Because reading about this is different for everyone and fraught with the complexity of experiences we have of our bodies, this won’t be a chirpy “do this” or “fix that” or “5 steps to happy creative work in your body” kind of blog post. Nor do I ask anyone to comment on the intensely personal, tender landscape of their bodies (or even to keep reading if this is traumatic territory). I’ll stick to my own experiences, that they may prompt your own creative work…. Read More
Genre: Archive
To All My Theos – Gratitude as Renewable Energy
Life Imitates Art
Good fiction starts as late in its protagonist’s life as it could and still do the story justice. I think I’m approaching that time: the essential challenge, the seminal moment,… Read More
Forest Bathing
My New Studio
My New Studio 10′ x 10′ x 8′ x infinity… Read More
We Are Nature ~ Environmentally Engaged Exhibition at Florida Craft Art
Melting Memory – After the House Fire
O Som Do Jazz
July 2021 | By David Manson O Som Do Jazz . . . About 12 years ago my wife Andrea and I formed O Som Do Jazz (“the sound… Read More
Using Writing to Figure it Out
Something to try this weekend: forget the neat lines of your life that look good from the outside. Forget the places where you think you have things figured out. What are the things you don’t know, the questions that pull at you? Is there a fictional place you can create for these questions to play out in some way? Where might that energy take you?… Read More
The Isolated Artist
July 2021 | By Don Gialanella Starving for Attention . . . . . . This type of isolation has nothing to do with the pandemic. Artists are isolated from… Read More