Events & News (05/20/23)
Bringing back the world
The Saturday Spark
Tell us: Which form(s) of art (e.g., literature, music, visual arts . . .) most help you “realize yourself as one with the world’s fabric”?
Got yours?
This week’s feature from my store is Staying Power 2: Writings from a Year of Emergence.
The word “emerge” is hidden within “emergency.”
For good reason.
As people of hope, we lay that hidden word bare and focus our energies upon it. We insist that momentous potential lies as a seed within all periods of turmoil and upheaval. We search out that seed, enrich the soil, and provide what it needs to grow.
Our ability to do this is a hallmark of staying power.
This soulful collection of short musings, stories, and poems will deepen your trust that good can always emerge from trouble.
Remember to enter your Rafter discount (“rafter15”) at checkout to receive 15% off your order.
Mark your calendars! Coming attractions!
You heard it here first! More details to follow.
“Book Bash: Celebrating Poetry of Presence II” (6:30PM Central, June 27, free Zoom event)
CORRECTED DATE: “The Rapture of Being Alive: Writing From the True Self” (poetry workshop with Donna Hilbert, 6:00PM Central, July 10, paid Zoom event)
Introduce yourself to other Rafters in a “Rafter Snap”!
One Sunday a month, I present a “Rafter Snap” in my Staying Power newsletter. Each Snap features a Rafter so that we can all get better acquainted and be inspired by one another. Here’s an example, spotlighting Marianne Murphy Zarzana.
Introduce yourself to other Rafters by submitting your own “Snap” based on questions I’ve prepared for you. Use the button below. I’ll share the submissions in the order I receive them.
TIP: Make jewelry? Write books? Design quilts? Take photographs? This is a great non-salesy way to plug your work!
In case you missed it . . .
Next week on The Raft . . .
I’ll be out of studio next week. No free Raft events.
Grateful, grateful!
My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Amy Adams, Deedee Buettner, Susan Randlett, and Jari Thymian.
Whew! That's all for now. Stay well. Stay witty. Stay tuned into your true spot and create from your radiant, beautiful self.
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Music makes me feel a part of the universe, but as an artist I try to bring parts of our universe to the eyes for others.
Music is the art form that connects me to the universe. It is as broad as the cosmos and all of nature. At the same time it is deeply personal with the beating of my own heart and its power to move me.