Heather ThompsonJun 11 minThe Dark KnightI have been learning about the world wide influence of the Moors on Western culture, Art, and theology, thanks to one of my very dear...
Heather ThompsonApr 62 min“My Rare Life is Worthy” - NEW ART!“This is my process as a TheoArtist, Minister, Contemplative Theologian - I allow the creativity to emerge from the vessel of the Divine...
Heather ThompsonMar 73 minThe day I first touched color as An Acquired Savant with Synesthesia.Today (March 6, 2022) marks the 11th year since the ”mild” traumatic brain injury that changed my life in an instant. While life after...
Heather ThompsonMar 51 minNew Art & My 2022 FocusThis is a new custom piece based upon a friend’s image of her cat. What a joy to share my perspective looking through the lens of...
Heather ThompsonFeb 11 minALONEThe bearded man With sunken cheeks And a scar that sits Just beneath his right eye, Curses his flimsy tarp Given by someone trying To do...
Heather ThompsonJan 271 minNew Art “I am Found”I transitioned completely over to Apple, and it is so much easier for what I do digitally! From web development to graphic design and...
Heather ThompsonJan 33 minContemplating Powerlessness - A Reflection Written Just Before COVID-19Occasionally, I reflect on journal entries from earlier moments in my life as a means of gaining perspective and learning from prior...
Heather ThompsonDec 28, 20211 minGOD in ALL that ISReflecting on the loss of Desmond Tutu, the following came out of my fingertips tonight. I believe… God is unchanging no matter what I...
Heather ThompsonDec 26, 20211 minNew Poetry - Midnight BillowingOriginal Art and Photographic Media by Heather Thompson Blue Phoenix Art
Heather ThompsonDec 6, 20211 minDr Treffert and The Island of Genius in Us AllThe late Dr Treffert, who identified those of us who have the very rare Acquired Savant Syndrome, gave a fantastic TED Talk about his...
Heather ThompsonOct 3, 20212 minToday I Claim the Woman I Was BEFORE The Accident that Changed my LifeAs I continue to cultivate my voice NOW, I’m increasingly aware that I’m Integrating who I was before the TBI in 2011 with who I have...
Heather ThompsonOct 2, 20211 minWhat is Dysautonomia?It’s Dysautonomia Awareness Month Do you know what Dysautonomia is? I’ll start with the fact they are increasing linking it to LONG...
Heather ThompsonAug 28, 20211 minWhen Talent is Sidelined…What would happen if we allowed oppressed talent to be fully expressed? “Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just...
Heather ThompsonAug 8, 20211 min"Singularity" - Transformational Art Inspired by Scientist & Theologian Pierre Teilhard de ChardinAbove all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should....
Heather ThompsonJul 28, 20212 minContemplative Response to Crisis - Communal LamentFrom the Center for Action and Contemplation, Fr Richard Rohr shares a brilliant reflection on the power of communal lament by Barbara A....
Heather ThompsonJul 23, 20212 minAwakening Prayer for all who Desire HealingAs I awaken this early morning, and gaze out my window to the brilliant evergreen trees surrounding my mountainside home like sentinels ~...
Heather ThompsonJul 15, 20211 minMy "Soul Duck" Named BlueSometimes I've learned my soul finds a companion in an animal... This is a part of my Franciscan theology, but it's been a gift as long...
Heather ThompsonJul 11, 20212 minDoes God Exist? Insight from Theologian Paul TillichWhen I was first in seminary, there was a class that loomed large in the MDIV Handbook - Christian Anthropology - which included...