04•16•2015
Today I arrived back … home?
“editing is the ruthless suppression of the inessential” — The Center for Digital Storytelling (now Storycenter)
senses • imagery • emotional attachment • lesson/feeling of change • vulnerable • authenticity, specificity simplicity • impossible complexity • how
small moment –> big change question –> answer
Celebrating one year of figuring out how to write in English, again.
04•15•2016
stillness is sitting
while the slug meanders
through blades of grass:
munch
munch
munch
munch
listening is being with
the bubbling stream water,
as she tells you of the mystery
you
once were,
with laughing, garbled notes
reflection is knowing
that the still pond gives back
a deceptive interpretation;
look for your self in the ocean,
the swamp,
the rivers.
growth is letting go
the weight of leaves in autumn:
twirl, hurl,
give yourself away
to darkness and cold,
and buds will begin again.
do not keep yourself so heavy
grief is not a weight
but a space of clearing;
when we feel all is lost,
our souls are asking us
for a space of healing.
there was something that used to travel with me.
i can’t name it anymore.
i once told its story;
it used to be my own.
but it left me one day in slumber,
the dreamweaver whispered
to the gatekeeper of my thoughts
some magical words of release.
i did not ask! i gave no consent!
it is gone.
part of the me that was
is no more.
i am gone.
i might mourn the passing,
i might spit curses at the thief.
but the buds of spring bloom
on bare stalks above me
where there used to be many a leaf.
Thank you to everyone who courageously shared their words alongside me. You helped me remember how beautiful it is to build connections, grow meaning, and encounter my own words within a community of passionate storytellers.