Night Gardening
Seeking a publisher...
Night Gardening (forthcoming) is a marvel of a book with an eye for intimate details of nature as well as inner landscapes. Not only does Centa describe them with a painter's eye, but she places them in a sensory world that both includes her and allows her to see beyond the limits of being human. Her passion for the odd detail and the suffering, beautiful planet is boundless and moving. Read this book to experience the fullness of the eye and of the heart!
— Anonymous fan
You are here. Slide your hands under her head; make of them a cradle. Stop repeating the myth about love and success that will land in your lap or evade you forever... feel the draw of breath. Anchor your seat and feet. Follow where the head wants to roll. From midline, rock on the sitzbones.
There is nothing more glorious on the face of the earth than someone who refuses to give up. Build a humble, flawed life. Track the breath as your fingertips find the soft notch of the occiput. Nothing is more fabulous than someone who refuses to give in to their most self-hating, discouraged, disillusioned self. Let the weight of her head fall back onto the pads of your fingertips. Relish the feeling of building a hut in the middle of the suffocating dust. Cherish this.