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Iconic Feminine and Masculine

May 31, 2011 by Mara Purl

As an author and storyteller, I like to think in archetypes. And nowhere are visual icons more evident than in New York City. I’ve come to think of these two most iconic of all buildings—the Empire State and the Chrysler—as the god and goddess of the architectural landscape. 

This past week in the City everything did seem larger than life. Nothing is more full of dreams writ large than the Jacob Javits Center during Book Expo America. Posters are ten times their normal size, hung in the hangar-like structure as though being pulled by planes swooping low enough to be read.… Read more

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Mother – Daughter Love

May 9, 2011 by Mara Purl
Listening. That's what transforms the complexities of the Mother-Daughter relationship.
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Love of Books

May 2, 2011 by Mara Purl
My new book "What the Heart Knows" is about you, a woman who's getting around to doing the things that, in your heart of hearts, you've always wanted to do.
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Go With the Flow

April 11, 2011 by Mara Purl
FLOW can be active, rather than passive, when we use it as a metaphor to see what's flowing in our lives, and what's not, because it's frozen, diverted, or swirling into energy-sucking funnels.
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April No Foolin’

April 4, 2011 by Mara Purl
Fiction isn't about fooling readers. It's about telling truth at the deepest level, which is speaking from the heart.
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Aftershocks and Seismic Creep

March 21, 2011 by Mara Purl
Seismic plates shift violently when there's resistance in the faultline. But in one area of the San Andreas, there's no resistance at all, and thus no earthquakes. Can we examine our hearts to see what we're resisting?
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Earthquake Healing on Faultline

March 13, 2011 by Mara Purl
Our hearts are broken for the people in Japan. While we think of ways to help earthquake victims, perhaps we can think metaphorically and use forgiveness to heal fault lines in ourselves and others.
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