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    Inside the Muse: Life Lines
    Inside the Muse: Life Lines
    Inside the Muse: Life Lines
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    Inside the Muse: Life Lines

    By Thomas MacCalla

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    Inside the Muse is a collection of multimedia poetry that visualizes what the mind sees, the heart feels, and imagination creates.
    It is a collage of verse and companion visuals sharing observations and concerns of an octogenarian who invites the readerviewer to go on a virtual tour of Poetraitures hanging on the hooks of the mind Inside the Muse.

    The tour begins with a display of Muse Murals, followed by clips of Natures beauty in the Open and glances at daily life. Next is a montage of cultural impressions and expressions ending with a plea for a greater awareness of the looming environmental threat called the Anthropocene. It continues with cameos on our quest for knowledge and fondness for fantasy and nostalgia. The muse walk concludes with an exploration of the Mindsphere and the Planet of the Mind with a comment on consciousness and the possibility of a cosmic connection.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateApr 4, 2017
    ISBN9781524570071
    Inside the Muse: Life Lines
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    Thomas MacCalla

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      Inside the Muse - Thomas MacCalla

      Copyright 2017 by Thomas A. MacCalla, All rights reserved

      Kin Pro Communications, LLC, Del Mar, California

      Publishing@Kinpro-communications.com

      &

      XLIBRIS LLC, Bloomberg, Indiana

      www.Xlibris.com

      No part of this multimedia publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing from the publisher or as expressly permitted by law.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available

               ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5245-7006-4

                  EBook      978-1-5245-7007-1

      Cover Design by John Walker

      Photographs, music, and artworks by Thomas MacCalla,

      Reuben MacCalla, Sylvia Moore, and Courtesy Contributors

      Rev. date: 05/02/2017

      Xlibris

      1-888-795-4274

      www.Xlibris.com

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Preface

      Inside the Muse

      Framing the Poetraitures

      Part 1: Muse Murals

      Forever Now

      Welcome to Del Mar

      Beyond the Blue

      Poetry of the Outdoors

      Newness

      A Silent Song

      Flower Feels

      Look of Life

      Aging

      Later Years

      Love View

      Part 2 - Cultural Impressions

      Culture

      We

      Global Weave

      Flags of the Round

      Maybe

      Wonder Lands

      Cross-Cultural Plea: The Anthropocene

      Our Choice

      Natural Balance

      Part 3: Cameos

      Open Road

      Live and Learn

      Knowledge Quest

      Light of Data

      Technology

      Honest Doubt

      Empowerment

      Parenthood

      Reality Check

      Generation of the Future

      Fractured Future

      Dog Talk

      Re-Run

      Virtual Wine Tasting

      Picturesque Jazz

      Musical Portrait

      Part 4 - Exploring the Mindsphere

      Consciousness

      Planet of the Mind

      Star Stuff

      Cosmic Connection

      Fathoming the Unknown

      Wherever You Are

      Staying Alive

      About the Author

      Passion for Poetry

      DEDICATION

      To Jacqueline Caesar MacCalla and our grandchildren

      Evan Masterman, Ande Jay and Sebastian MacCalla, Ben and

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