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An image big enough to inspire you
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An image big enough to inspire you

There was a child went forth every day. And the first object he looks upon, that object he became. –Walt Whitman The late poet Stanley Kunitz believed that writers often have a “key image” that keeps working them over and over again in their writing. In fact, writers may spend an entire lifetime working one…

Painting words: Letting art evoke writing

On November 15th, I’m going to be teaching a one-day class at Book Passage in Corte Madera. Here’s the writeup: In this workshop, we will have an intimate conversation between art and writing, using art and its principles to shape and inspire the written word. Innovative writing exercises that engage the provocative relationship between words…

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Creating space for Spirit to speak

I’ve always been interested in the idea of creating space. For years I had a note attached to my computer that read, “Create Space for Spirit to Speak.” If we don’t have the space for it, we can’t do anything new or creative because our life is already filled up. A simple example is writing–one…

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