May 13th, Monday
4 hours reading Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf, reflecting upon my own body, note taking, and drawing.
30 minutes connecting with our peer group, touching base and deciding to do solo work for the day.
2 hours working on the Holdredge paper, organizing ideas and formatting.
2 hours reading Neuro by Nikolas Rose, conjuring a reverie.
May 14th, Tuesday
2.5 hours in class lecture on Perloff reading, sharing poetry and inspiring work found in our projects.
3 hours reading The Naked Woman by Desmond Morris
Breathing, stretching, tending to my body’s needs.
May 15th, Wednesday
3 hours reading Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf. Turning inward, I had a difficult time reading this specific section titled the “traumatized vagina” I took frequent breaks and a lot of breathing, realizing this is very real to people and needs to be recognized.
2 hours reading The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are used Against Women by Naomi Wolf.
2 hours creating poetry, moving my body, talking with women and reflecting upon my findings.
May 16th, Thursday
2 hours reading Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf
2 hours with the Calculated Poetics, creating a sento with our small groups, Brain vs. Brane.
2 hours reading reading The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are used Against Women by Naomi Wolf.
May 17th, Friday
4 hours reading The Female Pelvis Anatomy & Exercise by Blandine Calais-Germain
1.5 hours drawing vaginas and multiple views of the female body
May 18th, Saturday
2 hours reading The Naked Woman by Desmond Morris
The rest of the day I drove up to Seattle for Dream Dance, a night filled with acro yoga, dance, tea serving, enlightening conversation, connection making, community love time! Then I made 2 rhubarb pies!
May 19th, Sunday
coming back to Olympia then,
3 hours reading The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are used Against Women by Naomi Wolf.
4 hours reading Body of Wisdom: Women’s Spiritual Power and How it Serves by Hilary Hart
2 hours reading The Female Pelvis Anatomy & Exercise by Blandine Calais-Germain, performing the exercises, breathing, getting to know my body.
Totals
This week: 44.5 hours
Cumulative total: 88.5 hours