Transforming World With Word: Transformative Language Arts
TLA is an emerging field, profession, and calling that acknowledges and supports the power of the spoken, written, and sung word to encourage community-building, cultural shifts, health and healing, liberation, and celebration .
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Making a Living From TLA
This was recently posted in the TLA Resources center as a new page: Many who ask about how Transformative Language Artists make a living can find a bevy of inspiration in both an interview with TLA founder Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg at … Continue reading
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Transforming the Stories of Adolescent Girls — Suzanne Adams
Suzanne Adams, founder of Write to the Center, as well as "It's All About You" workshops for girls offered through Artreach, just had her article "Transforming the Stories of Adolescent Girls," printed in Radical Psychology (vol. 9, issue 1). Take … Continue reading
Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home — Excerpt by Ann Ambrecht
Ann Armbrecht wonderful memoir blending creative writing, narrative, pilgrimage and anthropology, Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home, is now available in paperback. Here's an excerpt, examining women's lives in rural Nepal, particularly focusing on "…what these women's ways of living have … Continue reading
Scott Youman’s Energetic Man: TLA Blogs of Wild Wonder
Scott Youmans' new blog, This Energetic Man, is a marvel of a website when it comes to great writing prompts, inspiration, vision and replenishment. As Youmans describes his site, "This Energetic Man is a space on the Interweb to share … Continue reading
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Jeanne Chambers & the Barefoot Heart: TLA Blogs of Wonder, Wilds & More
Many TLAers are blogging regularly. Come visit them and share the love! Here is a new feature on the blog or website of a Transformative Language Artist. Be sure to visit and leave some comments (think of your comments as … Continue reading
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