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“It’s as though I were living at last in my eyes, as I have always dreamed of doing, and I think then I know why I’ve come here: to see, and so to go out against new things—oh god how easily—like air in a breeze. It’s true there are moments—foolish moments, ecstasy on a tree stump—when I’m all but gone, scattered I like to think like seed…”
William Gass, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
(Photo: Brad Ewell)
Wanting And Adoption
I was thinking about all the writers I work with, and I was thinking about how each person holds a narrative inside of their body that is sacred to them.
Who Is Writing This?
It would be easy for me to feel about AI the way my grandparents first felt about Elvis Presley: please turn the channel before I get corrupted.
I Asked AI To Write About Me: This Is What I Got
Title: Anne Heffron: Embracing Vulnerability and Finding Strength in Personal Storytelling
In the realm of personal storytelling, Anne Heffron stands out as a beacon of authenticity and vulnerability.
My Favorite Writing Prompt
Aside from the one where I ask people to, in six minutes, write the message they'd like to have left on the walls of their mother's body before birth, my favorite writing prompt is one I used last week.
My Ketamine Summer
I had a dream last night that I was standing close to a horse. I could feel the warm weight of him and I wanted to lean in closer, closer, until I was inside of him …
Back In The Saddle
I had a dream last night that I was standing close to a horse. I could feel the warm weight of him and I wanted to lean in closer, closer, until I was inside of him …
Writing Your Truth and Risking Rejection
Someone in class today asked about how to write their story when they fear possible rejection by friends and family if they tell the truth.
Blending Spices and Living Large
I want to be the kind of person who can make dinner for friends or even just one friend and not feel like I'm going to have an aneurism...
The Full Moon Sound Bath
It only took one time, but I am a floating sound bath hog. It was an experience I think about almost every day, still, months after having done it.
Curio Spice and EAT your life
I fell in love with Curio Spice Co. when I was living at Spirit Hill Farm in Sebastopol, California, and found online, through Curio
Deconstruct a Book and Construct Your Story with Cristina Link and Me
Altered bookmaking involves modifying a book by tearing, painting, collaging, cutting, and deconstructing it to rebuild it during reconstruction as you narrate your narrative in the new pages of your book.
The Best Idea I Ever Had or How to Claim Your Self When You Were Adopted
I was doing a meditation on the Chani app and was asked to imagine myself before conception as a spark.