When a woman hides her true thoughts and feelings because she fears it might elicit a negative reaction, she buries her creative passion. Such is the transformative power of memoir - casting aside the worry about judgment and putting truth in words. Only then can a woman's creative spirit spring forth from the shadows.
No small task and hardly easy, but "a healing type of thing," as Becky said at today's read-around. As Robyn said when she began reading, "This is a story of the heart . . ." Stories of the heart are a sacred gift that we tenderly unwrap and hold in the Circle.
Today the window opened - a crack for some, and more for others - as to who we are. A woman's creative life can't be eroded when she steps out of the shadows and breaths in cool, clean air. From there, the window can only be flung wide open.
2 comments:
thanks, Susan, for organizing this group. I've always wanted to belong to such a group.
Laura,
You are more than welcome. The group has done wonders for me. I thsnk you! Laura, you have a wonderful story to tell and I look forward to hearing more about those "card games" among the Gende women you so eloquently write about.
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