J. Ruth Gendler, USA

Artist, writer and teacher, she has been interested in the intersection of art and writing, language and vision, since a child and is the author of 'The Book of Qualities'.

http://www.ruthgendler.com

  • Feeding the eyes

    J. Ruth Gendler, USA

    (Submitted by The Art of Living Team)

    The more I study and imagine how people and animals see the world and process what they see, the less certain I am about what the words visible and invisible, realistic and abstract, beautiful and ugly mean. What's abstract and what's realistic depends on the kind of lens you are looking through.

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  • Fiesta

    J. Ruth Gendler, USA

    (Submitted by the author)

    "The Church says; The body is a sin. Science says: The body is a machine. Advertising says: The body is a business. The body says: I am a fiesta." After naming the thieves who have attempted to steal our bodies, Eduardo Galeano, the author of this poem, gives the body the last word, "I am a fiesta." A celebration, a wonderful song, a dance of many rhythms and moods. The body is both the party and the gift we bring to the party. Perhaps the only real synonym for body is life.

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  • In the Field of Love

    J. Ruth Gendler, USA

    (Submitted by the author)

    When we are most alive, we are beautiful. When we are in love, we are reminded that we are beautiful. And sometimes when we know we are beautiful, we find ourselves in love.

    ‘In love’ usually means the romantic sense of being with another person who in that moment we feel reflects us perfectly. In love, living in the field of love.

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