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Sara Saltee's avatar

Hi Diane! Yay for Mornings Alive! It looks like the Morning Alive Club will begin on Monday, June 16th, so mark your calendar and stay tuned for details and links in next week's Saltee Goodness news. I can't wait to meet you!

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Suzanne L. Beenackers's avatar

From all the offerings this post brings, what speaks to me most is the idea about going for depth, and giving myself premission to stick to the same areas that have been able to draw my attention consistently and for years if not decades on end.

That was something I needed to hear.

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Suzanne L. Beenackers's avatar

Before I make this no doubt excellent post the focus of my study - my first comment is about something entirely unrelated, but that was so life changing for me, I am eager to share.

The opening photo is (white with) pink with bright blue.

Do you know, or remember, the cinematic word for the related scheme of (black with) pink, blue and purple?

I'm sure you've encountered it at some point, but for me it was so new and refreshing I will remember it for a lifetime.

It is called bilighting, there are multiple YouTube videos about it and it is a reference to bisexuality and queerness.

And it makes for the most enchanting shots!

Or art

💜💙🍇🌺🌸

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Sara Saltee's avatar

Cool! I didn't know the word bilighting - and I'm happy to add it to my vocabulary. Of course it makes sense that this image is bi-coded - I think creativity is inherently queer, so we should all write our covenants with pink pens dipped in blue ink in a purplish space! My intuitive image-picker was right on :)

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Suzanne L. Beenackers's avatar

Yes we should! 🌈 And I was going to include a picture of my covenant, which proved I had done se intuitively, before reading your comment 😇 but I can t seem to add a picture.

You re just gonna have to trust me on my bicolored eyes 😉

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Charlotte Henley Babb's avatar

I love the idea of digging deeper into the realms I have already explored, not trying to find a new place to look but seeing where I am and where i can go from here with my work, both my art and my writing.

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Sara Saltee's avatar

Beautiful! I find this idea calming, grounding, and encouraging! Everything feels somehow easier when you are already where you are supposed to be, doesn't it? Thanks for your comment. :)

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Estee Solomon Gray's avatar

Count me in !

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Sara Saltee's avatar

You are IN! We'll start our Mornings Alive Club on June 16th - so mark your calendar and stay tuned for details in next week's Saltee Goodness. It will be a treat to parallel play with you :)

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Diana Rico's avatar

I would love to participate in Mornings Alive! I am trying to restart my writing practice and this timing could not be more perfect. i am also going to give thought to the notion of creating a covenant with my creativity. Thank you for all of this.

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Sara Saltee's avatar

Hi Diana! Yay for Mornings Alive! It looks like the Morning Alive Club will begin on Monday, June 16th, so mark your calendar and stay tuned for details and links in next week's Saltee Goodness news. I can't wait to meet you!

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