by Cheryl Pallant | Sep 15, 2011 | chalking poetry, poetic action, poetry
A historic global poetry event is about to take place! To date, 650 events in 450 cities and 95 countries will take place on September 24 to promote environmental, social, and political change through poetry. Poets, writers, and artists will create, perform and...
by Cheryl Pallant | Aug 9, 2011 | creative writing, power of intention, writer's block
You’ve got to write. You want to write. For unknown reasons, the words shy away from the page. Such obstinate fellows! Increasingly their absence and the wait for their arrival irritates you. You begin to wonder what is wrong with yourself. This train of thought...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jun 21, 2011 | body awareness, buddhist poetry, poetry
After years of writing and meditating, I’ve reached the point when it’s unclear when I’m doing which. It’s not as easy as sitting on a cushion versus sitting before a computer. The similarities are endless. In both, I am attending to my breath, subtly shifting my...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jun 2, 2011 | poetic action, poetry
photo: Biegart and Funk A Poetic Action 6:50 this is not popcorn 7:57 if morse code were used 8:59 a perspective worth viewing 10:17 if only for a moment 10:49 longer by the end...
by Cheryl Pallant | May 21, 2011 | body awareness, breath, embodiment
One of my ongoing favorite quotes comes from a James Joyce short story, “A Painful Case.” The first line reads, “Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.” I place the quote at the top of my Writing From the Body syllabus, its premise...
