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Media Artist ~ Writer ~ Queer ~ Contemplative

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Wrestling with resting, to be honest. #rest #cont

Wrestling with resting, to be honest.

#rest #contemplativepractice #queer #contemplativefilm #thatswhytheycallitapractice

The end is beautiful, I thought at first. Then, is

The end is beautiful, I thought at first. Then, is it the end or the beginning?

#contemplativefilm #lookup #skyscape #aspentrees #cloudscape

Waiting for something to say… #contemplativefilm

Waiting for something to say…
#contemplativefilm

“Tomorrow is Christmas, it’s practically here” said the Grinch with his cat friend, Saint Sister Mary Pruitt of the Immaculate Misconception & the Shapely Thighs.
#grinch #blackcats #christmaseve #olympia #loveisallaround #merrymerry

B-day love and courage from the Woods. In the form

B-day love and courage from the Woods. In the form of - presto - a shark fin. The very young (twin) Wood boys are featured in my all time fave video about saving the world, being brave and, oh yeah, your all important shark fin. @akwoodulookyhere #bebrave #scorpio #sharingthelove #gratefulheart #redefiningfamily

“Don’t hold back. Shout your love to everyone.

“Don’t hold back. Shout your love to everyone.” (My slight variation on a Rumi quote). #nationalcomingoutday🌈 #queer #keithharingposter

Let your tender heart rest a moment at a most beau

Let your tender heart rest a moment at a most beautiful outdoor installation at 1511 Quince ST NE, Olympia, WA.
Places to Mourn - created by @kathygorefuss - with assistance from Rae @capitolflorist
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Places to Mourn - Installation by Kathy Gore Fuss
Project assistants: Boucante World Traveler, Cynthia Rae Salazar, Becky Frehse, Toni Brown, Randi Parkhurst, Jean Mandeberg, & Teri Bevelacqua.
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Beautiful and fleeting...visit the site if you are able. You will be glad you did.
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#installationart #olympiawashington #kathygorefuss #ephemoralart #grief #grieving #mourning #gratitude #restorative

Offering the ordinary rhythms of an ordinary day a

Offering the ordinary rhythms of an ordinary day as profound realms of devotion and possibility, this Cinema Divina session is inspired by Thomas Merton’s A Book of Hours, a glorious handbook for the aspiring and the practiced contemplative.
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May 2 - link in bio
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#ContemplativePractice #CinemaDivina #LectioDivina #Ordinary #Prayer #Benedictine #DivineOffice #ThomasMerton
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“And there you are - in the filmy air of eternit

“And there you are - in the filmy air of eternity.” (from How Long Will You Sleep)

Times are tender and terrible and cherry blossoms float and fly and fall and all I know is it all comes down to love....

Join me in this practice!

CINEMA DIVINA
~ a Cadence Festival Live Collaboration!

Wednesday, April 21, 5:00pm PDT
Live, meditative, communal practice over Zoom! Connect with your deeper wisdom, tenderness, and joy of community through the illuminating practice of Cinema Divina, guided by contemplative, queer media artist Marilyn Freeman.

Sliding scale registration:

Link in bio & here—

https://nwfilmforum.org/films/
cadence-2021-cinema-divina-contemplative-practice/ .

LEARN MORE ABOUT CADENCE: VIDEO POETRY FESTIVAL 2021 -
bit.ly/cadence2021

Cadence approaches video poetry as a literary genre presented as visual media that makes new meaning from the combination of text and moving image. Featuring screenings, an artist residency, generative workshops for youth and adults, and juried awards, the festival fosters critical and creative growth around the medium of video poetry.

#NWFF #NWFilmForum #NWFilms #NWFilmmakers #NWFilmmaker #ContemplativeFilm #CinemaDivina #ContemplativePractice #LectioDivina #QueerArtists #QueerFilmmaker #queerinfluence #Nonbinary #NWFilm #PacificNWFilms #theilluminatedspace #cadencevideopoetryfestival

CINEMA DIVINA ~ a Cadence Video Poetry Festival L

CINEMA DIVINA
~ a Cadence Video Poetry Festival Live Collaboration!

