True Colors: Fulfillment, Women, and the Body

09/06/2023

Dear All,
I have some exciting news to share... One of my poems has been chosen to be included in the upcoming edition of WeMoon 2024!

WeMoon is a gorgeous lunar calendar and collection of writings and art from women all over the world. Each time I pick it up, I feel awed by the way it reflects the spirit of our times...inspired by its beauty, depth and wisdom. In the words of the editors, "We share how we live our truths, what inspires us, and our connection with the whole Earth and all our relations." It is one of my cherished companions and guides through the inner and outer seasons of life.

It is the first time my poetry has been published - I'm so honored to be included and feel part of this global web. Thank you for celebrating with me 🙏

If you're interested, you can find a copy at most bookstores or order below... (see link in 1st comment below)

06/04/2023

Dear All,
Sharing a new post from Panacreatea...
https://panacreatea.com/2023/06/04/every-single-day/

I hope you enjoy it 🙏🏼

I am between worlds On my way A new day dawning, almost Through the crown of my head The crown of my Being As Life pours into me From the inside, to the outside I emerge Before, I cannot see. But i…

06/01/2023

Dear Friends,
In case you missed it, here is the First-Ever post from Panacreatea:
https://panacreatea.com/2023/05/09/panacreatea/

More to come!
In honor of the healing balm of creativity...

              Her eyes rose to take in the long path ahead. At first, she wasn’t sure what she saw, moving in and out between the su…

05/24/2023

Dear Friends,
So...I created a blog.

After many years (a lifetime?) of gestating, I'm venturing into the ever-so vulnerable territory of sharing some of my writing with the world.

I hope you enjoy...
www.panacreatea.com

If you would like to receive an email when I share new posts, please feel free to subscribe.

In honor of the healing balm of creativity...

the healing balm of creativity

05/12/2021

For us all...

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05/01/2021

BELTANE – The Organic Truth of Nature

Beltane…the crossing over
From Spring into the beginnings of Summer
Moving with the steady pulse of Nature
Can you feel it?

The Equinoxes and Solstices are actually the peak of the season
The season at its epitome
But the beginnings come at the in-between place
A liminal space, between what has been and what is coming
Between what was and what will be

That in-between space where you can feel the shift
But it is subtle
You have to soften the gaze
Sense the environs
And trust

The percolations are crystallizing
From nothingness into something
But the actual manifestation will take time

Give it time

Nature does, always
Then suddenly and strong
Then subtle again

The Solstices are the most extreme
Summer at fullness, Winter when everything empties out
The Equinoxes themselves are mid-points
In-between the polarities
Supporting the transition
Spring and Autumn harken the ascension and descension
The quarter moons of Nature, same but opposite

They all show us where we are on the journey

With Beltane and Samhein
They say the veil between worlds is particularly thin
A mid-point between mid-points
Gibbous moon waxing, then waning crescent

Now, with the crossing over of Beltane
We are in a growth phase
Lucious and bulbous
Juicy and enticing
Fertile potentials abound…

Come…dip yourself in
To the nectar of my Being
What potentials are spawned in the meeting
What life comes forth through our connection

This is the energy of Now
This is the energy of Today
This Time on our ever-turning Wheel

And we want to acknowledge and celebrate it!
Stoke the fires of fertile abundance
Declare our dreams, prayers, and visions

What do you wish for?
What is twinkling in your eye,
Titillating your loins?
Pronounce it!
Call it forth!

Like fairy dust scattered to the winds
Petals and pollen flurried in delight
We are listening
We see you, we hear you
We are waiting with baited breath for you
To announce yourself
And we are dancing and celebrating with you
Fertilizing the magic of who you are

All in time, work and play
Life is here, don’t wait another day
You are not alone
You are seen, heard and loved
By the faeries in your midst
The sun and moon up above
The river it flows through you
Never stopping on its way
Trust the flow, dear one, of Life
We are with you each and every way

03/16/2021

Appreciating this...
Thank you Pamela (and Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology for posting)

35 PRACTICAL STEPS MEN CAN TAKE TO SUPPORT FEMINISM
by Pamela Clark

1. Do 50% (or more) of housework.

2. Do 50% (or more) of emotional support work in your intimate relationships and friendships.

3. Consume cultural products produced by women.

4. Give women space.

5. … but insert yourself into spaces where you can use your maleness to interrupt s*xism.

6. When a woman tells you something is s*xist, believe her.

7. Educate yourself about s*xual consent and make sure there is clear, unambiguous communication of consent in all your s*xual relationships.

