Last updated on May 5, 2024
It was at least 8-10 years ago during an exceptionally difficult time in my life that I discovered Ann Randolph. I was at Kripalu for some serious soul-searching and she was on the schedule for Saturday night to perform her one-woman show “SqueezeBox”. The last thing I wanted to do or even thought I could do that whole weekend was laugh, but laugh I did at this poignant performance from a slice of her life. The combination of courage and creativity that I witnessed from her that night has inspired me ever since.
As you might know I became a storyteller about 3 years ago and this semester I have been writing memoir and personal essay’s at a local college. In this way I continue to collect personal stories from my own life that simulate the ancient stories and teachings from India. Things like right speech, right action, and right relationship are concepts to live by and when integrated consciously and expressed creatively, well, that’s just divine.
Ann Randolph is coming back to Kripalu in April and I’m enrolled in her 5-day course on Sharing Your Life Story. She takes creative non-fiction to another level and turns it into stagecraft and performance art. We’ll see what happens. If I have time I’ll tweet out how it’s going, I’m @teachersjournal on Twitter. Look over to the right where I’ve added a feed….you can probably follow me there if you like.
Anyway, the stars are aligned for some interesting possibilities and I’m excited to continue my pursuit of all things creative as saturn continues it’s march through the fifth house of my natal chart. At the very least maybe my blog posts will improve!
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