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Promoting Passion 2018: In The Dark Wilderness We Found Each Other

Promoting Passion 2018: In The Dark Wilderness We Found Each Other

“In the dark wilderness we found each other.” (Illustration by Gillian Gamble.) (All images by the incomparable Kim Winey.) I have a lump in my throat when my attendees start arriving to Promoting Passion. My empathy and anxiety intermingle and I’m sick at the thought of hosting a convention and the possibility that someone, even in the smallest way, won’t be happy. Or moved. Or changed. I expect so much of myself that I project my insecurities on to everyone…

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Promoting Passion Convention 2017

Promoting Passion Convention 2017

How do you write about an experience so complex and impactful that the mention of it brings tears to your eyes? How should I explain a dream and a reality rolled into one, such that it gives weight to the significance of the dream and the dream of the reality? This year I hosted my third Promoting Passion convention. I named my blog after my favorite pairing of words – Passion, because it evokes a primal and I daresay sacred…

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