Author Archives: MEY
Collage Inspirations
These days collage is all around me, with the community arts collaboration Words & Afterwards in full swing. The public workshops given in February by visual artist Gail Trapp-Bohner and myself were reported by Britteny Dee of The State News … Continue reading
Billboard Installation
This morning I watched my words stretch across a billboard! As a recipient of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing‘s Emerging Artist Grant (2011), I was eligible to take part in this promotional program, a collaboration between the ACGL and … Continue reading
Words and Afterwards: Collage Workshops
In DotP‘s last post, “Greetings for 2012“, I mentioned a new direction in my creative work. The first expression of this path is a community collaboration titled “Words and Afterwards,” which presents art-making workshops and an arts exhibition about violence … Continue reading
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Greetings for 2012
During the darkest weeks of this winter season, I stepped back to take in the fullness of the past year. The reflection surfaced gratitude, personally and professionally. As days began to lengthen, I retreated to Trout Lake in the Hiawatha … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Event, HerStories, Spirituality, The Writing Room
Tagged Colleen Deatsman, Gone Wired Cafe, healing, Marycela, Quakerism, shaminism
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The Final Round
This week is the final round for launching my poetry collection Circle. . .Home, a publication brought to Greater Lansing through local events, with the publication and events made possible in part by a grant from the Arts Council of … Continue reading
It’s a New Dey! Nov. 22, 2011
Here’s the second edition of “It’s a New Dey!“, a newsletter from deyofthephoenix.com about creative and community events. And, remember, tonight is Bridges Open Mic, a written and spoken-word event presented by The HerStories Project. The program starts at 7:00pm … Continue reading
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A Week with Roots
The week’s an interesting one, by its end having visited my hometown of DeWitt twice. This frequency is rare, without immediate family residing there since the mid-1990s. My second trip comes this Thursday, November 17, for a reading of Circle. … Continue reading
It’s a New Dey
Dey of the Phoenix is my individual website, where I publish my words as well as pass on events. Yet within its domain name (deyofthephoenix.com), I also maintain web spaces for the grassroots endeavor The HerStories Project and The Writing … Continue reading
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The Beauty of Dreams
This lovely turn of phrase caught my attention a few weeks ago, and its uplift feels worthwhile to share. I hope it brings you a bright ray on this fine morning with a new time, as we “fall back” an … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute Gallery, dreams, Michigan State University
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Invocation of Light
…I greet the black morning and its bright stars, frost pinching my nose, quiet filling my ears. Chiron, a stray dog into a fourth week of fostering, stretches his legs in the yard. We return to the warmth of the … Continue reading
