This is the most difficult episode we’ve ever recorded. In the span of two weeks, Christie and her family were thrown into a scary state of limbo and Rosemerry experienced an unthinkable loss. In this episode, we discuss what we’ve noticed about our relationship to creativity in this time of upheaval. Rosemerry explains how her 15-year practice of writing daily poems helped prepare her to meet this moment of grief, and Christie discusses her reluctance to solidify this experience by turning it into written words. We also talk about moving toward uncertainty and our heightened sense of noticing in this difficult time, and how to meet the tragedy and find the potential.
Bowing to the truth of being present, to (raw) conversation as scholarship, a diamond in the rough. As diamond. my goodness, to Emerging Form, since & hence.
A little more than half-way through this podcast, and i bow to each of you—to you, Christie; to you, Rosemerry. What a deliberate act of bravery in bearing yourselves in your states of rawness and vulnerability. This podcast is a precise example of its subject. Papa Hemingway told us to, "write hard and clear about what hurts," which is what each of you and both of you are doing.
Onward through the slog, Christie and Rosemerry. Onward through. (May I be so brave, any time in mine own life.)
Talk about showing up. Here you both are. Sending love.
Thank you both for this snapshot of your pilgrimages through grief.
I'm so sorry for your grief. Thanks for sharing with us.
Bowing to the truth of being present, to (raw) conversation as scholarship, a diamond in the rough. As diamond. my goodness, to Emerging Form, since & hence.
A little more than half-way through this podcast, and i bow to each of you—to you, Christie; to you, Rosemerry. What a deliberate act of bravery in bearing yourselves in your states of rawness and vulnerability. This podcast is a precise example of its subject. Papa Hemingway told us to, "write hard and clear about what hurts," which is what each of you and both of you are doing.
Onward through the slog, Christie and Rosemerry. Onward through. (May I be so brave, any time in mine own life.)
Talk about showing up. Here you both are. Sending love.