Heart Before the Course
Abbey von GohrenHeart Before the Course is the ongoing writing project of Abbey von Gohren to explore the weight we feel in living and moving and having our being in this world, while perhaps being made for (also) other worlds.
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A New Habitation
New Habitation. Mixed media (pastel, ribbon, paper, marker). Abbey C. von Gohren, 2026.
If the waters are stilled they become a mirror for the God of heaven. -Jonathan Pageau, Breath and the Clay, 2026.
We participate in the creation of...
The Breath and the Clay
When I was younger, I was under the impression that freedom meant independence from external influences. The reality could not be further from the truth. In the luminous words of Jacques Philippe:
The highest and most fertile act of hum...
Implicit Forms of the Love of God (IV)
“The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.”
-Simone Weil, Implicit Forms of the Love of God
Technology is a fraught word th...
Minneapolis As Forest --
(Click on the play button above to hear my reading of this post.)
Note: This is a continuation series where I’m exploring Simone Weil’s “Implicit Forms of the Love of God.” If you haven’t read Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3 that’s okay — you can...
Sparrows in the Snow
Yesterday morning he came to snuggle. Mama. Small, tender hands around my neck. Let’s just sit and look at the birds outside for a while. And so we did. Sparrows, cardinals, starlings, juncos. When he hopped down from my lap, I realized tha...
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