Leaping Clear

01/12/2021

Leaping Clear celebrates Christy Rupp's book launch of Noisy Autumn! Check out more details at her publication page. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Noisy-Autumn/Christy-Rupp/9781647224844

23/09/2021

We’re delighted to welcome you to the fifth-year anniversary edition of Leaping Clear! We invite you to enjoy the many manifestations of visual art, music, and writing.

As the season turns with the equinox, linger with Leaping Clear from time to time this fall. We think you, too, will be moved by music you haven’t yet heard, visual art you haven’t seen, new hybrid forms, and language that speaks to both heart and mind.

https://www.leapingclear.org/current-issue-fall-2021

17/09/2021

Leaping Clear's 5th Anniversary Issue will be released September 22nd! Here's a preview featuring Lorraine Capparell's "Roller."

31/08/2021

Vivian Trutzl's poem has a quality of lightheartedness about so many difficulties, a sweet reminder to keep an open heart/mind.
https://www.leapingclear.org/vivian-trutzl-poetry

24/08/2021

Elvira Piedra captures, in her photographs of flowers, an almost aching quality of beauty that feels like an exploration of the cycle of life. These are extraordinary pieces of art.
https://www.leapingclear.org/elvira-piedra-photography

21/08/2021

David Felix's interdisciplinary creative process requires the alignment of mind and body locked in an unfolding process, the clearing of preconceptions, and the readiness to tread a path unrecognized.
https://www.leapingclear.org/david-felix-poetry

17/08/2021

If you have the time to go to Roseminna’s website or to watch her playing on YouTube, you will experience how she embodies the music. In Limbic Hymnal she entwines her voice with the violin; it is eerie, gripping, passionate, and beautiful.
https://www.leapingclear.org/roseminna-watson-music

13/08/2021

Susan Harvey's practice of contemplation through physical labor shines as the intersection of work and prayer influence her writing.
https://www.leapingclear.org/susan-harvey-poetry

10/08/2021

Each piece of Virginia Ray’s work invites / engages the imagination, giving the viewer the opportunity to join in, to continue the tale that began long before Virginia picked up the pieces and rebirthed them in a whole new life.
https://www.leapingclear.org/virginia-ray-mixed-media

06/08/2021

The ability of Geraldine DeLuca to hear, appreciate, learn, and give to the reader the very deep kindness, humor, and tenderness of Vinny Ferraro’s experience and teaching is simply a treasure.
https://www.leapingclear.org/geraldine-deluca-essay

30/07/2021

Nilima Sikhrakar's "Duality" is experimenting with figurative forms along with symbols as metaphoric expressions pertaining to her life and surroundings.
https://www.leapingclear.org/nilima-sikhrakar-painting

27/07/2021

As summer draws on, Patty Somlo’s poignant image of hiking, mental health, and meditation reminds us that the movement of our bodies and the stillness of our minds are ongoing, imperfect, and beautiful practices of living.
https://www.leapingclear.org/pattysomlo

23/07/2021

Fifty-two years ago, Apollo 11 returned home from the moon! Bob Hoeppner's use of the moon in his poem, "Intention," cleverly brings depth to his final stanza.
https://www.leapingclear.org/bob-hoeppner-poetry

20/07/2021

Carol Tyx catches the blur of perception between movement and stillness in this sensitive poetic glance in "Last Day of the Year in the Glen."
https://www.leapingclear.org/carol-tyx-poetry

16/07/2021

Today is World Listening Day! Larry Thacker's poetry emphasizes the importance of listening as a form of meditation and discipline.
https://www.leapingclear.org/larry-thacker-poetry

13/07/2021

The eerie, ethereal atmosphere of Rosalyn Driscoll’s sculptural art draws on the dichotomy and overlap of our sensory experiences of tactility and imagination.
https://www.leapingclear.org/rosalyndriscoll

09/07/2021

As summer persists, Gloria Matuszewski's oil on canvas paintings gives a fresh perspective with calm brushstrokes and elegant lines.
https://www.leapingclear.org/gloria-matuszweski-painting

06/07/2021

Our July Showcase opens with Kevin Griffin’s “Mountain Stream.” Griffin’s music invites us into the spontaneity of nature and thought, bringing the gentleness, rolling, and laughing of play into musical form.
https://www.leapingclear.org/kevin-griffin-music
Artwork by Shauna Robertson
https://www.leapingclear.org/shauna-robertson-ink-on-paper

02/07/2021

As we usher in July, Erica Steinweg's poem "Fading" combines the delight of summer blossoms and bumbling bees.
https://www.leapingclear.org/erica-steinweg-poetry

29/06/2021

Yasmin Kloth’s poem, “Footfall,” draws relationships between human footsteps and bullfrogs sprouting wings.
https://www.leapingclear.org/yasmin-kloth-poetry

25/06/2021

Gerow Reece's calligraphy aims to work out the choreography so the brush dances rhythmically through the whole word without hesitation. Well executed, the brushwork will enliven the "void" around and within the word.
https://www.leapingclear.org/gerow-reece-calligraphy

22/06/2021

Enrico Natali’s stunning photographs emphasize the stark difference between the concrete world and what came before it.
https://www.leapingclear.org/enrico-natali-1

18/06/2021

Congratulations to our contributor Paul Hostovsky! His recent creative nonfiction piece 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛 has been published in The Westchester Review. Read it here.
https://www.westchesterreview.com/paul-hostovsky

I remember the poet Alicia Ostriker saying, “We poets are lucky: we have something to do.” It was during a poetry workshop at The Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire, and though I don’t recall the context for that comment exactly—perhaps we were talking about where poetry comes from, the...

15/06/2021

Judith Chalmer’s imagery will take you from the cherry-patterned oilcloth to the thunder of nearby hills in her poem, "Purpose."
https://www.leapingclear.org/judith-chalmer-poetry

11/06/2021

David Feela's words are memories of the events that illuminate his day, accompanied by Norma Alonzo's paintings that explore the power of self-reflection, equilibrium, and peace.
https://www.leapingclear.org/david-feela-poetry
https://www.leapingclear.org/norma-alonzo-painting

08/06/2021

Mathematics and shellacked kozo paper collide in this representation of the Fibonacci sequence by Alicia McKim and Gin Po***ck.
https://www.leapingclear.org/patricia-aaron-and-alicia-mckim

05/06/2021

Happy World Environment Day! Barbara Parmet's unique cyanotype on fabric and sewing process reflects the human, animal, and plant condition through the use of interwoven branches.
https://www.leapingclear.org/barbara-parmet-mixed-media

01/06/2021

Jess Thoubboron’s essay muses over concepts of meditation and faith. Read and see if you agree with the conclusion this nun comes to.
https://www.leapingclear.org/jess-thoubboron-fiction

25/05/2021

Close your eyes for 6 minutes and let the gentle melodic textures of Suss Müsik’s ambient soundtrack take you to wherever you are in the moment. Art by Catherine Eaton Skinner.
https://www.leapingclear.org/suss-musik-music