8. Be responsible for contraception.

10. Have progressive name politics.

11. If you have children, be an equal parent.

12. Pay attention to and challenge informal instances of gender role enforcement.

13. Be mindful of implicit and explicit gendered power differentials in your intimate/domestic relationships with women…whether a partner or family members or roommates.

14. Make sure that honesty and respect guide your romantic and s*xual relationships with women.

15. Don’t be an online bystander in the face of s*xism.

16. Be responsible with money in domestic/romantic relationships.

17. Be responsible for your own health.

18. Don’t ogle or make comments about women. (i.e., Keep your tongue in your mouth and comments to yourself.)

19. Pay attention to the s*x of experts and key figures presenting information to you in the media.

20. Ensure that some of your heroes and role models are women.

21. Praise the virtues and accomplishments of women in your life to others.

22. Have integrity with your male friends. (i.e., Don’t be a “bro.”)

23. Don’t treat your spouse like a “nag.” If she is “nagging,” you are probably lagging.

24. Know that acknowledging your own s*xist opinions and stereotypes you hold is not enough. Do something about them.

25. Befriend women.

26. Find female mentors/leaders. (i.e., Be subordinate to women.)

27. When in a romantic relationship, be responsible for events and special dates associated with your side of the family.

28. Don’t police women’s appearance.

29. Offer to accompany female friends if they have to walk home alone at night…or in a public space where they may be likely to feel unsafe.

30. Inject feminism into your daily conversations with other men.

31. If you have a tendency to behave inappropriately toward women when you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, do not consume drugs or alcohol.

32. Be aware of the physical and emotional space you occupy, and don’t take up more space than you need.

33. Walk the walk about income inequality.

34. Get in the habit of treating your maleness as an unearned privilege that you have to actively work to cede rather than femaleness being an unearned disadvantage that women have to work to overcome.

35. Self-identify as a feminist.

Here's Pamela Clark's original article on the 35 Steps:
tinyurl.com/43zf86bx

Pamela Clark's follow up to her original article:
tinyurl.com/3vua68d7

Original article: 35 Practical Tools For Men to Further Feminist Revolution While I have been overwhelmed with positive responses to my article over the past month (here on Tumblr, but also on...

12/23/2020

🙏🏼

12/22/2020

IN HONOR OF SOLSTICE
We are born from the Darkness
and into the Dark we shall return
May we trust in the Unknown
as we welcome the Light
Over and over again...

12/18/2020

Come on Georgia…
We’re with you all the way 🍑 

"Georgia On My Mind” is the charity single sung by Broadway for Georgia, an all-star group of artists who started their careers in the theater. The single wa...

11/11/2020

FEEL IT RISE
We gathered round the bonfire
To digest, feel, celebrate
The Election Exhale

Three couples…
Three women
With their male-bodied companions by their sides
Fire in the center
Uniting them all

Helping the Feminine
(though She goes by many names)
Earth Mother in all her Wise Ways
Helping Her Rise
To speak
To be heard and seen

We are here
Awakening
Through the Heart and Left Eye
There is no stopping us now

Momala is here
Uniting the beginnings of us all
With the spiritual root
Risen up through the story of America

Feel the molecules shifting
You can’t?
You may never…you might be numb to that, alas
But the rest of us do
Or will, in time
Because it’s happening
A Great Awakening

And we are part of it
We are key
Give it some girth
As wide as the hips of the Great Mother
So this
So we
May be birthed

It is s*xy, sensual
Fierce when needed
It is Power from the Deep

Can you handle it?
Let’s see
Not so much, many centuries ago
When was it, when you burned the Feminine?
Demonized our Power
Out of fear turned hatred

Is that really what you want
To pass on in the seed of your s***m?
This cancer of patriarchy
Wedded with the supremacy of whiteness?

Do not infect us
Our boy-girl-little ones
Do not pass on
Such vile

It is not the Way
Of truly celebrating
Truly honoring
The potentials of our power
All Our Power

Not in this lifetime
Not in this chapter of history
Not anymore

It is time for Something New
Now
And there’s no holding it back

Feel it Rise
Within you, around you
See it in the shining eyes of the Little Ones
Who know what is possible
Dreaming the Reality
Of all they will incarnate

Exciting, huh?!
It Is Happening

11/04/2020

A fork in the road...? Perhaps. Or maybe just one path, no matter the direction we seem to take on this Election Day...

A Path of Truth
A Path of Reckoning
A Path of Reconciliation, Repair & Reparations

A Path of ReImagining the Ways of Life and Relations
Respect. Care. Honoring.
You, me, the Earth, and us all

Walking Together...