Week 7:
– A week full of difficulty. Questions pondered: How does the body appear in writing? Why do we Write? Can you write the body, or are words woven to remind of the body? A look at Cixous and Pinkola Estes, searching for the feminine body in writing. As we experience a sense of failure in the body, how do we empty the vessel? (body) Coming home to the body, coming home to writing. recognizing the fluidness that lies in pottery and in the body, cycle after cycle coming home into the heart. Goddess’ bringing light to the darkness, motherless, wordless, images getting cut away, and yet laughter provides release to the body. Words containing vessels of continuously shifting meaning, vessels continuously shifting form, empty, full, overflowing and emptied again. The mind works in similar ways, shifting and changing patterns and form, creating space for new meaning by emptying out old memories, a vessel of the mind being flushed by constant morphing, holding on and releasing, the mind working on both sides. Both sides creating harmony, using word and image. Body and Word. Word and Clay. Empty and Full. –
May 14th
class, perloff and neuro
searching for sources on somatic experiences of feminine body
writing outline for final paper
reverie and reading neuro
8 hours
May 15th
writing outline of paper
testing glazes on plant plaques
throwing vessels, watching process
6 hours
May 16th
Class (Justin Gere) speaking on plant spirit medicine of Peru.
2 hours
pottery, shaping, focused and intent.
1 hour
May 17th
Herbal apprenticeship, doug fir tips, speak of grandmothers and the need for women to take secrets to the grave, themes from women who run with the wolves this week.
each week i am finding syncronicitys throughout my readings, life and understandings of my female body.
6 hours
May 18th
reading shlain
writing paper
2 hours
May 19th
Pottery studio
writing/collecting quotes for final paper
reading “Neuro”
7 hours
30 hours