“In Medias Res” Means in the Middle, but What Is the Middle? – Mythcreants
The strange origin of this Latin phrase and what it means for storytellers.| Mythcreants
The strange origin of this Latin phrase and what it means for storytellers.| Mythcreants
To recap or not to recap, that is the question.| Mythcreants
"Moment is, above all else, an invitation: an invitation to take Jewish possibilities seriously (but not soberly); an invitation to inquiry, to learning, to literature, to Jewish life richly conceived." The post From 1975 | Beginnings appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
What inciting incidents are, where they fall short, and how to write a great opening.| Mythcreants
We need a different strategy—one that doesn’t just burn, but smolders, spreads, takes root. One that knows endurance is its own kind of rebellion. Soft Rebellion is the mycelial strategy of weaving beneath the surface, unsettling rigid structures with slow, persistent entanglement. It does not meet violence with a mirrored fist but with the supple […]| breezes at dawn
Enumerating the gifts you’ve received creates a sense of abundance, the knowing that you already have what you need. Recognizing “enoughness” is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more…. Ecopsychologists have shown that the practice of gratitude puts brakes on hyper-consumption. The relationships nurtured by gift thinking diminish […]| breezes at dawn
Morii*: Strange how strong the instinct is: to see something incredible and reach for a camera. As if you’re trying to lend it some credibility. To prove that it’s real. That I was here. We live our lives in moments: in those rare experiences we stop to notice and carry with us, in the hopes […]| breezes at dawn
We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion. – Hildegard of Bingen Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness. — More from […]| breezes at dawn
It’s spring again and birds on the wing againStart to sing again, that old melody.I love you; that’s the song of songs,And it all belongs to you and me.* Spring always comes with this s…| Books Around The Table
Back when I met with my teacher regularly, I used to enjoy telling him what I was working on in my practice, what was interesting me, what I perceived as the challenge to address, how it evolved ov…| babycrowyoga
Listen to me read the post… I had a dream once, that my body had become part of the landscape. The curve of my belly was now a hill that people and animals were walking across. Small children were playing on my forearms and trees were growing in the soil between my fingers rooting my […] The post Becoming part of the landscape appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
This Netflix show reveals what modern women are desiring in relationships now…| Heart Hackers Club
Unusually, I’ve struggled the last couple of weeks to find something I wanted to write about for this post. At times I feel so heavily weighted with grief, fear, and despair about our world (and I mean our to include all people, all species, all life on this lovely, feverish planet suspended in the cool Which gods do we follow? What do they demand? Are they taking us home?| Harvesting Stones
One session into a campaign of Hero’s Banner, which my gaming pal Hans introduced me to and which I’m knowing GM’ing for a small group. It’s a neat game, hot from the fires …| Augury Ignored
Millions of years ago–say, 1950–American industry hummed. With no competition from bombed-out Europe and Asia yet to launch its industrialization miracle, America manufactured…eve…| Pau hana, new hana
Christmas dregs, waiting for the end Crocuses have come and gone. Their delicate lavender announcement of winter releasing to spring passed with little notice. Besides me and my partner, only young…| Pau hana, new hana
Now close, future far, but in sight The week between Christmas and New Year’s is the most liminal week of the year, a friend observes. Normal time steps aside, the world unmoored from its quotidian…| Pau hana, new hana
