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Finding my liminal space to create

This week, I'm doing something I've never done. I'm off on a personal writing retreat, to create my liminal space. In anthropology, liminality is a transient, ambiguous state between two rituals, such as those between childhood and adulthood. An Aboriginal adolescent...

11 reasons a poetry habit will change your thinking

It calms your brain chemistry, develops your cognitive flexibility and deepens your ability to focus. Here’s why a poetry habit should be central to your creative life To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your...

My best creativity books of 2018 (and why you might want them on your gift list)

One of the biggest thing that happened in 2018 was getting a publisher for my book. Having spent years working with words in magazines and podcasting, creating something measured in tens of thousands of words is quite a different experience. (So far, the process is an...

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