Healing from Writing

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Since my spiritual awakening almost two years ago, I was told by three mediums to write. "Write in a journal"... "Do some free writing"..."Write your own story"...these were all phrases they shouted out to me, but I didn't listen -- or better yet, I didn't want to listen. I never saw the benefit and felt it was boring and tedious. One day my friend Judy felt prompted to tell me a story about her friend who had been told to write many times but didn't listen either. Her friend was injured … [Read more...]

2012: Let’s share the experience of living

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"Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh In each moment, each of us is engaged in creation. Creating song. Creating a walk to the park. Creating a meal. Creating a dialogue on why the sky is blue, with a child. Creating anxiety, sitting in a line of cars, not moving. Creating a happy memory from 1969. Creating love. As we … [Read more...]

An interview with Michael Ventura

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“An Artist Without Obsession Isn’t Worth a Damn!” According to author John Updike: "The ditch digger, the dentist, and the artist go about their work in much the same way Any activity becomes creativity when the doer cares about doing it right or better. The artistic impulse is a mix, in varying proportions, of childhood fantasizing brought on by not necessarily unhappy periods of solitude; a certain hard wish to perpetuate and propagate the self; a craftsmanly affection for the materials … [Read more...]