"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 ‘writing workshops’

Daily Prompt Love <3 When It Stopped

Make art about when the clock stopped. 

clock-stopped

Daily Prompt Love <3 Stranded, and the Fog

13 December 2016

That Lil Red Car is headed into the shop this morning. I’m now marooned in my lil house 🙂 It’s all good.

Make art about being stranded.

stranded

14 December 2016

The pups and I wandered through this this morning.

Make art about walking in a fog.

foggy-road

Daily Prompt <3 Disquiet

30 November 2016

“My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child; its restlessness keeps growing and is forever the same. Everything interests me, but nothing holds me. I attend to everything, dreaming all the while. […]. I’m two, and both keep their distance”-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Make art about restlessness, about disquiet. 

disquiet

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 The Wild in You

Feral: ˈferəl,ˈfirəl/

adjective

Df: (especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.

Make art about wildness, about being in a state of wildness, about escaping domestication.

feral-cats

Daily Prompt Love <3 Leadership

22 November 2016

Make art about leadership, about the qualities of leadership, about the responsibilities of a leader. 

leadership-and-learning-are-indispensable-to-each-other

Daily Prompt Love <3 Facing the Darkness

21 November 2016

Make art about facing the darkness, even, especially our own. 

our-own-darkness

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 No Irish Need Apply

11/18/2016

Thinking on how it wasn’t all that long ago that it was my Irish ancestors that many people wanted out of the country, saw as less than human, thought they were taking their jobs, hated for their faith and their culture. 

Make art about fear and exclusion. 

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Daily Prompt Catch-Up <3 Leaves, & Autumn, & Just Going From Here

10/1/2016

Walking in these West Virginia mountains 🙂

“The falling leaves, all over the forest, are protecting the roots of my plants. Only look at what is to be seen, and you will have garden enough, without deepening the soil in your yard. We have only to elevate our view a little to see the whole forest as a garden.” ~Thoreau

Make art about ‘garden enough.’

pipestem-wv-e1472219030381

10/2/2016

Driving back from WV, I stopped for gas, and Road Angel Louise tells me her story of trying to recover from the recent flooding, what it’s like to lose so much. “Just go from here, I reckon,” she said.

Make art about rebounding from tragedy, about how we ‘just go from here.’

636024400462649924-ap-aptopix-severe-weather

10/3/2016

Dreamt someone I love brought me apples, Honey Crisp and Red Delicious, Granny Smith and Winesap, even a couple of Arkansas Black. He sliced one with his sharp knife, and smiling, said, Here you go, Missy. A taste of what’s to come.

Make art about the taste of autumn. Or about what’s to come.

apples-and-birds-2

 

Writing Workshops for the Fall: Writing through the Chakras, Writing the Spiritual Life, and More

Good morning!

I’m beginning to schedule weekend and one-day workshops for the Fall 🙂

Check out my workshop and contact page for details.

https://marycarrollhackett.com/contact/

images

If you’re in the Mid-Atlantic area and you’re interested in having me teach a workshop in your area, email me and let’s make your beautiful work even better!

Hope it’s beautiful where you are today!

xo

Mary

 

Tag Cloud