Your Wild and Radiant Mind
Updates + A Mini-Salon + "Quilting" A Sensuous Essay + A New Class
My heart goes out to all of you facing the loss of life, home, and environment in LA due to the wildfires. I’m so very sorry.
This is such a brutally hard time for so many people and beings. I pray we don’t become hardened to all the suffering in the world.
It restores my faith in humanity to see so many people work together and care for each other and the living world. For folks who would like to show their support, I recommend donating to World Kitchen, a place where people affected by the fires can get a hot meal.
Hi y’all,
It’s wonderful that so many new folks are here. Hello and welcome!
I had a fun but tough winter break, and if any of you all felt shitty during the holidays because of family estrangement and/or loss, I feel you and see you, honey. One of things that enlivened me throughout that time was gratitude for being able to write about the two things I’m most passionate about in the world—the Dharma and creativity—with such a lovely group of readers. Thank you so much for the gift of your attention 💕
There’s a creativity exercise for everyone at the bottom of this newsletter, but first I wanted to let you know about some important updates.
Starting in February, this newsletter will have the new title “Your Wild and Radiant Mind,” plus a new logo. I’m changing the name to be more inclusive of both the spiritual aspects and the creative aspects of this newsletter.
I am very excited to continue exploring the connection between spirituality and creativity, with particular attention to how spirituality relates to writing.
I’ll continue to share ideas and techniques on how to find joy in the creative process—which, let’s face it—can be often hard, grueling, and disappointing, both for working creatives and people just starting out. Joy, awe, wonder, creativity, and playfulness can help us find resilience when shit hits the fan, whether it's personally or communally.
The title, “Your Wild and Radiant Mind,” is inspired by Buddhist practice, especially Dzogchen/Ati Yoga. I love how “wild” in contemporary usage connotes a kind of restoration to an original, primordial sense of being. Much like Dzogchen, the