flesh and spirit, thinly divided
your poetry about BIG feelings is here!
Saturday December 14th 12pm-2pm central: Image Word Mystery end-of-year creative ritual & poetry reading! FREE: Link here to join.
January: Ritual Lab 2025 Session One, DIY Oracle Cards & Intuitive Storytelling!
35% off the full year of Ritual Lab HERE, or buy January tickets HERE.
A couple weeks ago, I sent you this survey so you could write poetry about some BIG FEELINGS using small, simple prompts. I have LOVED receiving your responses.
The structure worked like this:
In 6 words only, describe your perfect world.
In 5 words only, describe who you really are at your core.
In 4 words, describe what really matters to you.
In 3 words, describe everything that lead up to this moment in your life.
In 2 words, describe the future.
In 1 word, describe the meaning of life.
Simple, right? 😂
But the results to this simple prompt were, as ever, transcendent. Here are your poems, with transcription below— a sweet portrait of this community’s love, care, attention, joy, transcendence and capacity for change:
Here is the transcript of all the poems together: Tribal honoring balance with the Mother Wild creative kind inspiring truth Authentic respect for nature Journey discovering truth What is Love Every action is guided by love I am a light being Every being I love Staying with it Courageous hearts Care A world of balance, dance, rest. I observe and listen and feel. Moments of wonder, fleeting. Bound by should. Untied. Uncertain. Attention. Joyous complete acceptance of our differences passionate intelligent loving silly serious my husband and children ha ha ha Who knows Joy equitable, vibrant, diverse, lush, peaceful, creative loving, fiery, feminine, strong, healing honesty, connections, love, harmony struggle, despair, luck love, bravery love Everyone cares for humanity and planet Compassionate joyful creative vibrant tenacious Being in good relationships I am here Our choice LOVE A peaceful heart and quiet mind. Abundant, loving, ecstatic, joyful, curious Being deeply in love Bizarre fortuitous exploration Blissfully unwritten Transcendence Free to be me in community Sensitive and a little spicy Connection, laughter, eye contact Pain and pleasure Hopeful creativity Presence When enough is more than enough Flesh and spirit, thinly divided. The freedom of curiosity Yearning for union Beyond imagination Change
I bought this sick typewriter at the Salvation Army the other week and it was so fun to slowly savor your poetic thoughts while pounding them into the keys— thinking slowly about every letter, every word.
I love how many times the word LOVE appears. I love feeling how important connection is to you. I love the dance of three-word-phrases defining our collective pasts—bizarre fortuitous exploration, indeed.
If you liked playing this magical writing game, you’ll find a lot more of this energy in Ritual Lab with me starting this January. No special skills or prerequisites necessary to give yourself the gift of unbridled creative play. Tap into your intuition and root down into your own special world of symbol and story as we make our own oracle cards— and use them to unlock our voices and set some fresh stories free.
Get 35% off the full year of Ritual Lab HERE, or buy January-only tickets HERE.
🎁 Existing members and folks in need of financial assistance, head HERE for a special offer.
I’m so thankful for all of you here with me in creative companionship. I know not all of you are in the market for a workshop right now, but it also means a lot to me that when you share this newsletter with the folks you love! Thank you!
xo,
As always, the things you inspire your community to create are amazing. Loved reading through this between sessions, my heart is full!
Question: I would love to do Ritual Lab next year but when I click on the link, it takes me to my subscription page and I don’t know what to do next. I tried to find it in you announcement post awhile back but I couldn’t. Can you let me know what I need to do to sign up?