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River Jackson-Paton, Ph.D.on purity…
i saw this quote from artist Frank Stella at the Fort Worth Modern the other day... then i was read this passage from Helen Macdonald's extraordinary H is for hawk... "Chalk landscapes do this to me; bring an exhilarating, on-tiptoe sense that some deep revelation is...
no sound, no movement…
this might be a longer post, but for now wanting to link at least two things: my earlier post, understanding confusion, when i mentioned the teaching about how do i live my life if i know that my cells have been in constant communication since i was two cells old....
life is really strange…
this story begins with Somatica® trainee-mate Charlie Glickman, who in their endless highly skilled generosity shared a book recommendation, Trauma is really strange. but as so often happens in my life-process, i didn't get it right away. guess i wasn't ready? so i...
understanding confusion
understanding confusion for Pan, Fenua, Jenny, Lisa & Amy, Shawn, Meredith, Sunanda, and probably others… with gratitude this story begins a few months back with brené brown (actually it begins much further back as the illustration shows!). she asked a question in...
curator: from Latin curare ‘take care of’
as i begin to birth my 'work of body' [site under construction!] art show/coming out party and such, some words have been showing up. when i first was deciding on what to call my role in the process, i went with curator, because i want to collaborate with other...
neighborhood watch
the other day i posted a picture of an installation in process, composed of various salvaged items from neighborhood homes that have been demolished, making way for something new-and-improved (i.e.. progress!). i have begun a mutli-media project called ‘neighborhood...
(not) being establishment
lately there's been (too) much in Democratic party circles of throwing around the word "establishment." something came to me this morning that i've written about elsewhere (especially in my 2012 dissertation!) that might relate. in my dissertation, one of the...
work of body…body of work
in november 2014 an idea was born about assembling art and representations related to my trans* formation to river... then i called it body of work... well, it's still under development, but the seeds have grown... stay tuned for further details...
i am ___________ enough
several strings are up for me at this moment, one of them being a currently underway Brené Brown online 'course', called CourageWorks. i was going to post a short bit about something that's been up for me in the past month or so (and i haven't posted about it!), but...
‘lost homes’ reverence
attempting to create a place for my reverences that will include space for narrative about each one. this was an early note on my RiverGuide FB page: ...my current work in process is a reverence for the loss and longing associated with living in at least 21 homes over...