When I studied expressive arts with Lucia Capacchione, one of the modalities we used was dancing, drawing and sculpting to the 5 Rhythms of Gabrielle Roth. These rhythms are Flowing Staccato Chaos Lyrical Stillness® Lucia always likened the full flow of the 5 Rhythms to the process of creativity. Flowing is when an idea comes […]
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I didn’t have a set plan when I started this piece. I rarely do. What I had was a precut Tree of Life substrate and a collection of materials I’ve gathered over the years: beads, brooches, baubles . . . and flowers. So. Many. Flowers. At first, I imagined filling the entire canopy with blooms.
Facebook in an election year often feels like this: A firestorm of moral outrage, us-and-them-ing, end-of-the-world-ing, rage, fear, polarization, and propaganda-driven divisiveness. And this is nothing new, although it feels like it is escalating to a new crescendo. I wrote a blog post, On Political Divisiveness, back in 2012 and, while a few details may
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In my book, Fallen, after many of the leaves in the Dreaming Tree fall into their collective dream, they wind up in the Boggy Marsh of Fear. In this blog series, I have been writing about how conditions there are reflected in our current political circumstances. Today I want to look at what this allegory
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While trapped in the Boggy Marsh of Fear, Alora’s friend Blaze takes three actions that begin to change everything for the two of them: He pays attention to the habits and patterns of the Raven and Moose that have been putting everyone in danger and keeping everyone in fear. He notices what time of day
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