One of my clients is a senior citizen who had a decades' long letter-writing friendship with Betty Dodson. Today, he trudged 7 blocks from his parking space to my apartment with boxes full of books by Dodson and others--he donated his collection to The Body Poetik! As for Dodson, she is a world-renowned sex educator and pro-sex feminist who started educating women in the early 60's. So honored that R. brought a little Betty into my studio! Here, Betty (who is now in her mid-80's and has a live in 20-something Russian lover) talks about Knowing Thyself, owning your solo orgasm. Not sure how to own it, do it, say it, ask for it, stop putting off pleasure? The Body Poetik can help!

I want to bring a little of what is offered at Naropa University in Boulder, CO to the Tampa Bay Area. A Buddhist-founded, beatnik-run, environmentally conscious, transformation-based, waking-up-to-the-present liberal arts learning community. My collaborators and I were part of a conference in which poets, performers,  and thinkers featuring presenters on mothering, dirt, trash, and radical ways of being in touch with the body. My current focus with the body poetik is liberated sensuality/sexuality and creative expression consulting. However, the current of what I offer runs through death, aging, disability, motherhood, man-formation, brain differences, and more.  Here we are, at Naropa. Lisa Gil and other attendees, being sewn together by a gossamer thread, at The Sewing Is Writing panel. The metallic thread, which ran through some clothing item attached to the body of every audience member--it pulsated. We looked at the slides of brain scans belonging to t...

In October, TBP goes on the road, to Naropa University, a Buddhist college in Boulder. It is home to my mentor--writer, professor, and Aryuvedic healer--Bhanu Kapil. It is also home to a healthier aspect of  Jack Kerouac's spirit.   And , I will be met there by my friends and fellow performance artists/bodyworkers from the San Francisco Bay Area.  Here is a description of our panel in the conference: Writing and Performing [Dis]embodied States of Being: The Poetics of Disability, Movement, Grief, and Sensuality   Shelia Black, Amber DiPietra, Margit Galanter, Lisa Gill, Violet Juno, and Denise Leto. As five interdisciplinary artists, we propose a collaborative panel presentation which will involve poetry, multimedia, and cross-genre performance exploring the poetics of embodiment/disembodiment: how different and differently abled bodies move in space and time both on and off the page in relation to movement, language, loss, and sensuality. Through somatic pr...