I recorded a workshop talk at Magikana Festival in Wales – From Within, From Without is a discourse on interdisciplinary creativity through the lens of writing and movement. It’ll come out in due time, but request it if you need it. There I also performed as a fire and flow dancer, with palm torches, staff, dragon staff, mini fans, and a copper disc bearing a triple knot. Here’s a moonrise from the farm, pre-festival:
I’m at Cascadia Festival this weekend – Mystical Mementos is stationed in Mythica Village, where people can use the paper, pens, yarn & flame to create singed scrolls.
I’ll also pour tea for the Tea Tent, where I may also be found reading some sci-fi fantasy or poetry.
Activate Muses! At Astronox Festival near Austin TX, I’m hosting a workshop tomorrow Saturday 12:30-1:30. As follows:
Live Muse Writing *NEW ADDITION*: Participate in group creativity by getting inspired by anything around you! Bring your writing or supplies, and together we can walk, opening our senses to the world and each other. Led by science fiction fantasy novelist Eva L. Elasigue, 12:30pm – 1:30pm. (1 hr)
I will have some extra paper and pens, but bringing supplies would be best. People are welcome to work on whatever they wish as we migrate to a few different locations. I held this before at Cascadia Festival NW, and received a lot of appreciation for the experience. Looking forward to co-creating expression with the Austin community.
I’m going to Sh’Bang Fest, and will be amongst the audience in the Saloon Chapel tomorrow 9/7 Saturday night from 9pm-close. I’m bringing a limited edition Poetry Popper – with a hand-lettered fabric patch, a signed copier broadsheet of my ribbon-winner poem Stars Framed in Adobe Clay (lettered in my handwriting), and small piece of beach glass picked by me. Compensate or romance me appropriately.
My poetry is signed: e.l.elasigue
This approaching weekend, I can be found creating artwork live, with writing on hand.
In Portland I will be at Metta:AtYyA, and in Bellingham at Home:BASS feauring Algorhythm.
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I recently had the happy occasion of encountering someone who attended a previous workshop I held at Cascadia Festival in June 2017, namely Mind Maps & Synaesthetic Processes. A jeweler, he let me know he’s utilized some of the methods we exercised. It makes me really glad to know that someone who does something very different than I do can apply things I’ve shared!
Here are photos (by Omar Lopez) from the Live Muse Writing session I held beforehand, where we sited ourselves in different places near various activities to interact with our writing.
Bones of Starlight 3 : Greater Beyond 