next week i’ll be hosting a guest post by janet riehl as part of her blog book tour for her new audio book “sightlines: a family love story in poetry and music”. it is a companion to the already existing book of the same title, which has already won her quite a bit of acclaim.… Continue reading it’s summer – time to go on a blog book tour!
Tag: creative people
blogging yourself home – the books
for the blogging yourself home workshop at MentalHealthCamp, i had referred to a number of books in addition to leon tan’s fabulous article on MySpace and blogging as a form of self therapy. here they are: writing from the heart – tapping the power of your inner voice, by nancy slonim aronie love the friendly,… Continue reading blogging yourself home – the books
the lyric self
this is another guest post by sarah luczaj, a british therapist and writer, living in poland. she runs an online therapy practice at mytherapist.com and has a poetry chapbook, “an urgent request” coming soon from fortunate daughter press, an imprint of tebot bach. sarah is a freequent commenter on this blog, and a propos poetry… Continue reading the lyric self
why we write
my little workshop for MentalHealthCamp, “blogging yourself home” about blogging, writing, creativity and mental health had me think hard about the connection between these topics in the last week or so. i was deligthed, then, to come across alison, who blogs (and teaches) about writing about mental health. in this post, she asks why do… Continue reading why we write
mental health camp: speaker list, diagnosis, and the history of stigma
for today, i’ll simply send you over to the MentalHealthCamp site. we have a list of presentations now – really interesting stuff – topics reach from anonymity and pseudonymity to ADD to online therapy to stigma and self stigma – please check it out! the title of my presentation will be “blogging yourself home” –… Continue reading mental health camp: speaker list, diagnosis, and the history of stigma
recycled poetry on a wordless wednesday
image by pupski
a sound poem
i can hear the water running steady a light gurgling and then quiet rushing dripping but those are not sounds just words i want to tell you – really, i want to tell you – what i hear, not words for water-actions i want to tell you about the sounds how much those vibrations mean… Continue reading a sound poem
the archetypes: addict, magical child, hedonist
the following is an excerpt from carolyn myss’ fascinating “gallery of archetypes”. most of us can recognize ourselves in one or more of these archetypes, or typical ways of being in the world. in her descriptions, carolyn myss tells us about the positive as well as the shadow (some would call them negative) aspects of… Continue reading the archetypes: addict, magical child, hedonist
carried through the year by the we’moon calendar
i am a huge fan of the we’moon daytimer. to this day, i see as one of the perks of quitting my job as chief cook and bottlewasher at the skills connection the fact that i didn’t need a huge appointment calendar anymore and could go back to using the we’moon daytimer. we’moon is a… Continue reading carried through the year by the we’moon calendar
chinese love poetry, again
valentine’s day week … more love … and like every year, a chinese love poem. this time it’s contemporary, by eddie tay cold wind there is a cold wind rising at 3 a.m., and here i am on this furtive pavement of men, haunting the night for you. for months, the wine spilled upon your… Continue reading chinese love poetry, again