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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Opening Words
Here are the opening words of Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence. It comes out next week. Buy it on Amazon on October 4 to support Fifty Lanterns International and their great project in Uganda! Welcome This … Continue reading
Posted in aliveness, Full Voice, presence, vocation, voice
Tagged aliveness, full voice, Oliver Wendell Holmes, self expression, tone of voice, vocal presence
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What Is This New Voice?
Long before I wrote songs or books, I wrote poetry. Lots of it. I was that sensitive teenager whose heart poured out into the pages of her journal. Somewhere along the line, I started creating little chapbooks of them. There … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, self expression, voice
Tagged full voice, Images and Voice of Hope, journaling, Mark Nepo, poetry, self expression
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Sounds and Silence
Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive. ~Hafiz What are those sounds in your life? Wind in the trees outside your window? The voice of a beloved child? The song of the sea? James Brown’s … Continue reading
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