This was such a fun walk down memory lane, with all the writing workshops from the past year! I'm definitely still thinking about Jeannette Ouellette's workshop, both how to bring more exteriority into my writing *and* how to shift more of my attention to the external world, and get curious about what it might reveal about my inner world. (Also reminds me of Pam Houston's glimmers practice, which is something I want to build more of a practice around. ✨)
Also, I gotta tell ya, you get full credit for the fact that Aesthetic is absolutely on my shortlist of Word of the Year contenders for 2025...
It is really cool to see how all of the advice builds on each other! It felt really good to dig back into all of my notes, truly awe-inspiring that we get to meet all these incredible people
It feels like a sin to pick one of these. You're a pro at extracting the nuggets! Thank you for sharing what I'm sure is just a taste of all the wisdom you've collected this past year. SO MUCH JUICYNESS.
I think my favourite piece of advice from this year is 'don't be afraid of joyful risk.' <3 Sometimes I try something that just doesn't work for the piece, but it works somewhere else. I've been really enjoying cutting up my work (literally) and pasting it together in different ways. I like the advice to PLAY <3
This was such a fun walk down memory lane, with all the writing workshops from the past year! I'm definitely still thinking about Jeannette Ouellette's workshop, both how to bring more exteriority into my writing *and* how to shift more of my attention to the external world, and get curious about what it might reveal about my inner world. (Also reminds me of Pam Houston's glimmers practice, which is something I want to build more of a practice around. ✨)
Also, I gotta tell ya, you get full credit for the fact that Aesthetic is absolutely on my shortlist of Word of the Year contenders for 2025...
It is really cool to see how all of the advice builds on each other! It felt really good to dig back into all of my notes, truly awe-inspiring that we get to meet all these incredible people
It feels like a sin to pick one of these. You're a pro at extracting the nuggets! Thank you for sharing what I'm sure is just a taste of all the wisdom you've collected this past year. SO MUCH JUICYNESS.
Thank you for reading, my friend!! This was SO helpful for me especially to go back through all these nuggets
Thanks for this thoughtful and thought-provoking post. And I was delighted to see your takeaways from my workshop!
It was such a good workshop!! Excited to see you in Sustenance again in a few weeks!
Yay, me too!!
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Came here via your comment on Joy's recent post. Really enjoyed reading it! What an incredible collection of quotes. Thanks for sharing!
I was such a fan girl through all of those workshops!!
I’m not surprised!
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Such a great list, Jordan! I’m really looking forward to seeing what word you choose for next year ❤️
I'm considering the word 'play' 😍 do you choose a word of the year?
Oh that sounds like a perfect fit for you! I love that ❤️ I’m thinking about the word “reach” for next year in contrast to this year’s word “roots”
So good! Sounds like a poem ☺️
I think my favourite piece of advice from this year is 'don't be afraid of joyful risk.' <3 Sometimes I try something that just doesn't work for the piece, but it works somewhere else. I've been really enjoying cutting up my work (literally) and pasting it together in different ways. I like the advice to PLAY <3
LOVE that ✨ honestly, thinking ‘play’ may become my word for 2025!