Your Work Matters
May27

Your Work Matters

We see each woman’s work as a brush stroke in the portrait of creative women. If the way in to our deepest work is by invitation, come, reveal yourself:   The invitation my creative heart wants to receive is ___. The invitation my creative heart wants to give is ___.   Contribute your response Submit your creative work to Waves _________________________________________________________                              ...

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We Are Bonded By Women’s Long History
Mar25

We Are Bonded By Women’s Long History

Dear Creative Woman,   It is important to understand that women’s culture is never a subculture. It would hardly be appropriate to define half of humanity as a subculture.   “The Creation of Patriarchy” by Gerda Lerner   _________________________________________________________   This eye is not for weeping its vision       must be unblurred though tears are on my face its intent is clarity      ...

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Together, Our Life Our Art
Feb26

Together, Our Life Our Art

My dear women artists. Here together, we’re generating the faith and the hope that by being together we can help one another make the writing life easier, make the writing life joyous. I remember as a girl – I think I was about eight years old – when I said “Oh, the writer’s life is for me.” And then, not too many years after that, “Oh, why did I want that?” . . . Do we have to make a choice between life and art?  ...

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Acts of Bravery by Lois Bradley
Feb26

Acts of Bravery by Lois Bradley

  “Acts of Bravery, Day 1 & 3” by Lois Bradley     It would be easier to allow the current to take me swirling, bobbing about in half-lidded repose. But that is not where my artwork happens. Artwork that means something is not created in a languorous vaccum, but when my mind is tense. Alert. Engaged. Open.   ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   Lois Bradley...

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Orlando is the Story of a Writer by Maxine Hong Kingston
Feb26

Orlando is the Story of a Writer by Maxine Hong Kingston

  “ORLANDO IS THE STORY OF A WRITER” BY MAXINE HONG KINGSTON   Tuesday, August 11, 2019 (audio file 150811a – 25 m 51s) Transcribed by Tobi Harper   Introduction, Kate Gale, Ph.D.: Now that we’re all fully awake, it is my privilege to introduce Maxine Hong Kingston. The work of a great work is that – after you’ve experienced it – you cannot imagine your life without it. Think about your life without...

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