Category Archives: Visual Art

Alison Bechtel’s new book Are You My Mother?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by janellmoon

Just saw Alison Bechtel at San Francisco’s Booksmith Height Street. (What a neighborhood to remind us of the 60′s and the “flower children” we once were.) It was a crowd of all ages and orientations and the store actually felt … Continue reading →

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Visaul Art As Poetry

Posted on April 10, 2012 by janellmoon

I have talked before about how all the arts feed into an artist’s sensibility. I went to the play RED at the Berkeley Rep which was a two man show of Mark Rothko and his assistant. Rothko had an interest … Continue reading →

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Ghost Writing or “as told to…”

Posted on April 7, 2012 by janellmoon

In ghost writing or “as told to…” you have a story to tell and it may be difficult for you to write it down. Maybe you trust the story but not your own writing. Maybe you don’t have time but … Continue reading →

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Writers Need Writers Need Counselors Need Artists and Singers

Posted on March 17, 2012 by janellmoon

A friend and I drove over the San Francisco bay bridgewith a high wind warming last night into San Francisco to hear Jeannette Winterson read from her new book, a memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? You … Continue reading →

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Blind Spots/Creative Work

Posted on January 24, 2012 by janellmoon

Blog 4 I’ve been thinking of what I have to change in myself.  I am a long-term counselor working with many clients over the years but  I still have my blind spots and know it. I am glad to have … Continue reading →

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