Poetry is not a Luxury

https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf Poetry Is Not a Luxury (1985) Audre LordeThe quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. It is within this light that we form those ideas by which we pursue our Read more about Poetry is not a Luxury[…]

Mountains and Rivers

The global Pachamama Alliance community online ceremony to welcome in a new possibility for you, your family, your community, and the world.  Our Indigenous elders remind us that with 2020 having been a year of great challenge for the human family, we have an opportunity to come together and take a moment to reflect, bless Read more about Mountains and Rivers[…]

Cast all your votes for dancing – Hafiz

I know the voice of depression Still calls to you. I know those habits that can ruin your life Still send their invitations. But you are with the Friend now And look so much stronger. You can stay that way And even bloom! Keep squeezing drops of the Sun From your prayers and work and Read more about Cast all your votes for dancing – Hafiz[…]

Radiance

There is a place in the heart where everything meets.Go there if you want to find me.Mind, senses, soul, eternity, all are there.Are you there? Enter the bowl of vastness that is the heart.Give yourself to it with total abandon. Quiet ecstasy is there – and a steady, regal sense of resting in a perfect Read more about Radiance[…]

Inner Winter

And most of all, in my inner winter, I learned how to walk away, even in the most exquisite or painful creative moment. This space – even if it was only an hour lying in the dark – always allowed for a new way of inspiration and renewal to carry me. ⁠ Writing our first book, Read more about Inner Winter[…]