Inspiration Archive

  • Restorative Alchemy from the Green Kingdom

    Restorative Alchemy from the Green Kingdom

    For thousands of years plants have been linked with many ancient traditions as spell binders, capable of working specific magic.

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  • Invisible Gardens: Cultivating Interpretive Possibilities

    Invisible Gardens: Cultivating Interpretive Possibilities

    From my upstairs window, my desk overlooks my sprawling garden. Usually, on a day off, that’s where I’m either puttering around, weeding, planting, or just gawking. (I do a lot of gawking!) Yet today, despite the fact that the sky is bachelor button blue and the air is pleasantly cool, I’m compelled to write about gardening in an attempt to get at the core of something that has been nagging at me for weeks.

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  • In the Beginning Was the Word: Demystifying Poets And Poetry

    In the Beginning Was the Word: Demystifying Poets And Poetry

    We are all poets, and every poem is an interpretation.

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  • The Poetics of Interpretation

    The Poetics of Interpretation

    In Interpretation for Park Visitors, William Lewis introduces the concept of the interactive threesome. In describing this dynamic “Y” intersection where You the interpreter meets Your visitors at Your site, Lewis inspires the poet in me to see the similarities between the interpretive and poetic processes. After all, at the heart of interpretation is a poetic sensibility that is dynamic, creative, and inspiring.

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