Hi <<First Name>>! There’s a bell ringing in the near distance right now, and I don’t know what it’s ringing for. But I love it and it’s reminding me that we can be moved by sound and action at any distance, in any circumstance.
My hope from here is that you and those you hold dear are safe and well, or as safe and well as can be in this time.
I’ve included below an exploratory writing prompt, and information about an online writing workshop I’m hoping my energy levels will allow to become regular, as well as info about the donation-based meditation workshop my wife is leading every week.
Here’s to what’s next, and good, and soon –
Marty
p.s. -- after this, I won't be sending out full-list announcements about the workshops, so if you can't make it on Wednesday want to get info about them going forward, just drop me a line and I'll add you to that specific mailing list.
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FIERCE VOICE EXPLORATORY WRITING PROMPT
Consider a time when you felt safe. Can be as small as a moment, quickly passing. Close your eyes and feel into that moment. Picture it, remember yourself in it.
In answering these questions, liberate yourself from or bind yourself to known facts at will. Make things up, be absurd, and/or admit that you don’t know and use that as your point of inquiry. Then answer the following questions in full sentences or phrases, writing whatever comes to mind. Dive into each answer by asking and answering the question “why” at least three times. As always, this writing prompt is intended to be a jumping-off point, so go where the impulse takes you.
What can you hear?
Is the safety an embrace, a release, a lifting up, or a light?
What is above you?
What are your hands doing and feeling?
What is beneath you?
Is the safety a story, a song, a bell, or a vehicle?
What envelops you?
What are your feet feeling and doing?
What fears arise in your dreams?
How does your belly feel in that moment of safety?
Who else is with you in that moment of safety?
How do you know that you’re dreaming?
Where do you go when you’re afraid?
What has always protected you?
Whom or what do you protect?
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Reading & Writing Abundance
Wednesday, April 29
7 p.m. central, via Zoom
I'm starting to run what will I hope will be a regular series of one-hour workshops (online, obviously) that include discussion of a poem and a guided exploratory writing prompt.
The first one is focused on ABUNDANCE.
The event is PURELY donation-based, and proceeds from this one will go to Brave Space Alliance -- https://www.bravespacealliance.org/covid-19
RSVP for the Zoom link and password: martyoutloud@gmail.com
IF YOU ARE ZOOMED OUT but want to listen in and do the writing, feel free to reach out for the login info and just stay muted and have your video feed off.
(For an idea of how discussion will run, check out www.martyoutloud.com/voxferus. For an idea of how the guided exploratory writing portion will go, check out the prompt to the left in this email -- I'll lead the group through a set of questions much like those.)
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If you can't make it to ABUNDANCE but want to be added to the mailing list for these workshops going forward, drop me a line
and I'll keep you in the loop.
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Ecstatic Absence Meditation
Every Thursday at 7 p.m. central, via Zoom
email lindsey.dorr.niro@gmail.com for details
More compassion, less suffering.
More productivity, less stress.
More clarity, less chaos.
Meditation doesn’t need to be intimidating or overwhelming. Through a series of time-tested guided practices and lively discussion, instructor Lindsey Dorr-Niro will help you gently and effectively shift your consciousness.
No prior experience with meditation is required. The series is designed to build a powerful and peaceful home practice for those new to meditation, and to expand and advance the practice for those with more experience.
Fully sliding-scale/pay-what-you-will
Suggested donation $15
Click here for more info about Lindsey.
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