Inklings of Life (on Mars?) ~ American Sentence 103 of 108
David Bowie will forever be in my heart and consciousness.
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Twilight Flight ~ American Sentence Day 101 of 108
Meanwhile, I was moseying along on my bicycle in this little mountain town – I found myself transported back to the east village – the food, the smells, the people, the clothes, the bookstores, the creative collaboration. Ah. The best of both worlds.
Read More“You just keep doing your work . . . ” Patti Smith – Music Monday
What is your calling?
Read Moresterile (mis)conception
To be human is to be creative – whether we are conscious of it or not.
Read MoreProstrate Undulation ~ American Sentence 89 of 108
Frederica Hall, a local artist, created this drawing, I love her play with color. She said she felt like I was in a cosmic egg. I’m curious to see how she will finish.
Read MoreSo much filling a room
We moved to a small room in an annex to the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church. Nada Gordon was teaching – I think we were free-writing, getting warmed up.
My marriage was a disaster and I did’t necessarily feel like feeling anything – so I focused on the room and the sounds and the imagery and the energy of nervous writers filling the space. I put a lot of pressure on writing to take the place of music.
I’m guessing this happened in 2004.
Read MoreWhere’re You At? ~ Music Monday
Stop, look, and listen.
Read MoreGrounding Love, Expanding Time
Music Monday ~ Let’s not think about the passing time
in in in the body
Why the body? – recap
We live our lives through physical and energetic lenses. My creative and intellectual approach to teaching and making is informed by deep embodiment. Once I realized I could apply a somatic strategy to writing, my experience of writing expanded in surprising, sensual, and delightful ways. I was so excited by this discovery, that I began […]
Read MoreEmbodying Shakti: aha Exchange with Rachel Heart
. . . there is Goddess Lakshmi who is just the essence of shree, of sweetness, of playfulness, and love in her essence. Oftentimes Lakshmi is honored as that energy of abundance, but I feel like on a much deeper level when we experience abundance as gratitude and compassion, that’s when you really feel it’s almost like a nectar – if you can picture nectar flowing through your whole body, it’s nourishing, warm, energy of Lakshmi . . . ” – Rachel Heart
Photo of Rachel – photographer unknown
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