The 2016 trend. It scared me. I normally don’t do trends anyway, but something about my resistance meant there’s something to look at. Then I discover it was the year I created my first dance. Back then, I was nascent in my performance journey. I’d left the cocoon to start belly dancing with Nataly DvirContinue reading “The 2016 Trend”
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Kedema Collage Art
I finally did a thing that I’ve wanted to do for a quite a while. Years ago, one of my biggest joys was making collages. My first favorite was when I managed to create a Tower of Babel. Not long after came the Compass of Maps. I stopped for many reasons. The poor Compass ofContinue reading “Kedema Collage Art”
Because the Poets are Healers
Funny how years later this is still relevant. Perhaps it always will be… This is just a piece of what’s going on in the world. 276 Nigerian girls kidnapped, three Israeli boys kidnapped and murdered, a Palestinian boy … Because the Poets are Healers
The Point of a Compass
I left home before graduation and moved in with him when I was seventeen. My mother called the police and said he was “harboring a minor.” The police car picked me up at his apartment to take me home. I went back the next day. She also took my passport. I reported it as stolen, and he bought me a new one. We went to the courthouse on my 18th birthday and signed the marriage certificate. A month later, we were on a plane to Israel.
The first compasses did not always point north. Early compasses pointed east.
Carry Me Home: A Testimony of Orly Portal’s Swiria
It’s where all of my parts could finally meet.
Gifting Myself
All I know is, I promise to heed my inner compass, trust myself, bring my fire.
We are a threat to the national identity
In addition to my beloved Poets of Babel, I’ve started a new page called “We are a threat to the national identity.” It was an impromptu reaction to this article about the ban of a book (Borderlife by Dorit Rabinyan) in which there is a Jewish-Palestinian love affair. But honestly, this is really the resultContinue reading “We are a threat to the national identity”
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
“…we need poets to change the world.” -Justin Trudeau, PM in a letter to Carolyn Marie Souaid following the Irving Layton Centenary reading, 2012 Irving Layton Centenary reading Source: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Reading List: Nonfiction Craft Books
Originally posted on Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies:
Here’s a list of books to use when teaching CNF. It’s not exhaustive, but it’s a good start. This list originally grew out of a discussion by members of the Creative Nonfiction Collective (CNFC). Thanks to Julija Šukys for this terrific list! __________ Atkins, Douglas. Tracing the Essay…
We are the Music Makers
For almost 7 years, my friend D.J. Markey Funk and I had been holding on to this idea–until now. Though I did perform it at Cafe Tav (a mobile cabaret cafe), with music, this is a whole new world. Together as Euterpe, “We are the Music Makers” is my first spoken word song. Let meContinue reading “We are the Music Makers”
Shoshana Sarah 