Wednesday, April 21, 5:00pm PDT
Live, meditative, communal practice over Zoom! Connect with your deeper wisdom, tenderness, and joy of community through the illuminating practice of Cinema Divina, guided by contemplative, queer media artist Marilyn Freeman. Sliding scale registration: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/cadence-2021-cinema-divina-contemplative-practice/

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LEARN MORE ABOUT CADENCE: VIDEO POETRY FESTIVAL 2021 - bit.ly/cadence2021

Cadence approaches video poetry as a literary genre presented as visual media that makes new meaning from the combination of text and moving image. Featuring screenings, an artist residency, generative workshops for youth and adults, and juried awards, the festival fosters critical and creative growth around the medium of video poetry.

No one turned away for lack of funds; email paul@nwfilmforum.org about free community tickets!

#NWFF #NWFilmForum #QueerContemplative #NWFilmmakers #NWFilmmaker #ContemplativeFilm #CinemaDivina #ContemplativePractice #LectioDivina #TheIlluminatedSpace #QueerArtists #QueerFilmmaker #Nonbinary #Spirituality #Divination #NWFilm #PacificNWFilms #LiveEvent

“Practically everything that has to do with bird

“Practically everything that has to do with birds inebriates me.” (from How Long Will You Sleep by yours truly).
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Connect with your deeper wisdom, tenderness, and joy of community through the illuminating practice of Cinema Divina, guided by contemplative, queer media artist Marilyn Freeman. .
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https://nwfilmforum.org/films/cadence-2021-cinema-divina-contemplative-practice/
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. Pay what you can sliding scale...
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. April 21 - 5:00PDT
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......How Long Will You Sleep?

Anton! “I love every single seagull I see becaus

Anton!
“I love every single seagull I see because any one of them could be Anton.” (From, I love what you said to me, by yours truly)
Last night’s One Page Wednesday event hosted by @natalieserber and presented by @literaryarts was wonderful in every way. Many thnx to Natalie and @alissahattman and @the3rdthingpress and everyone who read and listened and loved.
#livereadings #onepagewednesday #theilluminatedspace #cinemadivina #contemplative

Are they buffleheads? Mergansers??? I don’t kno

Are they buffleheads? Mergansers???

I don’t know but I’m pretty excited about tonight’s One Page Wednesday.
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Read your work or hang out and listen tonight at 6: 30pm Pacific time.
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It’s free but you need to register: https://literary-arts.org/event/one-page-wed/
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Link in bio too.
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To read, sign up in the chat window once you log into the event.
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See you there...!

#writers #readers #literaryarts #TheIlluminatedSpace #cinemadivina #creativenonfiction #livearts #portlandoregon #queerwriter #queercontemplative

Read your work and/or hang out and listen - at One

Read your work and/or hang out and listen - at One Page Wednesday - a virtual and free event hosted by @natalieserber presented by Literary Arts in Portland OR.
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Thank you @alissahattman for connecting @natalieserber and me!
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I will read for a few minutes from The Illuminated Space - published in 2020 @the3rdthingpress. 💕💕
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AND you can sign up to read too:
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“Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired!” .
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It’s a free event but you need to register:
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https://literary-arts.org/event/one-page-wed/
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See you this Wednesday, April 7, 6:30pm Pacific time.
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I’ll wrap the evening with the Cinema Divina film: “I love what you said to me”
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#writers #readers #literaryarts #TheIlluminatedSpace #cinemadivina #creativenonfiction #livearts #portlandoregon #queerwriter #queercontemplative

[sound on] "On Reflecting" – Cinema Divina by M

[sound on] "On Reflecting" – Cinema Divina by M Freeman in 15 parts.

#Contemplative #ContemplativeFilm #RacialHealing #EssayFilm #FilmPoem #VideoPoem #PersonalEssay #QueerArtist #Rumi #GeorgeFloyd #Meditation #Stillness #CinemaDivina #Trees #Reflecting #Imagine

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