Grief is a mysterious thing. It's not linear, it's not logical. Grief is an intimate journey within the landscapes of the body. For all you writers working between your grief and the page, I offer you a few words.
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Without naming the genocides that have happened—and continue to happen—towards the Indigenous peoples of America for 500+ years…celebrating freedom is thin, insensitive, and quite hypocritical. May we face and learn, understand and integrate our history, so we can contribute to the collective healing and teach future generations to make wiser and more peaceful choices.
Photo from www.Native-Land.ca.
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I’ve discovered that BOTH novelty and routine, when working together, CREATE the circumstances for generating material. And what matters is to toggle back and forth between them.
Photo by me, Anneliese Kamola.
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Yesterday, we witnessed White Supremacists storming the capitol. My loves, this violence and pain is not new. This is the terror that has been happening in North America since it was colonized. This is the same terror BIPOC people have been speaking to for over 500 years. It’s time we listen to the storytellers; we must change our narrative, and quickly.
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When I write, I constantly scan my body for sensations. I put 50% of attention on the words and 50% of my attention on my body. Why? Because my body tells me how to improve my writing.
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And a little vision came to me. Can you imagine what's going to happen when we are finally free to ‘move about the cabin’? Can you JUST IMAGINE the explosion of art and creativity we will some day experience? Can you imagine how FUN it will be?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgc0swPnSdiISj_Bla-ChCa93B8d6Yb8o&time_continue=9&v=kbJcQYVtZMo&feature=emb_logo
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I sat down on my couch this evening, unmotivated and procrastinating on my writing. Instead of being hard on myself, though, I decided to just have a little chat with my younger writer, to show her how far I have come and how much I have learned. Thirty-nine lessons for my younger self about writing.
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In these incredibly turbulent political times into which doom and gloom is easy to slip, I encourage you to have conversations with people and focus on the question, “What else is possible?” Even if you don’t know much, start a conversation with friends or colleagues and bumble through.
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And as I watched the video this morning, I realized that this woman, Yazmin Jurez, was speaking directly to our government. And people in our government were listening. And if she can speak truth to power, what can I do, too?
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In order for inspirations to come to me, I must make myself available to receive. I believe that writer’s block is often connected to sitting still. So, when I find myself stuck, I intentionally connect my body with my mind and choose one of the things from my short-list…
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[A] new idea is fragile, yes, but can also be strong. If given the right circumstances, a small idea can push back great resistance—inner critic voices, lifestyle restraints, financial bounds, embodied traumas, or more.
Photo by me, Anneliese Kamola
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Holding the sticky note, I realized that my nerves belong in my creative process. Waiting for them to disappear would be futile, and wanting them to never return would be foolish. Perhaps, I thought to myself, my sense of endurance can be retooled into a sensation of devotion…
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