on being a writer
the ups and downs of doing this thing professionally
Two Sundays ago, I did a beautiful writing workshop in Lisbon. 5 hours long, it centered around my work in Who Is Wellness For? Something I’ve thoroughly enjoyed teaching for the last few years.
Like all teaching I do, it never feels like enough time, I could dedicate days to this work... in fact, I’ve wanted to do more teaching and writing retreats.
What a dream… to cook and write for other writers… to make art and be surrounded by nature, to be somewhere pristine and just write, discuss, think, eat—together. It’s always an exchange when I teach, a balance that feels like give and take; I love all the many aspects of the work — the kind of intimacy that is built around language.
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