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, the end of an eight year relationship with a mentor, friend and confidante, and the wing dances and walks I took along the Corte Madera Creek Path between Larkspur Landing and Greenbrae 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, my own values, and my own dance across a summer full of jade. Not only did it help me to grow and confront a part of me I'd been longing to see and feel for years, but it also allowed me to continue developing my a/r/tography video collage essay method of self-expression for inner healing and wholeness.
You can download the chapbook long poem here to read along with the movie.
And if you’re curious about how you can create your own life/art process project or ritual, check out my Mirrors of the Soul program!
