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Arc + Craft: An Exploration of Creativity and Culture Making
Posted June 10, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
A message from Kimberly Johnson~ I am thrilled to invite you to Arc + Craft: An Exploration of Creativity and Culture Making. A 5 day gathering with Stephen Jenkinson, Tad...
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Birth and Death Among Us
Posted June 8, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
There is a tenet – unspoken mostly, but governing nonetheless – that has become our cultural compass when it comes to how life begins and how it ends. It goes...
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Scriptorium Boreal Session Application
Posted May 30, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
An author's legacy refers to their body of work, particularly the pieces that are most compelling, significant and enduring. It encompasses their published books, songs, stories, poems as well as...
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Fury of the Saints: Poetry Class with Matthew Stillman
Posted May 29, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Hundreds of people tuned in this past weekend, both live and via live stream, for The Fury of the Saints. Stephen was in high spirits and in good company with...
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Last Call : Fury of the Saints
Posted May 24, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
The Fury of the Saints begins this evening, come join us We have invited Matthew Stillman to host The Fury of the Saints event. A long time student of The...
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Last Call : Fury of the Saints
Posted May 22, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Don't let the mention of 'poetry' here throw you off. There's nothing decorative about where we're headed. Don't let 'fury' throw you either. This is joy of the fierce kind...
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Fury of the Saints
Posted May 20, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Live Stream Encounter from Victoria, BC. Saturday Night 24 May: Stephen Jenkinson and painter Gary Dillon Doors open at 6:30pm PT Event 7-9pm PT (10pm-12am ET, 3-5am BST (25 May),...
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Fury of the Saints Raffle Tomorrow
Posted May 14, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
The standard by which you can judge something as having extraordinary and exquisite merit is its recognizability from one accomplished culture to the next. Skilled culture practitioners in those tribes...
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When it’s good, it’s edgy business
Posted May 12, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Shakespeare was keen on doing in all the lawyers. But for some of the old Greeks, and most of the world's despots, it's been the artists, the poets. Poetry's usually...
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