by rjacksonpaton | Nov 2, 2014 | en/gendering embodiment, writing
body of work … work of body went to the Bath House Cultural Center today for their annual dias de los muertas show and i was very inspired. so i am writing up an initial proposal and sending it to a few of my artist friends, and we’ll see where it...
by rjacksonpaton | Nov 1, 2014 | ethnoautobiography, readings
At this time of dressing up, role playing, costuming, ghoulish trick-and-treating, I am compelled to at least give brief mention of my current inspirations… This is from John King’s “The Celtic druids’ year” “Perhaps the festival of Samhain...
by rjacksonpaton | Oct 21, 2014 | eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, writing
in recent weeks, i’ve been practically bombarded with inspiration, experience, and passion gathering around a quote from Boyhood filmmaker, Richard Linklater. when the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart asked about the unpredictability of filming over a twelve-year...
by rjacksonpaton | Oct 9, 2014 | connections, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment
in recent days i’ve had a number of reminders about how linear time is both destructive and yet ever-present. there’s more i will say about that elsewhere (in terms of sense of place, embodiment, and so on!), but for now i’m going to share a new...
by rjacksonpaton | Sep 26, 2014 | connections, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings
these are some (but not all!) of the books i’m hanging out with right now as i reflect on themes of gender, relationship, embodiment, vulnerability, openness, transformation, and place. somehow they all feel connected… Radical Hope; Jonathon Lear Bodies...