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The White Rabbit

Paying attention in the present moment can yield important information.

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The Two Conductors

Two different choir experiences underscore the right conditions for creativity and play.

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My Morning with Matisse

Learning about Matisse's process; how to persist through difficulties in creating art.

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Why Write?

Writing as both vocation and career.

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When is Writing Not the Answer?

Sometimes introspection is not a good idea

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Voice Lessons

How learning to sing is like learning to write: constriction cuts us off from our power.

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Elegy

A meditation on language as living history, the loss of whole worlds when a language is lost.

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After a Long Absence

Writing about our demons takes courage, but in the process we become more authentic, able to integrate our suffering into "the joyousness of the unified being."

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Art and Healthcare, cancer care, Chronic Illness, Literature and Medicine, pediatric psychiatry, poetry, Poetry Therapy, Spirituality, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 6/16/10 Art and Healthcare, cancer care, Chronic Illness, Literature and Medicine, pediatric psychiatry, poetry, Poetry Therapy, Spirituality, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 6/16/10

Climbing Above

Do the facts of our histories determine the truth of our lives.

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Chronic Illness, Poetry Therapy, Spirituality, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 5/6/10 Chronic Illness, Poetry Therapy, Spirituality, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 5/6/10

The Soul is Shy

When painful issues arise in a writing group, how do facilitators react?

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Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Got to Fly

Why teach art to seminarians? To medical students?

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Art and Healthcare, Chronic Illness, Literature and Medicine, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 4/9/10 Art and Healthcare, Chronic Illness, Literature and Medicine, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 4/9/10

On Being a Recluse

Chronic illness takes a person out of the social matrix. Writing is one way to interact with the world.

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Spirituality, trauma, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 10/5/09 Spirituality, trauma, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 10/5/09

Ruined

The slow process of learning to accept change, loss.

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Movement is Life

Living passionately, even with injury, illness and pain.

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Chronic Illness, Spirituality, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 8/20/09 Chronic Illness, Spirituality, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 8/20/09

Chaos Narrative/Gone to Seed

Pain and illness cannot always be formulated.

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Why are You Crying?

How not to be a good patient.

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Our Storied World

We make our world through stories

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"Who knows what he knows?"

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The Uses of Adversity

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