COLLECTIVE BREATH – Episode: 40
Week of Sunday, April 11th, 2021
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Introduction:
“Who has not known a journey to be over and done before the traveler returns? The reverse is also true: many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.”
— John Steinbeck Travels with Charley
A transcript of this segment and each subsequent session will be posted (for anyone interested) at http://www.sidewayseight.co which is my main outlet for personal poetry and photography: Sideways Eight Projects.
“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? — It’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”
— Jack Kerouac ‘On the Road’
Hello fantastic people! My name is Jesse James Ziegler. I am the current Poet in Residence for the Bruka Theatre of the Sierra in Reno, Nevada. I am an active poet, special event MC, principle photographer, special event series host, and now weekly wellness writing workshop host in collaboration with Spoken Views Collective of which I am also a Board Member.
This Weeks Writing Prompt:
This week’s Prompt : Write about an adventure you had while traveling in your home state or country.
I want for this podcast style personal portion to contain information about famous writers and their quotes as well as, futuristically speaking, local guests to this program who help everyone involved gain a diversity of perspective and positively impact our individual process.
Quote(s) of the Week:(1)
“Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.”
— Frederick Jackson Turner
I’m hoping this sharing and vulnerability I’m demonstrating will encourage others who love creative writing as well to open up, by sharing from their innermost, related to the topic provided. I’m hoping we all gain perspective, compassion, hope, and discipline through such organized sharing.
Piece or Pieces of the Week: (2)
High Beams at night
Sifting Through
For further personal reading
Hundred Plus Adventure Quotes
50 Epic Adventure Quotes To Kick You Off Your Couch
More adventure quotes
https://globalcastaway.com/adventure-quotes/
Travel in the Silver State
Discover Your Nevada
Expert Tips from Lonely Planet
Top Ten Travel Writing Books
https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/tools-tips/top-10-travel-writing-books/
Next Week’s Writing Prompt:
Which will also be posted across Collective Breath and Bruka Theatre’s social media platforms: Write about someone or somewhere that feels like home to you.
Shout Outs
To Spoken Views Collective, Up in the Mix Podcast, KWNK Radio, The Holland Project, Sierra Arts Foundation, the Reno Arts and Culture Commission, Black Wall Street, UNR Creative Writing Program, Wolf Speaks, The Potentialist, and of course, Bruka Theatre of the Sierra right here in the Biggest Little City in the World.
Closing Sentiments and an Invitation
“I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would have no book, nor a place to read. I have known hunger of the belly kind many times over, but I have known a worse hunger: the need to know and to learn.”
— Louis L’Amour, Education of a Wandering Man
That’s it for my personal portion. If this is where you get off this train of thought, because you checked in to listen, thank you for tuning in and absorbing. I appreciate your time and consideration. If you are here for the Weekly Wellness Writing Workshop group portion via Zoom Meeting, please transition to that application now using the link provided in the details/description section of the Bruka Theatre Facebook Event Page for ‘Collective Breath’. The link to watch previous episodes is in the bio section of the Collective Breath Instagram page @biggestlittlecollectivebreath
‘Keep’ (my frictionless benediction)
Keep writing. Keep your heart open and your mind aware. Keep coming back for more. Keep going. Keep giving. Keep doing. Keep daring to believe in a better way of living. Keep loving and creating. Keep each other safe and sound. Keep it real, and keep the faith. I love you. Goodbye for now.
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