love letters from the submind

Submind.org is seeking contributors!

Jessë Valentine Portz — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:40:43 +0000

We are actively seeking other writing souls to contribute to the body of work published at submind.org. We welcome contributions of your insights, dreams and memories. Submind only asks for you to provide us with the rights to publish your work on submind.org without charge. All authors retain creative and publishing control of their work. Submind.org [...]

10 Bulls Book

Jessë Valentine Portz — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:39:59 +0000

10 Bulls Book is a piece produced in 1993 and only just converted to .pdf for the world to share.

black rock city hand salve recipe

Jessë Valentine Portz — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:21:49 +0000

Meant for dry playa hands. Melt in a glass quart jar in a 3 qt sauce pan of water: 13 oz of Bees' wax 8 oz Almond oil 4 oz Avocado oil

Catalytic Compassion

Wyatt M. Portz — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:33:42 +0000

Our gospel reading for today comes from the 14th Chapter of Matthew. It’s the story of the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000. But before I read the gospel verses, I’d like to put the event in its historical context for greater understanding of the forces whirling around Jesus, his disciples, and John the [...]

The Great Commission

Wyatt M. Portz — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:02:29 +0000

Good morning! Today I’m going to preach the Gospel. If someone told me five years ago that I would be a lay preacher, I would have said, “not likely. ” In fact, “it will be a cold day in a very, very hot place before you hear me preach!” And yet, here I am. Life [...]

Hawaiian Birdsong

Jessë Valentine Portz — Mon, 02 May 2011 00:55:03 +0000

Hawaiian Birdsong Movie 1 Hawaiian Birdsong Movie 2 Hawaiian Birdsong Movie 3

Rhythmic Waves

Jessë Valentine Portz — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:56:58 +0000

No matter the travails of daily life, Life seems defined by the simplest act: Breathing—from first breath to last. The beating of your heart. The moments when you are caught breathless at the sight of beauty. The soft sighs as you snuggle your lover. The shock of your heart skipping a beat, the pain in [...]

Time Passes

Jessë Valentine Portz — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:47:59 +0000

as time passes and days come and go reasons for survival lose their importance and I really don’t see why in the cosmos would I bother to work or use money and then I think why do I live such a complicated life? why not give up the comforts of living and end my suffering. [...]

Waiting to burn The Man

Jessë Valentine Portz — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:58:27 +0000

We spent the night, talking about thinking about thinking; about how humans think. Because we were waiting for the action to come. The world of ideas— The world we live in. We try to see where they coincide. Because we are the introspective animals— The waveforms that compress other waveforms into patterns. Because we are [...]