Poetry 📓and Photography 📸 by JJZ. Explorations worldwide and within. Trying to be heard, stirred, and perhaps cured by life's many hidden images, and the written-spoken word.
Week of Sunday, April 25th, 2021 Starting at 11am PDT Episode : 42 Writing Prompt: What do you think about feeling and filling the SILENCE? … Join us as we welcome special guest, Victor Uriz to the program. Victor is a spoken word artist and musician from Tahoe who will be sharing his time and talent with Collective Breath. . COLLECTIVE BREATH is a weekly wellness writing workshop. This ongoing event meets Sundays starting at 11am. Each session will consist of two portions. Step 1: 11:00am – Tune in to Bruka Theatre of the Sierra’s Facebook Page to see the Poet in Residence, Jesse James Ziegler perform original pieces of poetry and speak about the theme/prompt of the week. (Personal Podcast Portion) Step 2: 11:15am – Using the link provided in the Facebook Event “Collective Breath”, join on Zoom for the meeting to discuss and share creative output related to the Topic/Prompt. (Group Workshop Portion) . https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8127754640?pwd=RE41WS94RkVidUxERmxteXZTY3ZPdz09 . ‘COLLECTIVE BREATH’ @biggestlittlecollectivebreath . . . . . #poet #poets #poem #poems #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #poetrycommunity #poetryisnotdead #workshop #poemsofinstagram #poetry_addicts #poemsporn #brukatheatre #collectivebreathreno #bloggers #weekly #sidewayseightprojects #brukapoetry #sidewaseightpoetry #spokenword #spokenwordpoet #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwordartist #writer #writing #creativewriting #wellness #biggestlittlecollectivebreath #collectivebreath
Week of Sunday, April 18th, 2021 Starting at 11am PDT Episode : 41 Writing Prompt: Write about someone or somewhere that feels like home to you. … . COLLECTIVE BREATH is a weekly wellness writing workshop. This ongoing event meets Sundays starting at 11am. Each session will consist of two portions. Step 1: 11:00am – Tune in to Bruka Theatre of the Sierra’s Facebook Page to see the Poet in Residence, Jesse James Ziegler perform original pieces of poetry and speak about the theme/prompt of the week. (Personal Podcast Portion) Step 2: 11:15am – Using the link provided in the Facebook Event “Collective Breath”, join on Zoom for the meeting to discuss and share creative output related to the Topic/Prompt. (Group Workshop Portion) . https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8127754640?pwd=RE41WS94RkVidUxERmxteXZTY3ZPdz09 . ‘COLLECTIVE BREATH’ @biggestlittlecollectivebreath . . . . . #poet #poets #poem #poems #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #poetrycommunity #poetryisnotdead #workshop #poemsofinstagram #poetry_addicts #poemsporn #brukatheatre #collectivebreathreno #bloggers #weekly #sidewayseightprojects #brukapoetry #sidewaseightpoetry #spokenword #spokenwordpoet #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwordartist #writer #writing #creativewriting #wellness #biggestlittlecollectivebreath #collectivebreath
Week of Sunday, April 11th, 2021 Starting at 11am PDT Episode : 40 Writing Prompt: Write about an adventure you had while traveling in your home state or country. …. COLLECTIVE BREATH is a weekly wellness writing workshop. This ongoing event meets Sundays starting at 11am. Each session will consist of two portions.
Step 1:
11:00am – Tune in to Bruka Theatre of the Sierra’s Facebook Page to see the Poet in Residence, Jesse James Ziegler perform original pieces of poetry and speak about the theme/prompt of the week. (Personal Podcast Portion) NOTE: EPISODE 40 WILL BE PRE-RECORDED AND SET TO AIR AT 11AM
Step 2:
11:15am – This week, Sunday, April 11th, 2021, the show will air at 11am as per usual. However, it will be PRE-RECORDED and set to AIR AT 11AM out of necessity. I will neither have cell service or internet access at that time. As such, next week there will be NO GROUP PORTION VIA ZOOM MEETING at 11:15am. We will pick up the following week (Sunday April 18th) with our group workshop and cover two weeks worth of topics and material relating to those topics in a shared setting at that time. The writing prompt capitalizes on that promise.
