by rjacksonpaton | Apr 3, 2016 | connections, eco-somatics, ethnoautobiography, reverences, uncoveredwagon, writing
as i begin to birth my ‘work of body’ [site under construction!] art show/coming out party and such, some words have been showing up. when i first was deciding on what to call my role in the process, i went with curator, because i want to collaborate with...
by rjacksonpaton | Mar 31, 2016 | creativity, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, lost and found, lost homes, marked by place, photos, reverences, uncoveredwagon, work of body
the other day i posted a picture of an installation in process, composed of various salvaged items from neighborhood homes that have been demolished, making way for something new-and-improved (i.e.. progress!). i have begun a mutli-media project called ‘neighborhood...
by rjacksonpaton | Jan 23, 2016 | creativity, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, reverences, writing
in november 2014 an idea was born about assembling art and representations related to my trans* formation to river… then i called it body of work… well, it’s still under development, but the seeds have grown… stay tuned for further...
by rjacksonpaton | Jan 16, 2016 | connections, creativity, en/gendering embodiment, readings
several strings are up for me at this moment, one of them being a currently underway Brené Brown online ‘course’, called CourageWorks. i was going to post a short bit about something that’s been up for me in the past month or so (and i haven’t...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 7, 2015 | creativity, reverences, writing
attempting to create a place for my reverences that will include space for narrative about each one. this was an early note on my RiverGuide FB page: …my current work in process is a reverence for the loss and longing associated with living in at least 21 homes...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 7, 2015 | connections, creativity, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, sex & love, writing
had a fabulous session the other day where i connected experiences relating to somatic body-mind centering teachings and gabor maté’s work around the harm associated with being dislocated. in my recent reverence ‘lost homes’ i came to terms with some...