The video of The Creative Practice is amazing. Especially in these times, burrowing into our creativity and creating a practice of it is essential. Even several kinds of creativity! Thank you for the sources!
Thank you for all these wonderful suggestions and resources, Sue. I just submitted a short piece to the poetry contest. It felt so damn good to focus on the lowly earthworm, a creature of great importance to our soil.
What excellent resources! I will delve into several of them! I'm glad I took up weaving, as it has elements of creativity, problem-solving, and meditative states. Clearly this post hits a nerve (no pun intended) with many of us. Take good care.
Pay at least as much attention to what’s happening outside your window and in your house as you do to what’s happening elsewhere and being shared in the news. Chances are that the reality of your life is not as bad as you’re imagining.
thanks for your comment, Donna. My life is not bad in any way, and I live on a beautiful homestead so do spend time outside everyday. But there is a lot of chaos and cruelty in the US and across the world, and I am reacting to it as so many I know are.
Hey Sue. We’ve never been here before. We don’t know how to think , be or feel. The last time we were all
Existentially in angst in a collective way was before we were born during WW2. You are so right to delve into
Our creativity because it has always been medicine for the human spirit in times like these.
What is helping me is reading “The Splendid and The Vile” which is a very well written almost novel-like account of Churchill and Hitler. Up till now we’ve lived in an amazing era, and now we are being faced by a representation of humanity’ s greed and shadow.
This is a great collection of resources, Sue, and thanks much for curating and sharing them. I'll link to your post in my post this week, which will mostly be focused on books, but I'm still sharing terraphilic "tools" to keep us balanced and sane that readers have suggested after last week's "Tool Swap" post, so this fits right in. I'm so glad you found a massage therapist who is an empathic healer! Blessings and a hug to you.
My therapist is unlike any other I have met. A true gift! I look forward to the Tool Swap post. Thank you ahead of time for linking to this post. We need all tools on deck!
Thank you for sharing these resources; some of them I can pass on to people. I am focusing on creativity with my food, making small pieces of art, and when I'm tired, sitting by the window and listening to birdsong.
I've been debating hiring a counselor I use (who already does some group activities) to provide a safe mental health resource. I will say that the Hands Off Rally was really energizing and restorative!
The video of The Creative Practice is amazing. Especially in these times, burrowing into our creativity and creating a practice of it is essential. Even several kinds of creativity! Thank you for the sources!
Thank you for all these wonderful suggestions and resources, Sue. I just submitted a short piece to the poetry contest. It felt so damn good to focus on the lowly earthworm, a creature of great importance to our soil.
Wonderful - I am working on some kind of poem this week to submit. Thanks for commenting, April!
What excellent resources! I will delve into several of them! I'm glad I took up weaving, as it has elements of creativity, problem-solving, and meditative states. Clearly this post hits a nerve (no pun intended) with many of us. Take good care.
I am planning a later essay on creativity and fiber arts and may call you about your weaving. Thanks for commenting, Barbara!
Pay at least as much attention to what’s happening outside your window and in your house as you do to what’s happening elsewhere and being shared in the news. Chances are that the reality of your life is not as bad as you’re imagining.
thanks for your comment, Donna. My life is not bad in any way, and I live on a beautiful homestead so do spend time outside everyday. But there is a lot of chaos and cruelty in the US and across the world, and I am reacting to it as so many I know are.
Yep. I was just thinking about how my grandparents made it through the depression, WWII, etc.
Thanks, Sue, for your excellent suggestions and links. Nature and creativity provide grounding in uncertain times.
Thanks also for reminding me of the connection between physical stress and psychic challenge. These are indeed those times.
Hey Sue. We’ve never been here before. We don’t know how to think , be or feel. The last time we were all
Existentially in angst in a collective way was before we were born during WW2. You are so right to delve into
Our creativity because it has always been medicine for the human spirit in times like these.
What is helping me is reading “The Splendid and The Vile” which is a very well written almost novel-like account of Churchill and Hitler. Up till now we’ve lived in an amazing era, and now we are being faced by a representation of humanity’ s greed and shadow.
Yes - 100% spot on. I have to remind myself that my grandparent's generation experienced far worse scenarios, and they survived those times.
This is a great collection of resources, Sue, and thanks much for curating and sharing them. I'll link to your post in my post this week, which will mostly be focused on books, but I'm still sharing terraphilic "tools" to keep us balanced and sane that readers have suggested after last week's "Tool Swap" post, so this fits right in. I'm so glad you found a massage therapist who is an empathic healer! Blessings and a hug to you.
My therapist is unlike any other I have met. A true gift! I look forward to the Tool Swap post. Thank you ahead of time for linking to this post. We need all tools on deck!
Here's the tool swap post, which was last week. Your post will be an addendum to next week's post. :)
https://open.substack.com/pub/practicingterraphilia/p/tool-swap?r=uczg0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Thank you for sharing these resources; some of them I can pass on to people. I am focusing on creativity with my food, making small pieces of art, and when I'm tired, sitting by the window and listening to birdsong.
Sue, Thanks kindly for the shoutout for Wild in Seattle. Exciting to have it out in the world.
Wonderful!
I've been debating hiring a counselor I use (who already does some group activities) to provide a safe mental health resource. I will say that the Hands Off Rally was really energizing and restorative!
I believe we need to tend to our bodies and brains first so that we can continue the good trouble.