MaryLiz BenderMusings on Meditation vs. Daydreaming and the Process of CreationThe birth of an idea. The dawn of a new creation. I feel most alive when I welcome something new out of the aether and allow it to be. But…5 min read·Aug 15, 2023----
MaryLiz BenderSeedI taste the grains on my lips I feel its coarseness Softened and weighted by recent rains I am packed down and in It is comfortable and…1 min read·Dec 5, 2022----
MaryLiz BenderSurviving to AlivenessThe collective experience is made up of Individual experiences We are each the experiencers That make up the Whole That we know1 min read·Jul 26, 2022----
MaryLiz BenderEmergenceWading into the honey An ancient life — thick Like a warm blanket I bathe in the solar crystals That dance in my eyes1 min read·Jun 22, 2022----
MaryLiz BenderFileI aim to feel as an empty frame Poised and ready to be filled, erased Filled, erased, filled, erased A portal, ever-changing Adapting…1 min read·Dec 14, 2021----
MaryLiz BenderWhy There, When HereTo those that ask “Why there, when here?” With a flood of reasoning Practical, philosophical I can only convey The impulse, through…1 min read·Oct 7, 2021----
MaryLiz BenderMusing in FluxI feel in flux. Not there, but on my way. Not there, just left. Suspended here, contemplating the way. Designing the place, still, where…1 min read·Aug 22, 2021----
MaryLiz BenderSense & MindLike my tongue to taste Like my nose to smell As my eyes to sight And my ears to sound So too, it seems Is my mind to thought1 min read·Jul 12, 2021----
MaryLiz BenderMorning Musings: Memories, Stories, and RelationI am happy to find myself here again––next to the window with an astounding binaural soundtrack. Black birds chatter close, then far away…2 min read·Mar 24, 2021----
MaryLiz BenderFire DancePour the ocean into my cup Sip by sip, I drink it up Fire warping, ever-stretching Graceful fingers through the distance Poking holes into…1 min read·Oct 15, 2020----