Etymology[study of] [speaking of] + [true sense, real, actual] I am finding that in the process of this deep exploration of my dream lineage [and other lineages], diversion keep diverting me. I am often diverted in my writing and thought process by other lines of...
When there is a great communal traumatic experience, like the one we are currently in the midst of, often all that can be done is to get through. Get through the day, the current moment of crisis, then the next, then the next. It can be near impossible to be with the...
We have all done it. Had a dream that completely started us, terrified us, made us laugh, made us cry, then, later, gone to find out what it “means.” Dream dictionaries online, in bookstores. Our friends. We want to know why we had that dream that haunts us. Maybe it...
The root of the word liminal gestures toward limit, gestures toward threshold, gestures toward all that relates to limits and being at the edge of our limits. And what it means to question and test those limits… …It is the place that dreams work the most – the edge...
In the liminal space, the two elements – human and archetypal – create a lush ecosystem of the dream landscape that is particular to the dreamer. I love the vesica piscis as a simple illustration of this – the image of two circles with the same radius, overlapping to...
What is a Liminal Zone A liminal zone in natural terms is the place where two ecological landscapes meet and a new ecological zone is created, crafted, informed and shaped by both of the zones. For example, the place where ocean meets land creates a liminal zone of...
Welcome to NaPoWriMo 2023!! During this month of April, which is National Poetry Month AND the "birth" month of my debut book of poems, I am joining other poets who are writing a poem a day for these 30 days.
Inspiration from the brilliant heart of Maureen Thorson I am following the original and awesome NaPoWriMo poet Maureen Thorson who has been "doing" this for 20 years - not just doing her own poems but offering daily prompts and excellent poetry resources. Check it out here: https://www.napowrimo.net/