIRA,...
Back to What’s Real by Tonya Kay
The gorgeous young man on my right could tap dance a dreadlocked symphony in his sleep. The tattooed guy to my left sang opera underneath his breath. My parents taught me to give silent compliments to everyone including myself, so luckily I knew no jealousy. But...
Rewriting the Dream by Ruth Landis
What if you could imagine that your life is a dream? What if you could imagine that just as you can wake yourself up from a dream you are having at night, you could wake yourself up and rewrite your life’s dream? Sometimes when I am having a disturbing dream I wake...
An Excerpt from “Echoes of Earth”: Keepers of the Mountain by L. Sue Baugh
The Keeper of the Mountain - Mt. Narryer, whose ancient minerals are nearly the age of Earth itself, is located in the central Outback of Western Australia. This remote, undisturbed site is surrounded by a haunting solitude and silence. "You want to see Mt. Narryer?...
I Can’t Believe No One Ever Told You?! What You Holdin’ Onto is Art, Let it Transform You by Ahmane’ Glover
Asking me, why I do art?, is like asking me, why do I breathe? It’s like asking me, why does the sun rise, every day, consistently? It’s like asking me, why does blood run through my veins? I create art because art is who I be. I create art because just like the...