This class also provides ample, creative, practical guidance derived from both Western and Eastern wisdom and practices like guided meditation before work, Haiku, renaming familiar emotions like joy or anger, just to name a few, and archetypal experiences are redelivered through Yeats, Mary Oliver, oh, the list goes on. So after just an hour of listening to him, taking notes, and even participating in the Q/A/Comments session, I feel like my starved poetic being was well-fed with an assortment of a hearty gourmet meal, with a newly charged “responsibility” to go out and feed the dormant voices of mine with “bravery, attention, humility” as Robert put. Speaking of “attention,” I must share my personal synchronicity story that happened three days in a row: my watching a Korean movie called “Poetry” where the heroine got to discover her true passion and worth through writing one poem finally at the age of 64-ish, this first class here yesterday, then today at a meeting an unexpected DVD called “Mythos II” which is about Joseph Campbell’s Transformation of Myth Through Time. As Robert would question, I say to myself, “What’s going on here? What are they trying to tell me about my life?” Well, “well-savored” moments are a “well-lived” life, and I’d better pay attention to this series of signs.

This class definitely helps clear clogs in our creative being, motivating us to be our “reverent” witness and recorder of our one precious life. I look forward to filling out my new notebook as the class progresses. Last but not least, my gratitude also goes to our caring, detailed leader, Brooke Warner, who made this techie sail such a smooth one.