Existence
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Teaching One Year Later
March 13th marks one year since we stopped teaching from our classrooms, and stepped into the virtual world. One year ago I was excited and eager to head to Minneapolis for the NAEA conference. My students were beginning some amazing personal projects in class. The green club had just been approved to go on a…
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Fierce Courage
Another thoughtful creative challenge… the word mood comes from the old English root word for MIND, or Fierce courage… perhaps when we get in a mood it is to remind us to have fierce courage. Mood… mind… I see this one as realizing that everything comes from within. Our mood is set by our mind……
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Illustration
A recent creative challenge word for my students was Illustration. After looking into the root of the word, I was fascinated that it comes from the world for illumination! Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment. As I thought more about the context of this word and its meaning, which is … a picture illustrating a book, newspaper,…
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2020
Such an interesting number … 2020. An interesting year it was for sure! A lot was documented in the first half of the year… and then fall came… and school started back up virtual, and then we bought a house. Things have been in a constant state of motion. 2020 was like the winding up…
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Dagwaagiin Equinox
Today is the Autumn Equinox. The point where the sun is directly aligned with the equator of the earth, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth. Dagwaagiin means Autumn in Annishinabe. This equinox feels extra important. It feels like a tipping point… hurling us into a new future. Leaving behind…
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Sacred Retreat
Retreat: from Latin retrahere ‘pull back’, to withdraw to a quiet, or secluded place. Withdrawing from the world around us, into a sacred space.
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Creativity is Spirituality
Spirituality is an ongoing journey of learning from the inside out. Where as creativity is the ability to take that learning and apply it to our reality.
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The Rising of the Phoenix
Summer Solstice 2020 at Burns Valley Herbals and Retreat was an amazing growing experience. Bringing up the story of the Phoenix. A powerful fire ceremony, balance through the water, and rising above the ashes. The weekend started off with lots of rain, which canceled the awesome set The Wild Hymns were going to play! Instead…
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Earth Meditation
The earth is the Goddess, in all her feminine and receptive energy. Her direction is North. The Pentacle and a bowl of salt are her tools. Her colors are green, yellow, brown, black, and her season: is Winter. The Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn are earth signs. Earth energy is grounding, bringing us back to…
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