by rjacksonpaton | Jun 23, 2016 | connections, creativity, en/gendering embodiment, readings, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology
i saw this quote from artist Frank Stella at the Fort Worth Modern the other day… then i was read this passage from Helen Macdonald’s extraordinary H is for hawk… “Chalk landscapes do this to me; bring an exhilarating, on-tiptoe sense that some...
by rjacksonpaton | Jun 17, 2016 | connections, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings
this story begins with Somatica® trainee-mate Charlie Glickman, who in their endless highly skilled generosity shared a book recommendation, Trauma is really strange. but as so often happens in my life-process, i didn’t get it right away. guess i wasn’t...
by rjacksonpaton | Jun 5, 2016 | connections, creativity, eco-somatics, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, writing
understanding confusion for Pan, Fenua, Jenny, Lisa & Amy, Shawn, Meredith, Sunanda, and probably others… with gratitude this story begins a few months back with brené brown (actually it begins much further back as the illustration shows!). she asked a question in...
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...
