I went to Wisconsin for my sister’s wedding. She looked radiant! A painter who supported herself and her horse farm off of her art, Libby’s artistry touched every aspect of her ceremony. The banister of the grand staircase by which she entered was swagged with silk flowers. Each place setting featured a poodle cookie and […]
Breakfast with Beckwith
Today I did an interview with Michael Beckwith with Agape of Los Angeles. There were two musical interludes– he is married to a composer, and writes music himself. We both agreed that music is the most direct route to the human heart– that a message set to music touches the soul. I told him of […]
Lost and Found
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.” –Martha Graham To refuse the […]
Be Available
Writing is an activity best embedded in life, not one pursued while divorced from life. I look at interruptions as interventions. I try to channel spiritual information, rather than inventing it. When I allow writing to become a more fluid process, I feel less that I am charged with self-consciously guarding it, and instead challenge […]
“Too Much” Creativity?
I often have students who ask how to cope with “too much” creativity. Often, when we begin a creative recovery, the “backlog” of creative energy and ideas can feel overwhelming as we unblock the channel and experience the intense rushing in of the creative dreams that have been waiting for us. When a student tells […]
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