by The Mane Intent | Nov 6, 2026 | Muse from The Round Pen
I am a firm believer that occasionally getting out of your comfort zone helps us expand our horizons beyond the everyday. For me, getting out of my comfort zone means travelling alone, making art, and sharing the outcome. Earlier this year, I travelled to the Flow...
by The Mane Intent | Jan 14, 2026 | Muse from The Round Pen
In Katherine May’s Wintering, “wintering” is a metaphor for the difficult, quiet, or low periods of life. The benefits of wintering, as May describes them, include: Permission to Rest Wintering gives you explicit permission to slow down. Instead of forcing...
by The Mane Intent | Nov 12, 2025 | Muse from The Round Pen
The Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC) has a wonderful resource that focuses on the importance of grounding. Grounding is a set of simple strategies to detach from emotional pain e.g. craving, anger or sadness. Distraction works by focusing outward on the external...
by The Mane Intent | Jul 29, 2025 | Muse from The Round Pen
Not too long ago, I found myself complaining to one of my daughters about my post-menopausal weight gain, stiff joints and overall general fatigue. At 62, I was feeling heavy, stiff and slow. She encouraged me to follow @trainwithjoan on Instagram. Joan MacDonald of...
by The Mane Intent | Jul 3, 2025 | Muse from The Round Pen
“Silence just might be on the verge of extinction,” says acoustic ecologist Gordon Hampton, who believes that even the most remote corners of the globe are impacted by noise pollution. Sanctuaries of Silence is an immersive listening journey into Olympic National...
by The Mane Intent | Jul 2, 2025 | Muse from The Round Pen
The heading simply read “Away.” Yes I was feeling the need to get away just for a bit. I wanted to get away from the chaos and the noise that has defined the 2025 political and economic environment to date. Just a little break. An email from Canadian artist Janice...
