Subject: Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

November 25th, 2014 at 12:10 pm PDT

"Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words." --Ursula Le Guin ...

♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

October 24th, 2014 at 1:20 pm PDT

Are You Aiming to Please? Or Are You Taking Risks? "Art is not about minimizing risk and delivering work that is guaranteed to please." --Twyla Tharp A budding novelist I hugely admire mentioned in the Wildfire Master Class yesterday that a coupl ...

♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

September 29th, 2014 at 3:05 pm PDT

The Work "It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work." --Wendell Berry I love these words. When I don't know things, it means my work is preparing to unfold in new dimensions. Teaching with Jenna Abernathy is o ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

July 30th, 2014 at 10:57 am PDT

Integrating ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

July 29th, 2014 at 2:03 pm PDT

Integrating ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

June 9th, 2014 at 10:45 pm PDT

Being Still ...

♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

May 19th, 2014 at 9:46 pm PDT

The Dream and the Nightmare “I keep writing depressing things," said Harriet. "My work needs to be happier." I hear this frequently. Writers reject what is emerging. But I've discovered that the dark and disturbing can be beautiful. And in my ...

Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

April 10th, 2014 at 6:06 pm PDT

The Doorway ...

♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

March 26th, 2014 at 2:52 pm PDT

The Flow I love the image Rilke gives in the poem, "The Swan." "The water . . . receives him gently and . . . with reverence and joy, draws back past him in streams on either side." We see how this creature, so awkward on land, moves effortlessl ...

♨Christi Krug's Wildfire Writing

February 25th, 2014 at 11:08 am PDT

Are You Making Enough Mistakes? Andy and the Artist Andy was finally writing the stories he had been imagining all of his life. But he was frustrated. A workshop teacher mentioned that his work had a restrained quality. Andy didn’t know what to d ...