“In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those who are now as she was then. In her life she is both celebrant and proof of women’s capacity and will to survive, to become, to act, to change self and society. And…
For many years I have said that our healing arts work could prevent a mid-life crisis and turn it into a mid-life awakening. But now that I am here, 51 years in, I must rub my new tiny whiskered beard and ask myself…with loving yet direct sarcasm… “Well, McCloud, what exactly IS the difference? Do…
The Muse is at the back door tonight. Click-clack, tip-tap, scritchy-scratch! If she comes in without asking and eats your hot-buttered garlic bread with sticky fingers and a toothy grin, be grateful. If she crashes in after scratching the windowpanes and rattles your kitchen pans, and dares you, you better get moving. There are…
While I was growing up my family created safe houses for women to run to. In time, I discovered that I wanted to create safe spaces for women to turn to in their experience of themselves. Without that internal sanctuary, would we even survive? Art, Violence and the Voice of the Soul Red Thread…
“How would you suggest we start to listen, to the voice of our own creativity?” I ask “Begin by just looking up at the moon, make contact, and then start imagining how to draw it” She said pointing at the moon. I was looking at her hand and how close the moon seemed to her…
You are a cosmic identity inhabiting a cooling sack of stars Your stardust personae presses through ancient constellations inhabiting a framework of potential You have chosen to colonize this matter What will you do with what you have been given? Red Thread Letter #860 Dear Ones, Do you ever wonder how you really…
I made this video for you! Should my autobiography be called Outlaw? I come from a family of people on both sides who choose to think for themselves. Only one member completed college. Only one of us had a normal day job. Three members of my family started independent schools. Yet, we have teachings to pass on.…
“Be prepared to hear and see things you never thought possible. Don’t be afraid of being overtaken by awe.” ~ Sue Hoya Sellars Dear Ones, For today’s Red Thread Letter, I am sharing an exciting invitation to a Livestream Reading and Teaching from my new book, The Feast Table of Love. Join me…
Let us leave the gateway of the known shore the familiar door we have gone through before. We shall sip star milk from the cradle cup of the new moon see it there just coming over the horizon sip to remember a way not lost yet not known sought for since you began… …
Dear One, Someone recently asked – isn’t all of creativity intentional? Perhaps indicating that the need to emphasize intentionality was irrelevant since all of creating comes from an intention to create. At one level when we create, we intend to ‘make the food’ ‘write the post’ ‘weed the garden’ ‘paint a painting of a mountain’…