I will posting F later today, but I wanted to remind you that if you would like to submit your own Authentic Voice "redefinitions," please let me know. (Reminder of what this project is all about, see here: Authentic Voice Project)
Author: Joanna Tebbs Young
Authentic Voice Project: E is for Evil
The Authentic Voice Project: Week 5 (Full Moon) E is for Evil In my opinion the most evil word in the dictionary is, well, evil. It bites, slices, crushes; it infects, sickens, kills. I believe this word is too often thrown around where it doesn't belong. It instills fear of rejection and shame in those … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: E is for Evil
Authentic Voice Project: D is for Drive
The Authentic Voice Project: Week 4 (New Moon) D is for Drive Society says: Drive is good. Drive is what allows one to come from nothing and go to something. Drive makes the downtrodden get up, turns the girl next door into the celebrity on the hill, and gives the death-diagnosis a bill of good … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: D is for Drive
I drove through sadness
I drove through sadness today. Tears from clouds and tears in ravaged river banks. Tears, rips, and gashes. Gutted, graded and gored. Rutted, raked and ruined. As I drove along Route 107 between Pittsfield and Bethel, Vermont for the first time since Tropical Storm Irene, I cried for my home state. Yes, I had seen … Continue reading I drove through sadness
Trust the Process (part 11): Re-turning
On the eve of my fourth residency at Goddard College as a IMA-TLA student (Individualized Masters in Transformative Language Arts), I am sitting on the upper level of a gym as my son and two dozen other miniature humans are noisily jumping, swinging, rolling, and springing below me. Might as well be another planet from … Continue reading Trust the Process (part 11): Re-turning
Authentic Voice Project: C is for Christ
I realized with discomfort that my last Authentic Voice Project post was in itself Inauthentic. I chose a safe word to explore. I shied away from tackling a true "trigger" word. I again silenced my voice out of fear of rocking the boat. I realized the hypocrisy of this and now I must fix it … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: C is for Christ
More thoughts on Authentic Voice (and writing)
Authentic Voice is that which longs for interconnectedness, looks toward growth and actualization (as opposed to purely “defense” needs and “elemental drives” such as eating, sleeping, finding shelter, having sex [Eisler, 190]), and is not “encased” by societies’ rigid hierarchical gender roles and stereotypes. It is not selfish or self-centered, but a recognition of “our … Continue reading More thoughts on Authentic Voice (and writing)
Authentic Voice Project: C is for Contentment
The Authentic Voice Project: Week 3 (Full Moon) C is for Contentment Ahhh, contentment. Society says: Contentment is swinging on a hammock while staring at the sky. It is walking along a beach, hand-in-hand with your love, golden retriever bounding by your side. At least that's what the commercials would have us believe. But most … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: C is for Contentment
Authentic Voice Project: B is for Belly
The Authentic Voice Project: Week 2 (New Moon) B is for Belly I considered many "trigger" words for this post: Behavior, Body, Beauty, Blame, but I settled on Belly because... well, I have one. Society says: A woman's belly should be flat; nay, concave. Low-rise and skinny jeans (practically the only type you can find … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: B is for Belly
Authentic Voice Project: A is for Anger
The Authentic Voice Project: Week 1 (Full Moon) AUTHENTIC VOICE As we are beginning with A, I will take a moment to define Authentic Voice as I understand it. I believe we all have an Authentic Voice. It is the one that comes to us from various sources: intuitive insights dreams emotion-body reactions (such as … Continue reading Authentic Voice Project: A is for Anger
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