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SUMMARY:Rebecca Solnit
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Solnit joins us to discuss her latest collection of essays\, The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change.\n\n\n\nCo-presented with Pt Reyes Books. Each ticket purchase includes a copy of the book. \nAbout the book\nRebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social\, political\, scientific\, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. \nIn this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark\, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history\, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability. \nThe changes amount to nothing less than dismantling an old civilization and building a new one\, whose newness is often the return of the old ways and wisdoms. In this rising worldview\, interconnection is a core idea and value. But because the transformation is obscured within a longer arc of history\, its scale is seldom recognized. \nWhile the white nationalist and authoritarian backlash drives individualism and isolation\, this new world embraces antiracism\, feminism\, a more expansive understanding of gender\, environmental thinking\, scientific breakthroughs\, and Indigenous and non-Western ideas\, pointing toward a more interconnected\, relational world. \n\n\n\nMesa Refuge Alum Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than 25 books\, including Orwell’s Roses\, Hope in the Dark\, Men Explain Things to Me\, A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster\, and A Field Guide to Getting Lost. A longtime climate and human rights activist\, she serves on the boards of Oil Change International and Third Act. Her newsletter of essays and analyses can be found at meditationsinanemergency.com.
URL:https://mesarefuge.org/event/rebecca-solnit/
LOCATION:Dance Palace\, 503 B Street\, Point Reyes Station\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing Day at Mesa Refuge
DESCRIPTION:We are at capacity for this writing day. Thank you for your interest. \n— \nEach season\, we offer writing days of solitude\, sanctuary and community. On these days\, Mesa Refuge is open and available for you to make progress on your writing projects and enjoy the camaraderie of other writers. We start with coffee/tea\, light snacks\, and brief conversation and inspiration. The majority of the day is spent with uninterrupted time in one of the bedrooms or writing sheds to further your creative projects. \nWriting Days are the inspiration of Mesa Refuge alum\, Janine Kovac\, and are loosely held by her and other alums. Please bring your own lunch and any snacks you might need\, so you can work at your preferred pace and timing. Limited to four participants. \nFri Dec 5 – AT CAPACITY\, hosted by Janine Kovac and Margaret Juhae Lee \nPhoto by Jean Melesaine featuring Mesa Refuge alum Shimica Gaskins
URL:https://mesarefuge.org/event/writing-day-at-mesa-refuge/
LOCATION:Mesa Refuge\, 11 Los Reyes Dr\, Point Reyes Station\, California\, 94956\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seasonal Writing as a Spiritual Practice with David James Duncan
DESCRIPTION:Mesa Refuge\, Emergence Magazine and Point Reyes Books are co-hosting a writing workshop with Volume 6: Seasons contributor and acclaimed writer David James Duncan exploring how writing with attention to the seasons can be a spiritual practice. \nDavid has offered creative workshops for over thirty years with a focus on holding spaces of presence\, imagination\, and renewal. At this intimate intergenerational gathering\, David will invite participants to contemplate Earth’s seasons as teacher\, companion\, and doorway to attuning to the cyclicality of our own inner seasons\, while guiding generative exercises that weave together prayer\, poetry\, and imaginative prose. \nAll levels of writing experience are welcome. 10 spots available. Ticket prices as follows: \n\n5 tickets available for participants over 30-years-old\, $75 to $125 sliding scale\n5 tickets available for participants 30-years-old and under\, $25\n\n\nDavid James Duncan is author of the award-winning novels The River Why and The Brothers K\, and most recently\, Sun House; the nonfiction collection My Story as Told by Water\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; the best-selling collection of “churchless sermons” God Laughs and Plays; and the story collection River Teeth. His recognitions include three Pacific Northwest Booksellers Awards\, two Pushcart Prizes\, a Lannan Fellowship\, and the American Library Association’s 2004 Award for the Preservation of Intellectual Freedom (with co-author Wendell Berry). \n\n  \nFeatured photo pulled from Emergence Magazine\, Volume 6
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LOCATION:Mesa Refuge\, 11 Los Reyes Dr\, Point Reyes Station\, California\, 94956\, United States
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