{"name": "leaping greenly", "short_name": "leaping greenly", "start_url": "https://buttondown.com/magstang/archive/", "description": "Welcome to  leaping greenly . This strange phrase comes from an E.E. Cummings poem called \u201ci thank You God for most this amazing\u201d. I am drawn to the way the poet uses green as an adverb, as if one can move through the world with a quality of  color . Through this newsletter, this new mode of expression, I am  leaping greenly  ( greenly  as in baby leaf unfurling, as in early spring bloom, as in first day of school) into sharing generously with those wanting to receive. This is a space where I\u2019ll share my fumbling and summersaulting through creative life. More specifically, topics  may  include spirituality, poetry, hope-building & keeping, creativity, slow-living, things I see on walks, care-taking, printmaking, etc etc. Arist & former nun Corita Kent said, \u201cThere is no line where art stops and life begins.\u201d I\u2019m letting those words sink in! Having a newsletter is a way for me to experience gentle digital companionship as I grow in my identity as an artist. Thank you for being here, & feel no pressure to stay. Please comment freely & often! \ud83d\udc97Talk soon & take care\ud83d\udc97 Mag aforementioned poem: i thank You God for most this amazing\nday:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees\nand a blue true dream of sky;and for everything\nwhich is natural which is infinite which is yes\n\n(i who have died am alive again today,\nand this is the sun\u2019s birthday;this is the birth\nday of life and of love and wings:and of the gay\ngreat happening illimitably earth)\n\nhow should tasting touching hearing seeing\nbreathing any\u2014lifted from the no\nof all nothing\u2014human merely being\ndoubt unimaginable You?\n\n(now the ears of my ears awake and\nnow the eyes of my eyes are opened)\n\npoem by e.e cummings", "icons": [{"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@48.png", "sizes": "48x48", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@72.png", "sizes": "72x72", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@96.png", "sizes": "96x96", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@144.png", "sizes": "144x144", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@192.png", "sizes": "192x192", "type": "image/png"}, {"src": "https://static-assets.buttondown.com/images/icons/icon@512.png", "sizes": "512x512", "type": "image/png"}], "background_color": "#FAFAFB", "theme_color": "#65a30d", "display": "standalone", "orientation": "portrait-primary"}