Luckily, CIIS, my school, has a June writing group set up that meets weekly. Another bit of good luck is that I have a few PhD sisters in SF and the East Bay who are in agreement to meet weekly to review our writing and our overall progress.
Finally, I also have a Mestiza sister (also part Pinay!) who is about my same age and has been in my same program about the same amount of time who is this summer working on her dissertation as well. We met up yesterday, and mostly what we focused on was our hearts.
Both of us have security/survival issues coming up in our lives. Whether it's money or family or living situation, we were able to share vulnerably about the obstacles and opportunities these daily concerns bring to our writing.
Moreover, we are both employing intuitive/organic inquiry in our dissertation itself, so there's a lot for us to connect on on various levels. I felt inspired to bring more imagery and embodiment to my dissertation process. Her main image is a quilt, and mine is the labyrinth. We embody these symbols and are dissertation can as well.
I'm thinking embodied labyrinth water colors with muscle-like pathways to cosmological main ideas. Today I buy the water-color paper and a new brush. Excited!!!! And, grateful for you, my writing partner.
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