Heartfelt Poetry. Literally!
I’ve been to hundreds of poetry readings over the past 15 years. Some have been amazing, some boring, others rabble-rousing. So, I was interested to hear from fellow poet Cathy Wagner that there was...
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Writing professors and hypnotists have completely different ideas about language. Owen Phillips: http://www.googleplussuomi.com/ Remember being told to avoid using gerunds (verbs ending in …ing) and...
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It seems pretty clear that the metaphors that are commonly used to describe the immune system — “fighting off” diseases and “pumping up” your immunity to “fend off” “invading” tumors or parasites...
View ArticleHeartfelt Poetry. Literally!
I’ve been to hundreds of poetry readings over the past 15 years. Some have been amazing, some boring, others rabble-rousing. So, I was interested to hear from fellow poet Cathy Wagner that there was...
View ArticleZombify! (And learn…)
Writing professors and hypnotists have completely different ideas about language. Owen Phillips: http://www.googleplussuomi.com/ Remember being told to avoid using gerunds (verbs ending in …ing) and...
View ArticleImmunity Poetics: Thoughts on language and the immune system
It seems pretty clear that the metaphors that are commonly used to describe the immune system — “fighting off” diseases and “pumping up” your immunity to “fend off” “invading” tumors or parasites...
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Often when I tell people that I lead retreats to explore past lives, the reaction wavers between amusement and bewilderment. Especially now with so much that is disruptive and harmful happening in the...
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