Author Archives: melissahasbrook
Debut at Kalamazoo Art Hop
Greetings from South Haven! I am posting by mobile phone, a first for Dey of the Phoenix! It’s a sunny morning here at Lake Michigan, and I send you along a sun beam. Tonight is Art Hop in Kalamazoo! It’s … Continue reading
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Go Figure!
Today is the reception for the 2013 Working Women Artists’ fine arts show titled “Go Figure!” Come visit me and “The Vision Journal” between 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner Street, Lansing, Michigan. It’s the only day … Continue reading
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Invitation to Creative Circles
For anyone interested, I wanted to invite you to some creative circles, which welcome all. No experience required! Just an openness to what intuition may inspire. Most take place at home-based locations, so please email me for addresses of interest: … Continue reading
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A Season to Birth
Greetings readers! It’s hard to believe that a couple of months have passed since my last entry on Dey of the Phoenix. Thanks for your patience. How is 2013 evolving for you? I am optimistic of what’s coming next, especially … Continue reading
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From Vision to Vehicle
Sitting on the floor, eyes closed, I am encircled by paint, brushes, paper. “Where am I?” is the question of my heart. Images emerge . . . deep dark waters, constantly rocking . . . a body of white light … Continue reading
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Tagged Altered Attitude, artist's book, book art, healing, LookOut! Gallery, painting, Take Back the Night, trauma
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Questions
As part of the workshops at Crow’s Nest Center USA, we are gifted with stories from the fire guardian Bob. The most recent sharing planted a question, along with the teaching by workshop leader C. Michael Smith: What are you … Continue reading
Give Away, Revisited
Recent events brought my prayer-poem “Give Away” to mind. The annual newcomers potluck with my Quaker community at Red Cedar Friends Meeting, as we enjoyed a round-robin gift exchange with stories. Also, the last workshop at Crow’s Nest Center USA, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crow's Nest Center, give away, healing, photography, poetry, Red Cedar Friends, spiral dance, The Cherokee Full Circle, trauma
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The Dawn
The solution to vanquishing trauma comes not through confronting it directly, but by working with its reflection… ~ Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma One week not so long ago, in a place near and dear… Sunday Driving home, … Continue reading
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Tagged creative nonfiction, healing, Park Trades Center, photography, trauma, Waking the Tiger
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Pieces unto a Whole
This painting is one from a series for my current book-art project on healing trauma. The piece is inspired by a key experience from a shamanic journey described in “Along Came a Spider.” I don’t strive to render a perfect … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Crow's Nest Center, painting, visual arts
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Plain Language
~ From *News!* for January 2013, a page with periodic updates for DotP.~ I love the writing circle, a time and place for composing and exchanging its fruits. The circle is where I hear firsthand experiences of what I stitched … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Lansing Poetry Club, MICA Gallery, The Writing Room
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