HeyJaredReaching Light Together
Through telling our stories from our hearts, I believe that we can inspire each other on our paths. We can reach for the light together. I self-published a book by this title, and continue to share my poetry and nature photography here.
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Taste of Sky (opens the original)
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Song of Loons (opens the original)
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I wrote another instrumental song to musically illustrate a poem I previously published here, about finding solace at a lake. I composed this for my string trio, Poetrio, based on the eerie, mournful call of a loon. We use glissandos to mimic the loon call. Listen to a recording of the poem with the song, and read the poem below.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JRS-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-medi
Home (opens the original)
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I know I'm privileged to even be considering buying a house right now, but the years-long process has been quite exhausting and disheartening, especially in such a difficult market. And especially because I refuse to give up my vision of my dream house. I refuse to settle for anything less. I do believe one day we will find it, but today I share about the journey, in case anyone else can relate out there. And I suspect many can.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackc
Reincarnation (opens the original)
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Poetrio Debut Performance (opens the original)
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My heart is so full. What an incredible first performance we had for Poetrio, our live string music and poetry project. I was blown away by all the support we received. Thanks to all who joined in person and online. Each one of the musicians and poets brought such talent, creative energy, and dedicated effort that exceeded my hopes for what this project could be. Thank you to all of them for believing in this crazy dream of mine. What a gift to see it come to life.I personally overcame a lot of
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