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Tag Archives: Lisa Peet

Maud Newton on Ancestors, Imaginative Spirituality, and Old School Blogging
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Maud Newton on Ancestors, Imaginative Spirituality, and Old School Blogging

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“It was a tricky balance for me to go into this in a receptive spirit, and to find what might work for me in this way of looking at the relationship between the living family and the dead family.” Continue reading →

Sari Botton on Oldster, Aging, and Crooked Career Paths
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Sari Botton on Oldster, Aging, and Crooked Career Paths

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“I’m really heartened to learn that I’m not the only person who feels many different ages inside myself.” Continue reading →

Elise Engler on <em>A Diary of the Plague Year</em>
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Elise Engler on A Diary of the Plague Year

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“The longer I did it, I couldn’t be absurd anymore, because there was too much at stake. And it also was much more interesting to draw what mattered.” Continue reading →

Course Correction: Stephanie Gangi on <em>Carry the Dog</em>
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Course Correction: Stephanie Gangi on Carry the Dog

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“I really did feel like [the title] demonstrated the core theme of the book, which is determination and resilience, and figuring out how to navigate with some awkward grace.” Continue reading →

Beginner’s Mind vs. the Dark House
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Beginner’s Mind vs. the Dark House

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Lisa Peet • 3 Comments

by Lisa Peet

I craved—I still crave—transcendence, some kind of transformation to click through the plodding circuits in my brain and fire them up again, one by one, turning the lights back on. Continue reading →

Robert Gipe on the Canard County Trilogy, Arts Activism, and Paying Attention
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Robert Gipe on the Canard County Trilogy, Arts Activism, and Paying Attention

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“You can draw a person, what you think they look like, but if you’re drawing from a live model and are paying attention to the way their parts interact, it’s kind of like transcribing an oral history.” Continue reading →

Riva Lehrer on Disability, Making Art, and Getting Rid of the Explainy Voice
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Riva Lehrer on Disability, Making Art, and Getting Rid of the Explainy Voice

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Lisa Peet • 1 Comment

by Lisa Peet

“It was such a transformative thing for me, making the point that you get a different set of words and holy shit, your perceptions just turn inside out.” Continue reading →

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