by Saundra Goldman | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Anyone else find themselves compulsively checking the news? Looking at your CNN and NYT apps over and over again? Or are you going down the rabbit hole by clicking every link on social media that promises the latest news about Covid-19? As statistics and...
by Saundra Goldman | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
As we all adjust to the new normal, so many teachers and healers have stepped up to provide comfort and support, to create places to connect–which is wonderful. So many helping hands reaching out over the internet. But underneath, I sense something else. Do you...
by Saundra Goldman | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Do you remember that old Albert Brooks movie, The Muse? Where a blocked screenwriter hires a professional muse to inspire him? Sharon Stone shows up in the middle of the night wearing silk pajamas. At 3 am, she demands Chinese food. She’s like a cat. She...
by Saundra Goldman | Dec 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
As a long-time student of Natalie’s Goldberg, I get miffed when I hear people refer to writing practice as “free writing” or “prompted writing.” In free writing, as I understand it, you explore the mind for material, and in prompted writing, you are simply using...
by Saundra Goldman | Dec 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the fall of 2019, I spent eleven weeks in Middleborough, Massachussetts while my daughter was in treatment for severe OCD. It was strange living in a conservative bubble, having lived most of my life in liberal hamlets — San Francisco, Berkeley,...
by Saundra Goldman | Dec 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
When you undertake a new project or begin a new class, you start out with all that delicious energy and enthusiasm. You cannot wait to get to the studio or buy the books on the teacher’s reading list. Maybe you make a schedule and...
