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EPISODE · Nov 7, 2024 · 1H 8M

Sculptor/Poet Don Freas on Taking Creative Leaps

from Writers at the Well · host Tess Callahan

Join sculptor/poet Don Freas, author of In-Between: Creativity Set Free and Swallowing the World: New and Selected Poems, in a rich exploration of the relationship between meditation and creativity. Don takes us on a deep dive into the “material meditation” of making art. “When you look back,” he says, “your own accrued shape appears in the spaces between the things you’ve fashioned.”Don holds an MFA in Poetry from Bennington College and lives in Olympia, Washington, where he exhibits at Childhood’s End Art Gallery. Visit www.DonFreas.com to learn more and follow Don on instagram@donfreas and [email protected] Callahan is the author of the novels APRIL & OLIVER and DAWNLAND. She holds an MFA from Bennington College and is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher taught by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. She offers author interviews on her Substack: https://tesscallahan.substack.com, and guided meditations on her sister podcast Heart Haven Meditations, available on Apple, Spotify and elsewhere. By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. Thank you for listening!Host: Tess CallahanSubstack: Writers at the WellGuided Meditation Podcast: Heart Haven MeditationsMeditations on Insight TimerMeditations on ...

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Join sculptor/poet Don Freas, author of In-Between: Creativity Set Free and Swallowing the World: New and Selected Poems, in a rich exploration of the relationship between meditation and creativity. Don takes us on a deep dive into the “material meditation” of making art. “When you look back,” he says, “your own accrued shape appears in the spaces between the things you’ve fashioned.” Don holds an MFA in Poetry from Bennington College and lives in Olympia, Washington, where he exhibits at Chi...

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