In general: Using the link provided in the Facebook Event “Collective Breath”, join on Zoom for the meeting to discuss and share creative output related to the Topic/Prompt. (Group Workshop Portion) . https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8127754640?pwd=RE41WS94RkVidUxERmxteXZTY3ZPdz09 . ‘COLLECTIVE BREATH’ @biggestlittlecollectivebreath
Week of Sunday, April 4th, 2021 Starting at 11am PDT Episode : 39 Writing Prompt: Write in response to the following picture (2nd placard) … The large container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal, causing a traffic jam for cargo vessels. PHOTO: KHALED ELFIQI/SHUTTERSTOCK . COLLECTIVE BREATH is a weekly wellness writing workshop. This ongoing event meets Sundays starting at 11am. Each session will consist of two portions. Step 1: 11:00am – Tune in to Bruka Theatre of the Sierra’s Facebook Page to see the Poet in Residence, Jesse James Ziegler perform original pieces of poetry and speak about the theme/prompt of the week. (Personal Podcast Portion) Step 2: 11:15am – Using the link provided in the Facebook Event “Collective Breath”, join on Zoom for the meeting to discuss and share creative output related to the Topic/Prompt. (Group Workshop Portion) . https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8127754640?pwd=RE41WS94RkVidUxERmxteXZTY3ZPdz09 . ‘COLLECTIVE BREATH’ @biggestlittlecollectivebreath . . . . . #poet #poets #poem #poems #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #poetrycommunity #poetryisnotdead #workshop #poemsofinstagram #poetry_addicts #poemsporn #brukatheatre #collectivebreathreno #bloggers #weekly #sidewayseightprojects #brukapoetry #sidewaseightpoetry #spokenword #spokenwordpoet #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwordartist #writer #writing #creativewriting #wellness #biggestlittlecollectivebreath #collectivebreath
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.
“Maybe deep down inside we were all still in our formative years. Maybe it was never too late for any of us to change.”
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.
In Common
No one seems to care about the common folk
cept they themselves who laugh a lot and joke.
Common in that they’re not famous, not wealthy, nor particularly rich, folk in that they’d wish to remain nameless, they’re healthy, with no elevator pitch. Some have a savings, some satiate on spectacular cravings, some wish to bring back slaving, over a hot stove day after day after day, cept they themselves who laugh a lot and pray.
This Weeks Writing Prompt:
This week’s Prompt : Write about a formative experience from your childhood.
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
— Carl Gustav Jung
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.
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.
Which will also be posted across Collective Breath and Bruka Theatre’s social media platforms: Write in response to the following picture…
The large container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal, causing a traffic jam for cargo vessels.
PHOTO: KHALED ELFIQI/SHUTTERSTOCK
Closing Sentiments and an Invitation
Others
Sometimes I get the chance
to be a fly on the wall
or a flower
at a banquet of bounty
a feast for the mind
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
Growth
If I always go for low or no maintenance
there’s no way I’ll grow patience in relations.
‘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.
I’m so glad I was able to join the University of Nevada, Reno MFA Program tonight for a Zoom reading and Q&A by acclaimed novelist and essayist Aaron Hamburger. ( @aaronhamburger1 ) His advice, two simple words, “Slow down”, really resonated with me. I needed to hear that and to here that. I needed tonight. . . . . . #poet #poets #poem #poems #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #poetrycommunity #poetryisnotdead #workshop #poemsofinstagram #poetry_addicts #poemsporn #photography #instapics #photographersofig #bloggers #sidewayseightprojects #sidewayseightphotography #sidewaseightpoetry #spokenword #spokenwordpoet #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwordartist #writers #writing #creativewriting #micropoem #writer #keepwriting
SIDEWAYS EIGHT PROJECTS 