The Inner Animal

Stretch (sourced on Snappa.com, December 2025) As someone working with her own voice now for about 50 years, and with the voices of others for half that time, I’ve come—gratefully—to know and greet the Inner Animal. In my own personal journey, it took me a very long...

Enter, with leopard

Leopard (Sourced on Snappa.com, Dec. 2025) It’s a funny story, and if you want to know it, next time you meet me, you can ask. But this week, the image of a leopard has been omnipresent. I’ve been noticing its quiet, observant and wise presence everywhere....

Noise Actor

Noise Actor (sourced on Snappa.com, November 2025) I’ve been working on a Directed Study with a grad student, and they are exploring extended techniques in a big way. We started riffing on what that expression “extended techniques” really means, and...

Mind Over Matter

It’s All in Your Head (sourced on Snappa.com, Nov. 2025) Two incidents this week formed the theme for this post: my daughter’s 30th birthday project to run 30 km (shout-out Alice: she did it!) and the struggle and work of my students preparing for this...

Full Circle, Part 3

Circle of 3 (sourced on Snappa.com, October 2025) This year is full of these Ouroboros (see last week!) moments of returning to what was before, reliving it, grieving its passing, celebrating its regeneration anew. I was struck by this image of 3 women in front of a...

Ouroboros

Ouroboros (sourced on Snappa.com October 2025) Don’t you just love it when you learn something new? Recently our Masters students had the opportunity to work together with Zorana Sadiq (I’m a big fan, so it was partly selfish to invite her into my...