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::+:: a habitat for ecological writers::+:: a refuge for magic & mystery::+:: growing together when the world falls apart::+::
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Will you join us next Thursday? (opens the original)
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Friends, If you’ve missed it, for the past three years I’ve been working to design the EarthSpells Institute, a stimulating, nourishing, and supportive year-long online community for writers of all genres who engage deeply in ecological subjects. The institute is rooted in bioregional belonging, more-than-human communion, and attention to craft. The EarthSpells Institute is a sanctuary for the imagination. A place to deepen your practice, ground into regular devotion. A refuge for grief, magic,
We are nature, creating (opens the original)
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One reason I love writing and talking about the writing process is that it so beautifully mirrors the creative acts of the rest of nature that I witness all around me. As I feel my way through the wilds of the creative process, I immediately understand that I am nature, creating. I immediately feel that my own “intelligence”—that thing the anthropocentric Western lineage loves to tout as our unique human gift—is what all of creation possesses. To be alive is a creative process. As a concrete ill
What if the stories are writing us? (opens the original)
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The poet William Stafford wrote that, “The stance to take, reading or writing, is neutral, ready, susceptible to the now; such a stance is contrary to anything tense or determined or ‘well-trained.’ Only the golden thread knows where it is going, and the role for the writer or reader is one of following, not imposing.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lKMB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazon
✻ Announcing our EarthSpells Institute faculty! (opens the original)
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Ramblers, writers, dreamers, mourners, yearners, musers—Come one, come all—We hereby invite thee to gather with us October 1, 20267 pm Eastern on Zoomfor a Seed Swap with our just-announced EarthSpells Institute faculty. This gathering will be our official door-opening to our second annual membership. We’ll plant seeds of inspiration in your heart as we enter the dark season. We’ll tell you all about the workshops our faculty will offer and the structure of our program. REGI
The Ecology of Dolly (opens the original)
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