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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Bringing Children to the Page: A New Transformative Language Arts Program in Boulder, Colorado
Seven years ago, when I was Senior Editor for Epilepsy.com, I helped conceive a “Tell Your Story” campaign for those living with epilepsy. At the time, it seemed like a no-brainer to me, that writing could help those suffering heal. I … Continue reading
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All Roads Lead Home: The Power of Words Conference 2010
For the last six days, I've been immersed in the Power of Words, both lower case (as in how powerful our words can be when it comes to changing the world and our lives) and upper case, as in the … Continue reading
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Kairos and Narrative Facilitation
We're always looking to find innovative and gripping examples of TLA in action, and Stephanie Sandmeyer in Portland, OR is doing exactly that. Working with families to create audio snapshots and oral histories, Stephanie works to make sure wisdom isn't … Continue reading
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TLA is in the News!
The number of TLA practitioners in Portland, OR hit a critical mass! We've made the papers there. One May 3, 2010 TLA and Goddard were featured in an article in the Portland Healthy Living Examiner. To read more about us, check … Continue reading
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The Emergence of Transformative Language Arts by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
A CALL TO TRANSFORMATIVE LANGUAGE ARTISTS You tell stories or help others tell stories because you need to, because you know that the story can grow in the listener, and sometimes even the teller, new shoots of understanding, branches of … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Performance, Right Livelihood, Social Change, Spirituality, Writing
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