by Allison Stieger | Dec 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
New piece on Hephaestus for The Creativity Post-check it out! http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/hephaestus_and_how_brokenness_contributes_to_creativity Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going Every so often in life we're called upon to evaluate what we're...
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by Allison Stieger | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Over the weekend I had the privilege of attending a one day writer’s retreat at Hedgebrook, a women’s writing retreat center on Whidbey Island, north of my home in Seattle. I’ve been writing a lot lately, finishing NaNoWriMo for the first time at the...
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by Allison Stieger | Nov 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today I’d like to look at the myths and symbols surrounding the image of the labyrinth. I’ve been reading a lovely book about the tradition in Christian circles to walk the labyrinth as a meditative act, and it’s gotten me thinking about the more...
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by Allison Stieger | Oct 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
The myths of the aboriginal Australians have always held a lot of power for me, particularly the idea of the Dreamtime, or the Dreaming. The Dreamtime is the sacred landscape in which the world was created, and they believe that it exists in parallel to the...
