Cultural Writing. The intent of this handbook is to guide the reader through exercises developed by Alfred DePew in his journal workshops of the past 13 years, and to change the reader's relationship to fear so as to deepen into more powerful parts of the Self. "Why does writing feel like a plunge into the deep end? It doesn't have to. Alfred DePew has written an innovative into-the-water book. DePew is a personal and personable guide. Both initiation and invitation, his exercises are enticing."-Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way. "Move over Anais, this handbook for journal writers is actually readable, a bit like crossing a memoir with muscle building and art class. He has paid his journal keeping dues, and passes his gains in a way that is the perfect balance of hip, intellectual, and healing."-Joan Logghe, author of Twenty Years in Bed with the Same Man. Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW
" ... witty, penetrating, and fun." -- Rosalie Deer Heart, co-author Harvesting Your Journals
"... hip, intellectual, and healing. Finally, a generous book that serves our deepest self." -- Joan Logghe, poet, Blessed Resistance and Twenty Years in Bed with the Same Man
"DePew is both a personal and personable guide. Both an initiation and an invitation, his exercises are enticing and intriguing." --Julia Cameron, author, The Artist's Way ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alfred DePew, MA, CPCC, is a Professional Life Coach who has offered journal workshops nationwide over the past 14 years. These seminars help people to examine their lives, articulate their dreams and goals, and to deepen their spiritual practice. He has taught at the universities of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Southern Maine, as well as the Maine College of Art. His first book won a Flannery O'Connor Award Read more Continue reading Read less
