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~ Jump to the Rules for the Road ~ I first picked up ‘The Artist’s Way: A spiritual path to creativity’ by Julia Cameron when I was 21 (13 years The post How to Develop a Writing Ritual ...

https://9creativelives.com/2024/05/how-to-develop-a-writing-ritual-julia-camerons-rules-for-the-road/

At the end of one of my Develop a Writing Ritual trial classes this week, we spoke about the challenge of prioritizing our creativity and how much it stings when The post On why it can be chal...

https://9creativelives.com/2024/01/on-why-it-can-be-challenging-to-make-space-for-creativity/

The following spoken word poem was originally written and performed for the ‘Join the Rise’ Conference in Vancouver BC. I had the pleasure of opening up both days of that The post Rise –...

https://9creativelives.com/2023/12/rise-a-spoken-word-poem/

The Inspiration Although I’d felt drawn to write poetry from a fairly young age, High School English class zapped the pleasure right out of it for me. Suddenly poetry was The post On Designi...

https://9creativelives.com/2023/01/on-designing-the-embodied-poetry-8-week-poetry-writing-workshop/

“She has said that when she writes the first line of a poem, she does not know what the second line will be; each line, image, or segment gives rise The post My Approach to Teaching Poetry W...

https://9creativelives.com/2022/03/my-approach-to-teaching-poetry-writing/

If you attempt to answer these New Year’s resolution freewriting questions literally, you may experience some frustration. These 5 questions are inspired by poetry; they require your imaginatio...

https://9creativelives.com/2021/12/5-questions-to-inspire-your-new-years-resolution-ritual/

Is anxiety a box, and am I trapped inside? Is anxiety an enemy that I need to destroy? A look at popular metaphors for understanding anxiety... The post Understanding Anxiety Using Metaphor ap...

https://9creativelives.com/2020/07/understanding-anxiety-with-metaphor/

Back in February 2019, I joined up with an incredible cast and crew to bring a project I’d been working on for the last 2+ years with Craig Addy to The post Premiere of Left Opened, Featurin...

https://9creativelives.com/2019/11/premiere-of-left-opened-featuring-a-talkback-with-creative-team/

Left Opened is a poetry, improvised piano and dance collaboration about the experience of anxiety. We filmed Left Opened on February 19th at the Orpheum Annex in Vancouver; the film is currently ...

https://9creativelives.com/2019/07/left-opened-teaser-trailer/

On February 18th I will be filming a poetry and improvised music collaboration about my personal experience with anxiety. — Classically trained pianist, Craig Addy will be accompanying me on ...

https://9creativelives.com/2019/02/left-opened/