Welcome to my website
the spirit of fire in the head –
words, images, land & the creative process
At the hub of all my work is my belief in human potential, and the power of the human spirit in conjunction with inspiration and creative expression to renew, re-envision and regenerate itself. Alongside this is my own commitment to environmental issues and sustainability at a profound level, plus a strong need to celebrate: this earth, its beings, the fact of being alive.
A common theme running through all my work is a dialogue between inner and outer landscapes; this is underpinned by my own Zen practice as well as a lifetime spent in rural living and also in wilderness exploration (as much as is possible in Europe). My lifelong path draws together a Celtic/Western Mystery Tradition nature-based metaphysic, in which everything is seen as imbued with the sacred, and a transpersonal perspective. Ecopsychology sums it up.
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My own creative work primarily takes shape through words and images: my books and my paintings. (You'll find some examples here; I will be adding to these.)
Equally important, though, is the work I do with others, primarily in the fields of creative and reflective writing, but always with an undercurrent of soulwork and the evolution of consciousness. I believe passionately that our way forward as a species depends on our growth in terms of consciousness, and eco-consciousness in particular. Increasingly I'm finding that I want the work I do to deepen our relationship with the natural world, and to this extent in 2010 many of my workshops will take that focus.
To this work I bring a lifetime immersed in literature (especially poetry), art, archetypal and transpersonal psychology in which I have a counselling qualification, wisdom traditions and the human potential movement, all informed by mindfulness techniques from Buddhist practice. I've been privileged to work with many truly lovely people.
I'm interested in the power of the word, and in the importance of communication. I am interested of course in what makes good writing. But I'm also interested in writing with soul and imagination, and in writing in the service of truth, wisdom, personal development and as therapy. I don't see these things as mutually exclusive, although sometimes one focus will take precedence over the others. My courses will enhance your understanding of the tools and dynamics necessary to create work that is the best you can produce; and frequent feedback suggests that they also enhance your understanding of yourself and of the world.
I believe that the writing process is as much a passionate journey into inner space as it is about reaching an outer creative destination. I believe in the alchemical power of words to forge connection: to oneself, to each other, to the natural world, to creative consciousness and the human potential movement, and to the silence from which words grow... and if these things interest you too, then welcome, friend.
I offer:
- groupwork
- one-to-one mentoring and tutoring in writing and personal development
- two correspondence courses (writing the novel, and poetry).
- I will be adding more correspondence courses in therapeutic journalling and the archetypal work of the soul through the Western Mystery Tradition and the Celtic metaphysic
Thank you for visiting.
2010
Calendar in brief
(details to be 'properly' posted soon):
Sunday February 7, Nr Totnes, Devon: 'Thresholds - creating the year you want'
Saturday March 13, South Brent, Devon: Moorpoets workshop - Turning Towards the Light
March 27: Sharpham, Devon, 'Writing the Bright Moment'
April 11-17: Totnes, Devon (Birdwood House) CANZART painting exhibition (private view Sunday morning, 11th)
April 19-24: Isle of Iona, 'Islands of the Heart' (nearly full)
June 11-13, Wooda, Cornwall: Storymaking weekend for novelists
June 20: Dartmoor, solstice Ground of Being workshop
Autumn tba, Devon: Zen & Poetry
May-November: next 6-month poetry correspondence course
Storymaking 6-month novel writing online correspondence course: you can join at any time
GREEN THINGS: there's always too much to list, or choose. But today: every year more than 50 million animals are slaughtered for fur. And we call ourselves a humane society! If you're concerned, please sign this letter to your MP, found by visiting this site: http://action.humanesociety.org
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Roselle Angwin - poet, writer, painter
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