Nature Therapy + Nature Writing
Connect with the natural world for wellbeing
1337 Gusdorf Rd Ste S
Taos, NM
87571
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Bio: Johanna DeBiase is the author of Mama & the Hungry Hole (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2015). She writes from New Mexico where she is spellbound by the energy vortex of Taos Mountain. Originally from New York, she earned her BA in Literature and Creative Writing from Bard College and her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Her creative work—including short stories, flash fiction and video poems— has appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Portland Review, Atticus Review, Monkeybicycle, Queen Mob’s Tea House, Convergence and Prick of the Spindle, among others. When she is not writing, she teaches yoga, produces the podcast Yoga for Writing, sells vintage clothing, travels the world and cooks vegetarian food for her daughter and husband.
Artist Statement: A lifelong feminist, I write about women and their role in society. Women straddle the line between vulnerable and strong. We are smaller, make less money and have less power than men, but we give birth, raise children and embody beauty and sexual influence. This balance can often be difficult to uphold, and women end up negotiating with reality in various ways, both positive and negative. As a result, my writing is often surreal, focusing on dreams and myths, where we go to work through life’s mysteries.
I also write about nature, though I don’t think this subject is so different from that of women. Nature is the feminine/yin aspect of our world. Women and nature have many parallels in the way they are devalued and revered simultaneously. While my writing evokes a keen sense-of-place, my substories tend to stress current environmental issues. Organically, humans and the earth are mutually integrated, though we often forget our codependency. As the decimation of our planet continues irresponsibly in full force, I seek to draw out and reveal this interconnectedness in my work.
