"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

Posts tagged ‘Love Is What Matters’

Daily Prompt Love <3 Laugh, Giggle, Titter, Guffaw

19 December 2017 

Dreamt my sweet daddy last night, and man, did we laugh! My daddy could find the funny in anything, and I mean anything, sometimes to the point that Mama’d swat him on the arm and scold, “Hugh! Stop it!” 

He often laughed to the point of tears, his capacity for joy and laughter ‘gettin away with him,’ as we say in the South, and more than once, we kids found ourselves laughing to tears right along with him. 

What a gift that was, his humor, teaching us the freedom and power of laughter, of seeing the funny in whatever we found around us, that teaching us to laugh, especially at ourselves. 

Make art about someone with that capacity for humor, about laughing, about the power of laughter. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 In the Distance

18 December 2017

Make art about what you see on the horizon. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 That Promise

17 December 2017

Make art about a promise, a promise made, a promise broken. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Stories of the Body

16 December 2017 

‘The Poet writes the story of his/her own body.” Thoreau 

Make art about a story, or stories, held in your own body, perhaps one that’s been hidden, or about where you carry story in your body. 

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What Does Peace Mean To You? Share it with us on PEACE VINES!

What Does Peace Mean To You?

I’ve posted recently about a new project about which I’m very excited: the Central Virginia Chapter of Writing For Peace, a local outreach of the national organization Writing For Peace.

Our first official chapter project is underway! But we need your help! 

Submission Guidelines for Peace Vines

In many conversations about Writing for Peace, we’ve learned that people limit their definition of the word peace to its association with war. The many beautiful and varied ways we can define peace, as individuals or in the many groups, cultures, etc., to which we belong, too often get lost in the shadow of war versus peace. So we want to hear from as many people as possible, discussing what peace means to them personally.

Being curated by Brigid Hokana, Peace Vines will be a Youtube Channel featuring these short videos, with the hope of opening up the discussion of what peace can mean, and why it matters so much to all of us.

If you’re interested in submitting a video for inclusion in Peace Vines, please visit our Current Projects Page for submission details. 

We can’t wait to hear from you. Peace. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Discovering It Within

15 December 2017

Make art about discovering hidden strengths within, about discovering you are stronger than you thought, about a specific time you called upon strength you didn’t know you had. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 One Small Act

14 December 2017

Our world needs kindness right now more than it ever has. 

Make art about a difference made by one small act of kindness. 

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Start a Chapter of Writing For Peace Where You Are!

Growing the mission of Writing For Peace–promoting empathy & peaceful activism through creative writing– here at home, in our own region, the inaugural chapter of Writing For Peace has begun here in Central Virginia. 
Writers of all kinds, community activists, & supporters of the arts coming together to use our skills to better our communities!
Start a chapter to benefit your community! Join us in moving toward a more peaceful world–for everyone!
 
Find Out How Here! 
 
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Daily Prompt Love <3 Coalition

13 December 2017

Make art about what’s possible when we work together, about coalition building. 

coalition

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