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On the Path of Possibility | Dani Shapiro
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. Find Dani on Facebook. Follow Dani on Twitter. Poor Man's Feast. December 12, 2014. On the Path of Possibility. Tells me the Buddhists call this. The effortless effort is unmistakable. Those of us who are writers feel it when we’re deep in the work and the world falls away. It’s a hard, hard place to get to, and once we’re there, we want to find a way to stay there forever. And we made the decision years ago to.
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Resurrection | Mary Ann McSweeny
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It only takes a moment to recognize the Lord. May I keep my eyes, ears, and heart open to realize he is here and I am with him. Jesus said to them, Come, have breakfast. And none of the disciples dared to ask him, Who are you? Because they realized it was the Lord. John 21:12. This entry was posted in Catholic. April 10, 2016. Oil on canvas, ca.1601-1602. Today I will find peace in the presence of the Risen Jesus despite the many wounds of the human family. This entry was posted in art. April 3, 2016.
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Jesus | Mary Ann McSweeny
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Leopold Müller [ CC BY-SA 2.5. To humble myself is to let go of my need to be right and have all the answers. It is to be teachable. It is to see myself as I really am in relationship to God: a small, imperfect, wounded human person in need of love, guidance, and mercy. Jesus said,] “For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 14:11. This entry was posted in Catholic. August 28, 2016. This entry was posted in Catholic. August 21, 2016. Emblems, ...
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God cares | Mary Ann McSweeny
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Jésus enseigne le peuple près de la mer. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, between 1886 and 1894. Our need for signs from the Lord speaks of our very human desire to be reassured that God is near and paying attention to us that God cares. It speaks of our need to be fed with the bread of hope, of compassion, of unconditional love. It speaks of our thirst for conscious contact with the Lord. A wise friend told me: “Of course. That’s why Jesus came here.”. What can you do? August 2, 2015.
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Dani Shapiro | Interviews
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. August 14th, 2014. If you’re reading this you’re not writing. That should go without saying, of course, but maybe you need to hear it again. Because chances are you’re susceptible to distraction, victim of the impulse to research before you write. Maybe you like me, and like Dani Shapiro. Author of, most recently, of Still Writing. AWF Author Interview Dani Shapiro. In New York City on April 24, 2014. Offers an...
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Dani Shapiro | Stories & Essays
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. Stories & Essays. When You Write a Memoir, Readers Think They Know You Better Than They Do. June 27, 2016. Begin Again: How Yoga Unlocks the Writer Within. AWP: A Convention For the Bookish. If every industry has its trade show, and if writing can possibly be described as an industry, A.W.P. has become a thriving nexus of all things literary. April 14, 2015. What Do You Do When the Internet Hates You? In an ess...
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On Inquiry | Dani Shapiro
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. Find Dani on Facebook. Follow Dani on Twitter. Poor Man's Feast. July 10, 2015. Lately people have been asking me what I’m working on. A perfectly reasonable question, though one that strikes terror and dread in the hearts of most writers. If we’re not in the midst of a book, the question makes us feel guilty and fretful. If we. I’ve tried: I’m writing a book-length lyric essay. Were an inquiry into what was fo...
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Dani Shapiro | Workshops & Teaching
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. Find Dani on Facebook. Follow Dani on Twitter. Poor Man's Feast. Workshops & Teaching. In September and December this year Dani will be conducting intimate retreats for small groups of writers. If you are interested in being notified about future retreats please send an email to: workshops14@icloud.com. August 14-19, 2016. Provincetown, MA – Fine Arts Work Center. September 23-25, 2016. September 25-27, 2016.
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Dani Shapiro | Archive for Moments of Being
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. Find Dani on Facebook. Follow Dani on Twitter. Poor Man's Feast. 8220;Every day includes much more non-being than being. This is always so. One walks, eats, sees things, deals with what has to be done; the broken vacuum cleaner; ordering dinner; washing; cooking dinner. When it is a bad day the proportion of non-being is much larger.”. 8211; Virginia Woolf. August 18, 2016. On Embracing it All. Is at a cafe.
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Dani Shapiro | Appearances
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Black & White. Family History: A Novel. Stories & Essays. Contact & Bio. Workshops & Teaching. Dani has no appearances scheduled at this time. She will be back on the road when her new book,. Is published in April, 2017. Find Dani on Facebook. Follow Dani on Twitter. Poor Man's Feast.
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