Make space so you can grow
Magda Cragg, speaking of her partner, the poet Lew Welch said, “He made space around you, so you could grow.”
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Rich, fertile space is more important than content.
When I teach, what I think about is how I’m going to create space for learning and magic, not the content. In the larger scheme of things, rich, fertile space is way more important than any piece of information. So if space is so important, why do we continue to focus on the specifics–the subject,…
Natural terrain speaks to us through metaphor
A friend from Montana recently moved here to the Bay area. She’s having a time adjusting to the Bay area, of course, it’s so different from remote, spacious Montana. (After I moved to Montana, I understood more clearly what “Big Sky” country means. The mountains are so huge and dramatic, they make the sky look…
Metaphorical threads
I brought small pumpkins into Monday’s class at the Sophia Center. I had everyone close their eyes and hold out their hands to receive their pumpkin, so they wouldn’t immediately know what it was. Holding/touching something with eyes closed is evocative—we don’t immediately rely on our mind to recall pre-stored ideas about the object. We…
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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