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The Misgendering Portal

April 28, 2025

Dear Reader,I have spent the last few weeks in a learning environment that challenged me in multiple ways. It expanded me, changed me, and put me on a new...

Down to Zero : Leaving Behind All or Nothing

April 21, 2025

Dear Reader,Today in the early morning hour I am spinning around my house listening to Joan Armatrading as loud as I can and weeping at the simplicity and...

Unspooling the Hours

April 14, 2025

Photo by Cody SellsDear Reader,All I can think about lately is time. As thirty seven approaches it feels so close to forty which feels so close to midlife...

Where the Bridge Begins

April 7, 2025

Inside of my brain during LandscapesI am beaming in today from early morning Landscapes during our free week for anyone to try it out. We meet this Monday -...

Divine Emergency!

March 31, 2025

Photo by Ellen RuttDear Reader,There is so much happening within me. I want to collect all of you and sit you down in a big amphitheater in the woods and...

God is a Lingering Feeling

March 26, 2025

Photo by Lilian PitserDear Reader,Last year I wrote a prayer book. Not because I always trust god but because I always trust timing. And what is timing other...

Eclipse Communication

March 17, 2025

Dear Reader,As my heart grows in love I also find things crumbling around me. Situations far away that I can’t control and people I love who I can’t protect....

The Roadside Stand and Other Futures

March 10, 2025

Photo by Cody SellsDear Reader,Before I jump in to today’s essay I wanted to make some exciting announcements about classes I am teaching and places I will...

The Last Illusion

March 3, 2025

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, 1977, Larry Mitchell with illustrations by Ned AstaDear Reader,Love has always been a force that moves...

Devotee to the Blurred Edges

February 24, 2025

Dear reader, What is the spark of new love other than a tidal wave crashing in from the shore? How many spells can you cast before patience is the only...

The Ease of the iPhone

February 17, 2025

Dear reader, There is a texture to iMessage that I only know from not using it for the last few months. An essence of speed and ease that my new android dumb...

A Wound Up Attachment System

February 10, 2025

Dear reader, Wind it Up by Gwen Stefani plays softly in the background while I attend to my attachment system activation, again wound up by a person who...

In the Light of Every Day Pain

February 3, 2025

Dear reader, My chronic spine pain started in 2017 after a small earthquake and I don’t know if the earthquake jostled something in me or if that is just how...

Leaving Social Media and Sacred Attention with Amelia Hruby

January 29, 2025

Dear ReaderThis morning I am beaming in to your inbox mid week from beautiful Maine where I have spent the week researching and teaching at Bates College. It...

Leaving Social Media and Sacred Attention with Amelia Hruby

January 29, 2025

Dear Listener Thank you for tuning into Common Shapes and my conversation with AmeliaDon't forget to grab the free Creative Ideation Portal : Your three day...

Addicted to Email

January 27, 2025

Dear reader, I have come to find that I have been completely addicted to checking my email on my phone, answering my email on my phone, and generally being...

5000 Days

January 23, 2025

Dear readerToday I bring you a new installment of the Yes Yes Advice Column all about the great dance of letting yourself fall in love but not fall out of...

The Practice of Attention

January 20, 2025

Dear readerToday I want to start with a celebration and to talk about the process of writing a book. My sixth book, The Practice of Attention, has officially...

The Process of Leaving Platforms Behind

January 15, 2025

Dear Listener,Thank you for tuning in to Common Shapes todayI am teaching Mapping Your Creative Business this weekend Saturday January 18 and Sunday January...

Doing Business When The World is On Fire

January 13, 2025

One of my commitments in this lifetime is not doing business as usual. I am committed to finding new ways to use the space that I have to outline my...