With my partner still out of work and unemployment benefits about to run out, I am wondering we will heat our home for the winter. I am one of the lucky ones, and I know it. At least I’m not wondering where home will be. Here in the United States, not only are we dealing with a pandemic that has shut down life as we knew it, but our politicians are so busy playing partisan games that there is still, after months of talks, no relief in sight for Americans facing joblessness, homelessness, and worse. We may wish to make a plan, but the variables are overwhelming: How long will the pandemic last? How will the election impact…
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The Art of Allowing: Crazy Quilts, Sticky Notes, and Morning Stretches
The unblocking was unexpected. It began with The Red Shoes as retold and analyzed by Dr. Clara Pinkola Estes in her seminal study on feminine archetypes, Women Who Run With the Wolves. In particular, it began with this paragraph: Too too many women made a terrible vow years ago before they knew any better. As young women they were starved of basic encouragement and supports, and so filled with sorrow and resignation, they put down their pens, closed up their words, turned off their singing, rolled up their artwork and vowed never to touch them ever again. A woman in such a condition has inadvertently entered into the oven along with her…
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Council of Muses, December 2019 Creative Practice
For December 2019, Council of Muses explored the quality of Wisdom. Wisdom is about learning from our experiences and using that learning to CREATE a future more to our liking…and closer to our hearts. In our creative practice this month, we took a look back at the year in review to see what lessons we could glean.
