by Michelle Lisenbee | Jul 28, 2020 | Reflections
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been participating in a practice called Wild Writing with Laurie Wagner. (You can find her here) In this practice, a poem is read out loud and we use a line from the poem (or some other jumping off point) as a prompt to write...
by Michelle Lisenbee | May 10, 2020 | Reflections
For the past few weeks, I’ve been participating in a writing practice called “27 Wildest Days”, by Laurie Wagner. (https://27powers.org/) Each day, she shares a poem with us, and then we write for 15 minutes, pen never leaving the page….and see...
by Michelle Lisenbee | Apr 8, 2020 | Reflections |
I woke at 4am to the wind whistling through our open bedroom window, rain pattering against the glass, a few flashes of lightning. I knew I wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep, so I got up to make coffee feeling unsettled and anxious. At 5:30, I hugged my...
by Michelle Lisenbee | Mar 22, 2020 | Reflections
In the midst of COVID-19, I was inspired by an unknown neighbor who put handmade wire beaded hearts around to spread some positive vibes. Mason and I took a bunch of my Art Hearts and strung them up in various public places today as well. We hung more than this, but...
by Michelle Lisenbee | Jan 6, 2020 | Reflections |
I have all I need deliberate and conscious as I choose inhale, exhale – resting in the rhythm of breath aware of the sacred ordinary deliberate and conscious as I choose living each day in communion aware of the sacred ordinary inhabiting the world with grace...
by Michelle Lisenbee | Oct 29, 2019 | Reflections
I recently returned from a five day retreat at the Omega Institute in upstate New York. The retreat was based on the book, “The Soul’s Slow Ripening” by Christine Valters Paintner, the abbess of the online community Abbey of the Arts. It was five...
