Wisdom Within, Ink

08/25/2021

With love to our educators. This coming Monday, join other teachers for a mindful moment of self-care and reflection. Offered through the Transformative Language Arts Network
https://www.tlanetwork.org/event-4459294

04/05/2019

My online class for the Transformative Language Arts Network, Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations, is coming up in just a few weeks. Won't you join me? https://www.tlanetwork.org/event-3291556

02/06/2019

This. This. This. !
Brilliant connection made between "navel-gazing" and female suppression.

Writing about trauma is sometimes called “navel-gazing,” particularly for women writers. An essayist and memoirist confronts this stigma, and calls on writers to explore their personal traumas and truths.

02/01/2019

Call for Proposals for Transformative Language Arts Network's Power of Words conference.

The 2019 Power of Words Conference is now accepting session proposals! Deadline is MARCH 28TH.

Please share! http://www.tlanetwork.org/call-for-proposals

We invite your proposals for experiential, didactic, and/or performance-based sessions that focus on writing, storytelling, drama, film, songwriting, and other forms of Transformative Language Arts (TLA).

This powerful conference brings together writers, storytellers, performers, musicians, educators, activists, healers, health professionals, community leaders, and more. Together we explore the written, spoken, and sung word, seeking to find how it can bring liberation, celebration, and transformation to individuals and communities.

12/29/2018

"[don't] set a goal of writing a book — that’s too much stress and a recipe for writers’ block — but instead make a schedule to write every day."

By JOANNA TEBBS YOUNG CIRCLES OF COMMUNITY I love words. Not just writing them, but learning and experiencing what effect they have on us. Research shows their power is amazing....

12/18/2018

Radical hope through (from )

In this digital and divided society, it can often seem that language is used primarily to deliver criticism and express rage. But poet Ada Limón shares her humble opinion on why she sees people turning to poetry for language that reflects nuance, mystery and even “radical hope.”

12/12/2018

Article about the benefits of in the The New York Times. It's where all my writing, ideas, and healing begin.
https://www.facebook.com/5281959998/posts/10151772590404999/

One of the more effective acts of self-care is also, happily, one of the cheapest.

12/05/2018

Comic: Writer and Santa.