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Lughnasa: We Are Sky

Come in, come in! I’m so happy you’re here. Lughnasa (pronounced LOO-na-sah), marks the halfway point between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. Lughnasa always falls on August 1st. This ancient Gaelic feast-day honors the Irish deity Lugh and celebrates the beginning of harvest.

All Creative Alchemy Cycle bundles are self-guided. I’ve created this landing page as a home base for us as we journey through the season of Lughnasa. We’ll also meet in person each month (scroll down for links.) Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

DIGITAL CONTENT

Story of the Season: a Homily for Lughnasa (audio & PDF)
The Great Wide Open (video)
In the Studio (video)
Featured Podcast:
Fuel for the Fire: Writing prompts, links, reading lists, Spotify playlists, etc.

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Digital Content

Seaonal Focus — Accountability Practice

At this time of year, the Earth showers us with riches and invites us to share the plenty, redistribute the wealth, and acknowledge all who made harvest possible. Let this season’s harvest shatter the illusion of ownership. Everything we have is a gift from the living Earth. We own none of it, but are instead its stewards, siblings, and soul-friends. We are visitors here. This land does not belong to us. We belong to the land.

This bundle is filled with creative inquiries and inspiration for building right-relationship with people, land, plants, and animals. Creativity plays an enormous role in how we form our ideas about the world and about ourselves. This is why I feel it is imperative that we marry our creative process with an accountability practice. This season, Lughnasa asks us to allow our mistakes to work their magic. But the magic won't simply happen on its own. This kind of growth requires that we tend to our mistakes, learn from them, take risks, and surrender our addiction to hoarding resources. There is enough for all.

Calling You Home — A Homily

This is a great place to begin. For each of the eight bundles that make up the Creative Alchemy Cycle, I write a seasonal story to set the container for the bundle. These homilies are my way of practicing alongside you and using the creative alchemy tools to create my own work. You can download a copy using the button below and/or listen to the audio.

Download Your Copy (PDF)

The Great Wide Open

My creative process always begins outside. This is where I weave the outer landscape with the inner one. We’ll soar over Eagle Valley and walk through cultivated fields that border open expanses of wildflowers. We’ll also explore our family’s 1890’s farm house and excavate the complicated history of the land on which it stands.

In the Studio

After viewing The Great Wide Open, let’s head into my studio. This is where I metabolize, incubate, and process all the elements which make up my current state of creative alchemy. This harvest season, we are taping into our inner wisdom and creating our own oracle cards. So grab your pens, paints, stamps, glue sticks and washi tape!

Collaborative Alchemy Podcast

This season, I’m re-sharing this wonderful conversation with Mindy Tsonas-Choi. I mentioned her work during the “In The Studio” video above. Here is our conversation about creativity and movement-building in service of social justice.

Fuel For The Fire

Writing prompts and further exploration, links, reading lists, spotify playlists, etc. Click on the images or buttons below to view, visit, or download. (This season’s “Bonus” is a look at 8 seasonal altars for the Wheel of the Year.)