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Beginning with the first chapter, The Word, the author takes you on a chronological journey from the beginnings of time to the very ends, speaking of truths never told. In the second chapter, The Holy Ones, we witness the ascension of average humans into the realms of the sacred and observe how divine beings mingle on Earthly planes. Confessions and Absolutions, the third chapter, is where the writer performs a psychic, open-heart surgery, airing stagnant wounds, thus releasing all that no longer serves. In Prayers and Invocations, chapter four, we embark on a healing journey through the amalgamation of traditional and unconventional petitions. Lastly, in the final chapter, The Miracles, ...

THE MUSEUM OF THE DIGNIFIED AND THE BEAUTIFUL defies classification: it is at once a fable, and poetic meditation on creativity, a paean to literature itself, a realistic drama, an anti-heroic saga, and a portrait of the artist as a young woman—the last being perhaps the book’s most salient theme. In modern Italy, an old man climbs a mountain of historical (World War I) importance, in the depth of winter, to redeem his unprepossessing life. In the aftermath of this all-but-insane endeavor, there ensues an unlikely triangle of friendship between the old man, a young, soulful nurse who cares for him, and a boy thief. The author himself is also a character in the story, as the frag ...

A collection of drawings and poems was created to fill the days during COVID. Imagining all the things Senese would like to be, keeps her mind happy. In sharing these ideas she hopes you can enjoy thinking about things you want to be.