Author Archives: MEY
Arts Market, Dec. 1!
For folks in Greater Lansing, join me this Saturday, December 1, 12 – 6pm at the Holiday Arts Market with Working Women Artists! Come out and support the local arts during this annual event at the Creole Gallery in Old … Continue reading
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Tagged arts market, Creole Gallery, Lansing, Working Women Artists
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a love poem
Yesterday I spent the entire day writing about community. It’s been a long time since I spent the whole day writing, shaping words to convey ideas that percolated over months. It was a real joy! And I’m grateful to inspiration … Continue reading
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A picture from my journey to the Easedale Tarn, Grasmere, Lake District, UK, in September 2012, with the poem inspired by the experience, combined as a gift of thanks.
A Portal to the Creative & Healing Arts
This post is copied from the page *News!* (see tab above), where I will be making periodic updates to give voice to the web site’s evolution. Guests and regulars, welcome to the new Dey of the Phoenix! I launched the … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Colleen Deatsman, creativity, Crow's Nest Center, healing, Red Cedar Friends, spirituality, The Hook
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V-Inspiration
Summer speeds by here in eventful Michigan with legislation threatening to take away women’s rights; learn about these bills here. House Speaker Jase Bolger has banned State Representatives Barb Byrum and Lisa Brown from speaking on the floor after each … Continue reading
Posted in Law&Courts, Pics&Videos, Sexuality&Gender
Tagged Bonnie Bucqueroux, Gone Wired, Melissa Osborn, michigan, NOW, open mic, Planned Parenthood, Showey Howey, vagina
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The Star Card
Dear readers, I’m happy to share the poem “The Star Card,” which I wrote in spring while finishing poem collages now being exhibited at (SCENE) Metrospace of East Lansing, Michigan. This first experiment with mixed-media collage inspired by poetry took … Continue reading
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Tagged collage, mixed media, SCENE Metrospace, The Healing, triptych
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Collage, A Medium for Community: Origins, Part 2
This story is the second installation in the series, “The Origins of Words & Afterwards,” to share the back story to the Greater Lansing community-arts collaboration. Please note that there are separate subscriptions for my direct blog Dey of the … Continue reading
How One Exhibit Inspired Another: Origins, Part 1
This story is the first in a series, “The Origins of Words & Afterwards,”which gives an inside look at the Greater Lansing community-arts collaboration as its project coordinator. Subscribers of my blog Dey of the Phoenix may be aware that … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Words and Afterwards
Tagged Eyes Wide Open, generations, multimedia, Red Cedar Friends, war
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Adventures in April 2012
Recently, Dey of the Phoenix has been a quiet blog, due to the abundant fullness of my life. This month I am the featured artist of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, and an article by Dawn Gorman speaks to … Continue reading
