O Muse! 07: Summer Solstice 2022
ON THE COVER Everything is Blue in the World by Frank C. Grace IN THIS ISSUE Lunar Codex/Dr. Samuel Peralta • Frank C. Grace • Sierra Camille Kay • Sacha Suarez • Kate Rusby •…
O Muse! is going to the MOON!!!!
I am excited and honored to announce that the first six SEVEN issues of O Muse! Magazine will be included in the Lunar Codex, a massive collection of art, books, music and more to be sent to…
Everything is Blue in this World
“You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it’s like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it…
Hunter Moon
https://youtu.be/H9XTClNTwg0 Words and Tune by Kate Rusby katerusby.com I was imagining the moon being in love with the sun. But he can never catch her and he can never tell her. Softly the morning light, Softly…
The House of the Seven Gables (excerpt)
Excerpt from Chapter 14 of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Photos by Frank C. Grace First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is the tale of a cursed house…
The Adventures of Luna and Danzi: Episode One
Illustrations by Morgan Wagner Everyone seems to want to reach for the stars. Then they usually remember that the star closest to one’s home planet can be a colossal jerk, especially in the summertime. Danzi wondered…
Deep Blue Plunge
The Plunge: Quiet Times: Down to the Wire: Blue Moon: Soul Surrender: SACHA SUAREZ www.sachasuarez.com As a student of life, I hope to inspire a curiosity for a deeper connection to one’s heart and mind to…
The oldest known star chart
This sky chart is from a star atlas was found among 40,000 other manuscripts sealed in a Buddhist Mogao cave in Dunhuang on the Chinese Silk road. The charts, drawn on a 3.9 meter long scroll…
Star Taker
The word Astrolabe translates to “Star-taker” and traces back to the Greek words astron “star” and lambanein “to take.” These instruments are used to measure the altitude above the horizon of a celestial body, identify stars…
One Circle More
Is the spiral the shape of life? From our DNA to galaxies, spirals permeate nature at every level. Spirals are found in algae, flowers, pine cones, shells, vines. Nature often moves in spirals — draining water,…
Did you say Puppets?
www.paintingpuppet.com Sierra Camille’s painting puppets are a unique arts entertainment based in New Orleans. I made Mimi, my first painting marionette, modeled after myself. She was later followed by an abstract painting bird, a 12-foot giant…
Voices of the Air
But then there comes that moment rare When, for no cause that I can find, The little voices of the air Sound above all the sea and wind. The sea and wind do then obey And…
Voices of Earth
We have not heard the music of the spheres, The song of star to star, but there are sounds More deep than human joy and human tears, That Nature uses in her common rounds; The fall…
Hear Me While You Can
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Fighting to protect nature for people Nature is life: Every breath you take, every drop you drink, every bite you eat — it all comes from nature. And by storing climate-warming carbon, ecosystems like…
Singing Waters
A selection of poems from Johnette’s spring 2022 release Singing Waters, A Selection of Haiku, Senryu, and Haibun roofers next door their shadows work on my house gathering sea shells one moves in my pocket tide…