by Saundra Goldman | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was cleaning my studio a few days ago, tearing flagged pages from old notebooks, and found this note I’d written about Mara Wilson’s memoir, Where Am I Now? “Wilson discovered she had OCD after reading the memoir, Kissing Doorknobs, by Terry Spencer. Spencer’s...
by Saundra Goldman | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
It looks like this strange state we find ourselves in will continue for some time. The social distancing. The masks. The zoom chats. Most of us will be at home for the foreseeable future. How can you create space inside this new reality? How do you make room for...
by Saundra Goldman | May 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
I want to tell you a story I’ve repeated so often lately, it occurs to me that it might be something you need to hear. Even if you’ve heard it before, I’m guessing you need to hear it again. It’s about knowing when to withdraw from giving, when...
by Saundra Goldman | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve heard from some of you that you want to use this time go do deeper in your writing, but you’re having trouble focusing. Quieting the mind was challenging enough before we became bombarded by the Internet. And then quarantine came along and added...
by Saundra Goldman | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you can break through fight, flight, or freeze, If you can tune out the madness in the media, If you can find some semblance of silence and solitude, This is an extraordinary time to go within. Meditation and writing practice open the mind. Reading something good,...
by Saundra Goldman | Apr 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
I want to share a few things that are helping me through the endless days of going nowhere, but first I feel compelled to disclose that it’s not all rainbows and unicorns over here. As I’ve been trying to convince my students and clients, you...
