Dec 13, 2010 | writing craft and process
As artists we seek to create our own sense of the chaos. Through our storytelling, poetry, painting, composing, sculpting, designing, we wrangle and wrestle with a swirl of ideas and emotions that seem at once as heavy as lead and as elusive as air. We all of us seek...
Dec 5, 2010 | writing craft and process
A few years ago, my partner and I were lucky enough to be able to take an incredible month-long trip to China. It took about six months of planning and preparation and before that, it had taken several years of “what if”ing to set it all in motion. We wanted to see...
Nov 2, 2010 | writing craft and process
I have been nesting . Cleaning the house. Doing the laundry. Sorting through books. Sorting through old clothes. Organizing folders and drawers. Writing the e-mails and proposals I thought I would do later, but have decided to do now. Paying the...
Oct 24, 2010 | writing craft and process
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. –T.S. Eliot I included this Eliot excerpt on my High School yearbook page many decades ago. It resonated with me then...