Say Yes! A Google Chat with Lindsay Sihilling
Mark Chmiel: Hey Linz lindsay sihilling: hey mfc Mark Chmiel: Here’s the exercise.Choose a person you are close to for this exercise in which one person gives and the other receives. Person A says to…
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A Class This Spring: Improv Wisdom
There are people who prefer to say “Yes,” and there are people who prefer to say “No.” Those who say “Yes” are rewarded by the adventures they have, and those who say “No” are rewarded…
Writing Meditation: A Course Inspired by the Work of Thich Nhat Hanh
“Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child–our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” “I…
Writing Aspirations for the Next Few (Many?) Months (Years?)
To encourage Ann in her possibly imminent publishing pursuits To begin in earnest sequel to Dear Layla—I just bought three black Moleskines, first objective, fill them with daydreams of what’s going on with Carla Nguyen…
Tonight
Extraordinary buzz of life and brilliance at tonight’s Writing to Wake Up! Thanks to Josh Aranda, Libby Dunn, Tony Albrecht, Lindsey Weston, Jenn Reyes Lay, Cami Kasmerchak, Justin Lorenz, Emily Camp, Ann Heyse, Brittany Accardi, Lindsay…
Writing To Wake Up Course
Writing to Wake Up: A Course in Creativity and Community Think about it: Even with all our technologies and modes of communication, who has enough time? And yet, we need time, as community activist Grace…
Kristen’s Handout on Rabi’a for Week #2 on Islamic Mystical Experience
Sessions on the Liberative Potentials of Islamic Mystical Experience with Kristen Andersen Week 2: Rabi’a O my Lord, Thou knowest that the desire of my heart is to obey Thee, and that the light of…
Islamic Mysticism and Liberation: Rabi’a, Rumi, and Malcolm X
I am a big proponent of “Share the wealth.” Accordingly, I have asked our friend Kristen Andersen to share her important work on Islamic mysticism and liberation, the subject of her Master’s thesis in theological…
Writing at the CWE BC
Our Writing to Wake Up class is meeting next Thursday 19 April to hold our weekly session at the Saint Louis Bread Company at 4561 Forest Park Avenue in the Central West End. We go…