Good Morning, Storians--
Yesterday's meeting was beautiful and inspiring. I wish we had more time! You reminded me that the core of this work is the space, the gathering. There community happens, stories do their work.
For those of you who missed us yesterday, stories were shared. I want to continue in this vein on Tuesday. Your assignment, in addition to review of the initial Shlain chapters, is to set aside a portion of your practice time for writing one of your stories. Use whatever first comes to mind (I'm thinking right now of the time I picked up Peter Pan hitchhiking...). We all have many stories to choose from. Don't overthink it, this is not a formal essay. It may flow from you in paragraphs, in poetic line, as a list... It may need to be drawn before it can be written, stories require, as Barry Lopez says, feeding. Give your story what it needs this weekend. The only word I'm going to attach to this story, inspired by Ms. Whitney, is risk.
Additionally, Tuesday I will bring the goddess cards and books. In preparation for selecting your alter-ego for the semester, (if you don't already have one), think of what qualities you would like to embody. Or, what qualities you already embody but would like to enhance.
Today I want to be bold (thank you Freyja), courageous, and compassionate--but not at the expense of my self.
I will leave you with this quote from Jeannine Hall Gailey's poem Female Comic Book Superheroes II: When Catholic School Girls Strike Back (gratitude to Fortuna for the return of my book!):
Imagine every girl that walks alone
down a dark alley filled
with her own avenging angels:
feathers flying, fury like dust cudgels.
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