The last week of May my family and I attended an ancestral skills gathering. There, I wove my first willow basket. We began with splitting red fir roots as they are small and pliable and can more easily form the central base of the basket. From there, we began twining in small to gradually larger […]
Invoking Desire
Last week I wrote a bit about my relationship with Desire. The more time I spend with Desire, the more I realize just how active she has been in my life. She has been at my side constantly although it’s only recently that I’ve been able to acknowledge her for who she is. Previously I […]
What do you desire?
For most of my life, I’ve known little of Desire. Or, so I thought… Occasionally, some big thing would come my way and I would know that THAT was it. THAT was what I desired, desperately. Not in a desperate way, though… which likely sounds odd… more that this offer or opportunity in front of […]
Voice And Visibility
A couple of months ago I attended a writing circle facilitated by friend and colleague Laura Gates-Lupton. The prompt for our time together was ‘lost and found’ which resulted in a deep inquiry for me around Voice and Visibility. As I’m in the process of sharing my voice in a much bigger way through my […]
7 Approaches That Work To Dismantle Fundamentalism
As you may recall, I think of fundamentalism as a pattern of beliefs, sensations in the body, and behaviors that are characterized by a stark black/white view of the world, judgment (of self/others), and rigidity. Further, fundamentalism is a pattern at play everywhere in the world around us; it isn’t limited to religion/s. Today, I’m […]