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The Artist’s Way

February 20, 2006

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance

I confess, this has been an abundant week — an adventurous week, given my usual quiet solitude. Even the solitude is abundant. Right now, for example (it’s Sunday evening) I am writing this during breaks from Poirot, drinking wine and eating good dark chocolate. While I can quite reasonably claim that the specifics are unusual… Continue reading

The Artist’s Way

Art, deprivation, language, Linda Hogan, luxury, nouns, religion, Sam Harris, scarcity, spirituality, The Artist’s Way, verbs, Writing
February 16, 2006

The Artist’s Way ~ Linda Hogan & Other Poets

Linda, as always, was great. She speaks from a deep place. The title of her talk was A Spiritual History of the Living World. I took almost no notes, but Niki did, and perhaps she will post from them at some point; if she does, I will link to it. Also, public access television recorded… Continue reading

Poets, The Artist’s Way

Art, Linda Hogan, Poems, poetry, Poets, spirituality, The Artist’s Way
February 13, 2006

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 5: Recovering a Sense of Possibility

Is anyone else feeling a bit . . . sensitive? Early on, Cameron said something about emotional volatility, but I didn’t think: me. I didn’t think: raw. I had forgotten that writing began, for me, in a difficult and painful time. Now, those memories and feelings come back to me. And not just those —… Continue reading

The Artist’s Way

Linda Hogan, spirituality, synchronicity, The Artist’s Way
February 9, 2006

Tagged

I have been tagged by Melba, who says she chose me because I wanted to know more about you. She has reframed the 4 Questions into 4 Artist’s Way Questions, since she had already done this meme before she was tagged again — so I’m not sure which ones she wants me to answer. I’ll… Continue reading

Personal, The Artist’s Way

4 Questions, meme, The Artist’s Way
February 5, 2006

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 4: Recovering a Sense of Integrity

NO-READING week is over as of 10:00 pm tonight. And I will be glad to have it behind me. I learned that not-reading does not, for me, free up vast amounts of energy, though it does free up time — that commodity others covet, and of which I have plenty. I wrote a bit more.… Continue reading

The Artist’s Way

Art, disability, illness, shame, The Artist’s Way

Ancestral (Artificial )Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, writing is how I think, and I prefer to do it myself. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

I have changed this from Artificial to Ancestral, after Abi Awomosu @ Substack. This medium was made with human history, human thought. All of it, bright and dark. It is ancestral.

Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

The Artist’s Way

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance

The Artist’s Way ~ Linda Hogan & Other Poets

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 5: Recovering a Sense of Possibility

Tagged

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 4: Recovering a Sense of Integrity