The Writing Life

Today I’d like to link back to a mini-essay I wrote a few years ago, reflecting on the experience of packing 17 boxes of books and storing them in my parents’ attic. That “first [...]

Continuing conversations with my creative consultant for my website overhaul, I’ve been asked to explore the evolution of the values and ideas that inform how I teach and write today. [...]

In ongoing work with my creative consultant last week, I was asked to write about the possible connections between my early training in the Socratic method as an undergraduate at Whitman College, [...]

Working with my creative consultant last week, I was asked to reflect on my childhood. We discussed formative moments; unique traits that might have gotten me teased, but are in fact strengths; [...]

The big news in my new, THINK BIG category of blog posts, is that I’ve hired a creative consultant. Why? Read here. [Oh, and the other big news is that I got a mention in The Washington [...]

There are times in our professional lives as artists, when we have to take creative leaps. These leaps have been well documented in discussions of creative flow, and similar themes. But what I [...]

#pentaculum2016 artists What can I say about collaboration that hasn’t already been said? My much-anticipated week at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts for the annual Pentaculum [...]

I’m headed to Fayetteville, NC today to deliver a reading and host a conversation on “Where Research Meets Imagination” as a part of the Cumberland County Friends of the Library [...]

A few of the fabulous artists I’ve worked with… In July of 2015, I was invited to be the first Writer-in-Residence in the 100+ year history of Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts [...]

This year, I felt compelled to create a video message reflecting on 2015, announce some of the accomplishments of my private students, and share a few words about what it is I’m trying to [...]