My first semester of graduate studies ended and for a minute I panicked. Like full on panicked. I had handed in all my work yet I felt this unsettled feeling in my stomach. I looked at the assignments I had due for my second semester and thought maybe I should get started on them. I […]
FROM THE QUILL
DIVE IN
WRITING AS RELEASE
Boring title but bear with me. (It was inspired by a speech I read for one of my classes this fall.) FYI this post is probably the hardest post I am ever going to write. So here goes. Walk with me and go easy. As an educator people often have the mistaken impression that schooling […]
FROM THE QUILL
DIVE IN
prose with purpose
(Well maybe the truth about my life as a full time artist.) Leave your job they said. Ditch the 9 to 5 they shouted. Work as a full time artist they chanted. You’ll find freedom, contentment and good vibes. Truth be told “they” didn’t say, shout or chant anything. It was all me. Actually come […]
FROM THE QUILL
DIVE IN
WRITING AS RELEASE
I don’t know how to eat well, move, and be in spiritual alignment without it being an all in project. I go hard at everything. I liked running, but a little jog in the neighbourhood wasn’t enough- no I had to do marathons. I wanted to eat healthier so I became a clean eating freaking […]
