"The Marble Block" poem connects with the reader, bringing a moment of enlightenment. It is a road map of how to deal with pain. In this poem one faces their own marble block and learns where they are on their own personal journey in the present, and where they can be in the future.

"The Marble Block" poem was made into an award winning animated film in 2022, "Marble Me Free". At a Zen Writing event on February 2023, "Marble Me Free" was shown as the prompt for those present to write and/or draw. This book combines the creations from that event with the poem that inspired them:

"The Marble Block"and "Thank You" by S. Swan
"this heart rises" and photograph by Melanie Alberts
"Bound" by Bianca Bedugno
"Trapped?" by Paul Causey
"Inhale" by Jenille Cross-Figueroa
"Indestructible" by Jess Godwin
"Beyond" by Peggy Lamb
"Barriers" by Elayne Lansford
"My North Star" by Jean Lopez
"The Swinging Pendulum" and illustration by Kim Mosley
"Gift" by Ksenia Alessandra Petrova
"How Do I Get Around This?" by Ivory Danay Smith
"Perspective" by Veda Smith
"The Well and Me" by Melissa K. Tolliver
"Through a Locked Door" by Sarah Webb
"The Debris of My Efforts" by Lucinda Wise
"Opening" by Mylene Zozaya Tinoco

50% of the profits will be donated to Appamada.

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