Daily Nourishment for September 2, 2024: To Live Very Quietly with Guidance from Susan Cunningham
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 30 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 11-15 minutes
“I have tried to live very quietly, so I could be happy.” - Kay Ryan
Prompt.
Set a timer for five to 10 mintes and write on your relationship with silence and/or noise.
Practice.
Write your own expressions of silence and noise. Add places where you experience both.
Write for one minute about either a city or a park.
Write for three minutes about how the language of "small shark’s-tooth shaped fragments of rest or compact and dangerous as a shark" impact you as a reader.
Want More?
Watch this video. How does it add to the poem to know more about sharks’ teeth?
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—The September Co-Writing calendar is live.
—Spiritual Direction for Writers® + Enneagram for Creativity Gathering will take place on Friday, September 27th and Saturday, September 28th.
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—The Great Belonging Project is live here and The Great Belonging Project October Refresh will take place Oct 1-Oct 31. The Great Belonging Project October Refresh is open for registration with Early Bird pricing of $10.
This week’s Throwback Daily Nourishment offerings were originally provided by Susan Cunningham in 2023 before theywere shared on the website. All five of Susan’s offerings honor the poet Kay Ryan, the United States Poet Laureate from 2008-2010. Ryan has published seven volumes of poetry plus The Best of It, New and Selected Poems which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Susan Haroutunian Cunningham is a poet, therapist, soul coach and spiritual director. She specializes in counseling and training survivors of trauma and abuse to bring healing in personal stories of harm.
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