There’s something energizing about being in the same room with “like” people. Last week I spent 5 energizing days at MISSA (Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts) in a workshop that was quite different from anything I’ve taken. Instead of the touch of clay or the impulse of paint and paper I learned how […]
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Inspired
I try to give myself some creative retreats every year. One I try not to miss is MISSA – Metchosin International School of the Arts. Every summer they have fantastic workshops by the week or weekend in varied arts such as clay work, painting, mixed media, writing etc. etc. In past years I have written, […]
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I am taking a free online course that currently has over 3000 people from all over the world participating. It’s called How Writers Write Poetry (put on by the University of Iowa) and it has me thinking deeply and putting more practice in my poetry writing practice. Then there is the “throng”. – an energetic, […]
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I accomplished a lot in April – my writer’s group anthology, some poem revisions, jotted down some new ideas to do with publishing, art making and writing. And even some paid work 🙂 There is a lot I didn’t do. I found other lists – full of inspiration and “try this”. Didn’t. But I will. […]
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The other day I had a great feedback session with a writing friend. We met in a local coffee shop to review her story and my poetry. It was an exchange of experience, of knowledge and of energy as we responded to one another. What also came out of it is that whenever you “put […]
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