2019 Rockvale “Power of Creativity” Gift of Fellowship
Mar22

2019 Rockvale “Power of Creativity” Gift of Fellowship

The Rockvale “Power of Creativity” Gift of Fellowship The Rockvale Writers’ Colony is held firmly in the belief that words have power and that writers who share their writing with the world are offering a fundamental and powerful gift that cannot be duplicated by any other writer. “Our uniqueness is our power. Our Creative spirit is our power. Our words are power and light.” – Sandy Coomer, poet,...

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Do I Identify?
Mar01

Do I Identify?

“Now I am a woman again – as I always am when I write.” – Virginia Woolf, Diary, 31 May 1929   Do you identify as a creative woman? In all the unique ways women express themselves through words and art, universal identities arise: I am a writer. I am a musician. I am an artist. I am a benefactor …. Our claimed identities connect, forming a net, a collective expression of who we are and what we call ourselves. You are...

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Who Am I?
Feb16

Who Am I?

“Love, the poet said, is woman’s whole existence.” – Virginia Woolf, Orlando   Perhaps each of us would respond differently to Woolf’s claim; but if Maya Angelou asserts “love recognizes no barriers” and Linda Hogan reminds us that we are “the result of the love of thousands,” our paradigm of love expands to our ancestors, to the woman next to us and those to come, to our creative practice, to...

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We Are the Words
Jan22

We Are the Words

“We are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.” ― Virginia Woolf, Moments of Being We “are the words” and we are quickened by the truths women have claimed in the past year, echoing a resolute awareness of our creative selves, our collective wisdom, and our legacy. In 2019, we carry forward our shared purpose by expanding our collaborative narrative with The Q, preparing the Waves Anthology for...

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Mirrors, Trail Finders, and Citizens
Oct26

Mirrors, Trail Finders, and Citizens

“As a woman my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf   As we continue to imagine a borderless song-map together, may we mirror one another’s truths and doubts, lose our trail and find it, and claim the light of our dreams.   We invite you to read Molly Howes, Alison Hicks, and Monteque Pope-Le Beau’s pensive poetry submissions to “Where I Am From” in full below.    ...

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