Thinking about various kinds of happiness for tonight’s event with Theresa Wong at Montalvo in celebration of International Happiness Day. I’ve enjoyed how this event has shaped my attention over […]
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As I was brushing my teeth, which may be one of the last remaining unmediated liminal spaces through which an idea might have a chance of slipping, I had this
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Lots of events coming up~ There’s still space in the all-day workshop, Inspiration as a Sustainable Practice March 31. Please register early as space is limited to 12. This Thursday,
What is a neutral practice? A way to relate to language thrown clear of the constriction of the too high stakes imposed by ideas about writing. Neutral practices involve other
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“Inside you one vault after another opens endlessly.” –Thomas Tranströmer, Romanesque Arches I think of “the vault,” as the space of enclosure that allows for opening. That enclosure can be
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•Writing Studio Weekly, Sundays 4:00 – 6:00 Each two-hour session includes generative writing, craft & process discussion, and workshop. We focus primarily on poetry in the process & craft discussions,
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March 31 10:00 – 5:00 ” Try to love the questions themselves.” – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet Stock cinematic visions of the creative process suggest inspiration
INSPIRATION AS A SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE: A POETRY INTENSIVE | March 31, 10 – 5 Read More »
Sundays @ 4:00 – 6:00, starting February 17 Each two-hour session includes generative writing, craft/process discussion, and workshop. We focus primarily on poetry in the process & craft discussions, but
To celebrate Dorianne Laux’s birthday, here’s an excerpt from our Mattress Talk, [8/6/11], where she remembers noticing the thrill of rhyme, and recalls being a tiny Dorianne, listening to the
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“This flute is made with a water tube coins, parts of cutlery, parts of locks, and other pieces of garbage that add up to this flute” Juan Gerardo Ayala, in