Archive for January, 2008
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Create your own wild garden of creativity.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008First, get outside. Take along your pen and paper, even a camera or drawing pad. Walk around your neighborhood and see it for the first time. Imagine you are a tourist. What is your first impression? Notice the colors, smells and sounds of where you live. Write about it from that point of view. If […]
Words That Heal: Writing Leads to Wellness
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008“. . .That writing does heal is unmistakable. It is not possible to be in the presence of those who write their way through moments of ecstasy and moments of despair, critical illness and crucial life choice, spiritual awakening and free-falls into Mystery, without acknowledgment of the truth that writing heals.” ~ Kathleen Adams, author […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Write. Write again.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Write one more time. Each day write 50 words. Pick a topic or not. Observe - what do you see? Touch - what are the sensations? Listen - hear a piece of conversation and then write a story about it. You can write more but not less. Write with a friend. Go to the park […]
Planting Seeds ~ One Word at a Time
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008“Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can’t see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can’t design or ordain.” ~ Sharon Salzberg, […]
The Writing Life
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008I wrote from the beginning. I wrote with my dolls, paper, paste and my food.
I wrote with my laughter and tears before I could shape a sentence on paper. ~ Sandra Lee Schubert
As a child I wrote a family newsletter. I would produce just one copy at a time for my mother and sister that […]