10 February 2019
Talked with a friend yesterday about the difference we need to remember: between being a human doing and human being. We’re driven to do, and we forget how much we need and should value rest.
Make art about rest, about the struggle to rest, about your restful place, about finding real rest.
9 February 2019
I love thrift and second hand stores. Not only does thrifting feel like a treasure hunt, but it’s good for the planet. After a rough couple of weeks, I rewarded myself by doing a little thrift shopping yesterday.
Make art about an unexpected thrift find, about second hand beauty.
7 February 2019
The word “Talisman,” derived from the Greek verb “teleo,” means, primarily, to accomplish, or bring into effect. A Talisman is an object believed to confer on its bearer power or protection.
Make art about a talisman.
6 February 2019
Make art about climbing out of the wreckage.
4 February 2019
For a number of reasons, over the last eighteen months, I found myself unable to keep up my daily prompts. But I’m back for another try.
Make art about coming back.
20 March 2018
Make art about who’s watching.
21 March 2018
Make art about self-acceptance.
22 March 2018
Make art about what you’re hiding from.
23 March 2018
Make art about what you’re searching for.
24 March 2018
Make art about getting messages from the dead.
25 March 2018
Make art about when the mothership returns.
26 March 2018
“In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard.”-Toni Morrison
Make art about that magical machine you inhabit.
27 March 2018
Make art about the growth that can come from encountering opposition.
28 March 2018
Always a visitor, always away.
Make art inspired by my visitor this morning.
Hey Virginia Peeps! Come help me celebrate my speed limit birthday! Poetry Reading!!! 
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I’m thrilled to be reading with Seth Michelson at the Nu-Beginning Farm Store in Staunton, VA next month! Thanks and Big Love to the beautiful and generous Stan Driver for putting this event together
Come on out and join us!
Saturday, April 7, 2018, 2-4pm
221 North Lewis Street
Staunton, Virginia
Check out this wonderful venue here!
17 March 2018
Make art about the ancestors.
18 March 2018
Make art about a chance encounter with a stranger.
19 March 2018
Make art waking caught still in a dream.
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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