Thoughts on my own journey through the healing arts, and some wisdom I’ve learned along the way. . .
The Summer of Jade: A Life/Art Process Movie
The Summer of Jade is a video essay of the chapbook of poetry I wrote to commemorate this summer in Marin County, California. As a practitioner and teacher of the Tamalpa Institute Life/Art Process, I created a second self-portrait and long summer ritual for my own growth, healing and inquiry into how to move beyond mirroring and stay centered in my own self for inner healing and wholeness.
Here Again: A New Inquiry
Not a culmination but an expanse. It took fierce hope, compassion, nourishing courage to get to this wilder place within me where I am free to imagine and play in empathic human connection.
If you enjoy these Thoughts, I invite you to come into my studio space on Substack for deeper writing reflection on my process of becoming and prompts to guide you in your own processes. . .
The Studio is Open. . .
Dialogical Persona: Self-Portraits on Becoming Who You Are is a public studio space for experimenting with identity, meaning and self-expression. Writing from inside the process of becoming—where life, art, culture and self-inquiry meet.
This studio is rooted in experimentation. I’m not here to present a final version of myself or a polished philosophy. At the heart of this space is the belief that the self is not a fixed identity, but a living conversation. We become who we are through dialogue: with our bodies, our memories, our inner voices, the people we love and resist, the stories we inherit and continue to give power to, and the cultural moment we’re living in.
If you’re reading this, then you’re already part of the conversation! This is a space for holding self-expression as a relational act. You’re welcome to respond, to disagree, to present your own questions, to creatively explore with me, or simply witness what transpires. There is no correct way to be here—it is a living studio space.
And in this studio, we’ll use art, writing, self-reflection and self-inquiry as materials for growth and personal development. However, this is not a space for self-improvement or performative movements that lack true authenticity. There is no ideal version of the self we’re working towards. What we are practicing is how to stay in relationship with ourselves as we change: how to notice shape, texture, resistance, desire, color, energy, metaphor and all of our multifaceted layers.
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A patronage is not about access to better answers.
It’s a way of supporting the ongoing work of this studio and stepping a little closer into the process of becoming together.
Studio Patronage is for those who feel drawn to go deeper into their own self-inquiries and get full access to the studio as it unfolds.
What Studio Patrons Receive
Studio Access - Subscriber-only posts and full archive
Dialogues in Progress - Lives, audio or podcast like reflections from me on topics you choose
Studio Experiments - Guided invitations into art-making, writing and identity formation practices
Founding Members - Receive all of the above and a signed copy of the book, Dialogical Persona: Self-Portraits on Becoming Who You Are, when it’s released
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