Starting June 11: “Write What You Don’t Know” guided Zoom course with Navé
It’s not often you find the perfect man - but here he is! James Navé, in person, to guide you through the 11 sessions of “Write What You Don’t Know.” As well as facilitating the sessions, he’ll be available during the week for support. The sessions will be recorded and shared privately to the group, so if you can’t make a Tuesday you can catch up in your own time.
June 11 through August 20: Tuesdays, 3–5:30 pm PT / 6–8:30 pm ET.
Limited to 14 people! Grab your space now!
Click here for more details and to register.
Meanwhile . . .
Join us today for the Prompt of the Week at 9 am PT / noon ET - and if you know someone who would enjoy writing with us, go ahead and share this email. Also, please spread the word about our new Prompt of the Week session on Thursdays, 3 pm PT / 6 pm ET. Same prompt as Saturday but a different group list (obviously!), and we’re finding we’re writing something very very different! The Zoom link for that is in the Wednesday/Thursday Substack newsletter.
This week’s prompt is a photo by Elaine Heveron of her washing-up gloves. Each Imaginative Storm writer offered one line from the ten-minute pieces they wrote during our Saturday Morning and Thursday Afternoon Imaginative Storm Writing Group. The title “Coccon of Conformity ” comes from the first line spoken by Vanessa Villafane.
Last week’s Exquisite Storm: “No Wonder I Failed”
An Exquisite Corpse (so named by the Surrealists) is a “found poem” made up of disconnected parts, but we prefer to call it the Exquisite Storm. Each writer in our Saturday Imaginative Storm writing group offered one line from the 10-minute piece they generated.
Last week we were inspired by Elaine Heveron’s photo of her washing-up gloves. The title comes from the first line, spoken by Vanessa Villafane. To hear it read aloud, click through to YouTube.
Sparkling cocoon of conformity. I don't know if this happened in the Lone Star State, but there was something she needed, the nails she had to save, the nails and the hammer, it was heavy. But what good are nails without a hammer? The rubber reality set in. She was gone, no more stabbing her nails, her beautiful hands massaging his shoulders, sitting at his writing desk in the study. She didn't want art glass to be relegated to memories like the piano playing. The mirror whispers ugly and beautiful and how much time is left? She left the stove on the night the storm crashed in. But who am I kidding? He left her in the driveway with her pink rubber gloves, waving a weak goodbye. Do your own. Gotta answer the phone. Can I get a loan? Finished now with the busy work of the aftermath of disposable dishes of angst. Just kick me into the deep end. Bits of dinner drifting downstream, enticing fish. Fran must have seen the shadows deepening under her eyes. Another pell-mell pursuit. They all had the same first name, he learned, which seemed delightfully peculiar, as if they had some otherworldly familial bond. Lured by the goop of her singsong harassment, circling the drain, wouldn't wait for you. My life is a goopy mess, dirty dishes stacked too high I can't even finish. Bloody hell. She is dying. I couldn't find a better color in the sundries aisle at the Ralphs grocery store. I notice all the people’s chipped, dry, ugly nails. I also noticed bad teeth. We Brits are well-known for our bad teeth. Does it require cleaning or fixing? Every once in a while, the prickly came out.
ORDER OF SPEAKERS: Vanessa Villafane, Linda Smith, Terry Varner, Arlene Shapiro, Andrea de Lange, Stewart Mintzer, Maria Wasson, Martin Dilger, Kate Priest, Krista Thornburg, Genevia Hendry, Doug Raphael, Arlene Burns, June Kinoshita, Allegra Huston, Katerina Tana, Jocelyn Wasson, Marianne Furedi, Susie Shipman, Glenna Kinney, Kathleen Wilson, Lyn Rothman, Kelsey Walters, Andrea Davis
This week’s Imaginative Storm podcast
This week, Navé features intuitive healer Terra Dyer Gill.
Terra attended my recent writing workshop at the Lake Eden Retreat. Afterward, we engaged in a profound conversation about the interconnectedness of every particle on Earth, including humans, as cells within a greater whole. In his poem "Fiddler Jones," Edgar Lee Masters writes, "The Earth Keeps some vibration going / there in your heart, and that is you." Terra and I explore this concept, discussing the relationship between the vibrations throbbing within us and those emanating from the Earth. Terra shares her insights on how understanding our internal vibrations can help us align with the universal vibrations surrounding us. The question, "Where do I belong?" powers our conversation, offering reflections and revelations. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on finding your place in the universal symphony of vibrations. Enjoy the show.
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