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From the Hearth
Part writing nook, part practice pad, this is where ideas and visions are honored and offered freely.
If something resonates, throw a log on the fire and share your thoughts in the comments.
Hosting and Posting
Traditional self-promotion (especially social media) requires us to plan, produce and perform in isolation. But hosting? That’s different. Hosting is relational.
Hosting says: Here’s my home, my voice. The doors are open if you’d like to join me
This Week’s Invitation
Where in your life are you longing to be more truly heard or seen? What would it feel like to be received without needing to explain, polish, or perform?
This Week’s Invitation
This week, I invite you to join me in naming 3 things you choose to receive today. For me? Support, Love, Attention.
This Week’s Invitation
This week I invite you to join me in thanking our bodies. When pain or sickness strikes, I remember that this is my body’s loving way of speaking truth to me. It is an invitation to attend, and heal.
Week 12 Invitation
This week I invite you to join me in pausing any time you hear a bell, gong, or chime sound. Just breathe and listen for 15 seconds – that’s it.
What’s Your Musical Archetype?
If you’re a creative of any type (even those whose practice is separate from their income), I encourage you to do some digging and explore what your personal creative archetype might look like. What does your art do for you? For others? What do you do for it? If you’re like me, you may find that there’s more value there than you previously realized.
YouTube Divination: Practice 1
Ask your unconscious what it wants you to know — you might just be surprised by what you hear.
Invitation:
Imagine your Elder self – wisened by experiences you’ve yet to have. What would they say to you in this moment?
Dusty Demos: Be Better
I just dug this up from the basement - a 2017 recording of “Be Better” from my first album, Coming of Age. Should I arrange it for harp??
Harp on it
Harp on it.
A reflection on unexpressed anger, and a call to myself to finally give it a voice. To sound a battle cry for freedom.
Week 9 Invitation
✍︎ This week, I invite you to name one thing you found beautiful – a moment, an object, an experience…anything that moved you.
how does it feel?
feelings transposed to sound, unedited unplanned raw and messy as they are
Tapetum Lucidum is already winning awards
As a member of the National Speleological Society, I decided to submit a writeup of Tapetum to their Arts & Letters publication, Illuminations. I included some photos I took inside Tawney’s Cave, one of myself with the lyrics to “Stalactites”, and a link to the track as-is (unfinished). Since I couldn’t physically attend the NSS convention, it was quite a surprise when I received an email letting me know I had won an award for it.
weekly reflection:
weekly reflection thread:
Now that the year has begun to move on its own, what feels like it’s actually settling — not what I planned, but what’s naturally taking root
Calling All Curious Cavers
A call to all curious cavers:
enter the echo chamber with me as I begin my exploration of The Heroine’s Journey—unearthing the music, symbols, and lessons I have found in the dark.
What we CAN do
A reflection on enoughness, creativity, and learning to honor what we already hold.
Lately, as I build out The Listener’s Lodge—a home for slow art and shared wonder—I’ve been thinking about what it really means to offer what we have, rather than mourn what we lack.
Traditional self-promotion (especially social media) requires us to plan, produce and perform in isolation. But hosting? That’s different. Hosting is relational.
Hosting says: Here’s my home, my voice. The doors are open if you’d like to join me