tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18679220421389138552024-02-02T14:10:00.045-08:00Jewel Mathieson - Poultice Poetthe poetry and dance of performance artist Jewel MathiesonJewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-19342174069399459272008-10-07T08:29:00.000-07:002008-10-07T08:35:58.846-07:00JEWEL'S NEW CDLIGHTEN UP! WE'VE COME TO BE DANCED.<br /><br />Legendary Amazon warriors had one breast removed so they could shoot straighter with a bow and arrow.<br /><br />The very real Jewel Mathieson takes aim with flying words and hits the mark over and over<br />atop her band Rhythm Ride.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ordering instructions to come.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh3X4o_IfJKNTWAI3T9YkLoqRvxDP8oLzuYLzTmOdHghUzAmObAteIFfiRuVE3PgeTo6qv0uX1HMMS_gkYUF9TQoWjiVH8WTjQFzGLrTK04UI-tgx6go4DNgyu5hLr7mKhkXR74ONDV8i/s1600-h/Lighten+up.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh3X4o_IfJKNTWAI3T9YkLoqRvxDP8oLzuYLzTmOdHghUzAmObAteIFfiRuVE3PgeTo6qv0uX1HMMS_gkYUF9TQoWjiVH8WTjQFzGLrTK04UI-tgx6go4DNgyu5hLr7mKhkXR74ONDV8i/s400/Lighten+up.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254436073290760418" /></a>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-50021022856755364062007-11-30T09:18:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:49:54.555-08:00Jewel's new PARKPOINT Flyer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJR-UYw63nHs7kZZST8JGMaobEIewlAzOiBonAbH8WuE8_wI6G2VyTQb-fF8u9pxnBWiMBnCwEkQbBlOBFtIJ23SdhbXFiBdhi7uhLMbJ9WgYBgXJl2fttAqrvSlYpkv-GnXEDth2HjtUN/s1600-r/J-PP-2-blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtY7vZlUTeM4ss6uIZszrenH67Nb4PcCZ7S18k5PJYHpnwHSjM2nY8iDHEy32XbWYWg8XUfkQlteR9qfNnWoZvYuidm8wHj-fF7GkleahloZW9QC_2kVAtd3n4Mf1bpRrQcWpk3BOQlCnM/s400/J-PP-2-blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138685191664327954" border="0" /></a>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-4773645126178609552007-06-12T06:08:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:54.761-08:00RAVENET<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf8eXo1KtlaMy7Gs6XfNaDFeBKXVxAg_4zyV38RLLJnkpg2FJS-AX_bGhzeCU-4781V-F55euURL40ynjdMuzJe0uXCn_rbYhcT47iMo6z3S293QjsjzSMTghZrGBSBAs9mVOOo7-qWLl/s1600-h/J18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf8eXo1KtlaMy7Gs6XfNaDFeBKXVxAg_4zyV38RLLJnkpg2FJS-AX_bGhzeCU-4781V-F55euURL40ynjdMuzJe0uXCn_rbYhcT47iMo6z3S293QjsjzSMTghZrGBSBAs9mVOOo7-qWLl/s400/J18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075169532525355346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ravenet </span>-n. 1. a person transformed by the healing work of zen raven,<br />Gabrielle Roth. 2. A 5 rhythms™ practitioner prone to raving, adj. An<br />ecstatic, spontaneous, irrational, wild or extravagant dance or utterance.<br />3. ravenet -verb An ecstatic dancer airborne, flying united<br /><br /> RAVENET<br />Got tits? Shift happens<br />after the lob job<br />the scalping, the zapping<br />Chemotopia isn’t the last stop<br />the booby prize for being<br />the first girl in your family to get breast cancer<br />frankentitties fail<br />a terrorist cell, a private jihad in the head<br />zipping around in paddle boats<br />Mengele messing with metaphors<br />turns up his bullhorn and stun gun<br />“The vain infidel off with her tits!”<br />they have her exact coordinates & she’s lost as usual<br />what did she eat?<br />dressing sends you weeping<br />like a 12 year old stuffing a bra again<br />when you are one with the universal tear pool<br />zen raven sets you alight by the stroke of a wing<br />music she brings that calls you from the core<br />listening from the deep<br />raving ego death dance<br />not male or female<br />black or white<br />yin or yang<br />a dance with the mystery<br />a dance with destiny<br />I’m altared by this holy, wholly dance<br />my dance<br />the one that only I can do<br /><br /> Jewel MathiesonJewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-20333667188086357552007-05-15T23:19:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:55.314-08:00WHAT'S NEW - ART & INSPIRATION.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqYah48UVzKj4ghAfN0ln3eFBS0GbSafjkh3sHYyYUFcRF_T8r-8agADAv9LUxurhwcd2RFL31gCmDHPfL7BSHTkXXEWAfcuGmJro48RKQA11ZnYuQoTQap1gBvbwtuvyMBB_Vq1F3s_w/s1600-h/All+posters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqYah48UVzKj4ghAfN0ln3eFBS0GbSafjkh3sHYyYUFcRF_T8r-8agADAv9LUxurhwcd2RFL31gCmDHPfL7BSHTkXXEWAfcuGmJro48RKQA11ZnYuQoTQap1gBvbwtuvyMBB_Vq1F3s_w/s400/All+posters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065040758960197058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sonoma artist Earl Turner captures moments in fast decisive strokes. His “energy” drawings of me “in dance” mirror my self awareness, so I’ve put them together with appropriate poems to create these 24 inch wide posters. People like them because my words and Earl’s images combine to produce a powerful and visible inspirational reminder of shared emotions. Email me for cost information,. Three of them feature completely new poems you won’t find in my collections. “Altared,” “Silvie’s Sweat you Prayers Sausalito,” and MOMMA COYOTE'S NIGHT OUT.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW7bp5VFZVah1VVgjgT_SlB73gNwNETwMCSNFwzHhQ2ZhpjUGAd_ZBPrBfgeJPTPya6uH0tV7aZkZIczO3QIOxod88zaqELMoDc5Pvlm0nqnrZNPw5C4TiF0ll-bZlGAwNxmu8w-1v7Zw/s1600-h/JM+BLOG+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW7bp5VFZVah1VVgjgT_SlB73gNwNETwMCSNFwzHhQ2ZhpjUGAd_ZBPrBfgeJPTPya6uH0tV7aZkZIczO3QIOxod88zaqELMoDc5Pvlm0nqnrZNPw5C4TiF0ll-bZlGAwNxmu8w-1v7Zw/s400/JM+BLOG+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065040127600004530" border="0" /></a>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-82078889407129106822007-05-15T21:39:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:55.819-08:00Jewel Mathieson in New York<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyGu3FZhyB-Em-CHLTkojPlz5DXSFk54suKntJLhU4i4VulbajlxZ4HitGyMO3byljvpMIS8GSOHaiyVyRazyxUpq2_ABsuaDSiIRH14zzhu4h8uIOwoCn66eLoGDmUumf9kePbN9SxQS/s1600-h/j-ms-hat_and_binder-121x333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyGu3FZhyB-Em-CHLTkojPlz5DXSFk54suKntJLhU4i4VulbajlxZ4HitGyMO3byljvpMIS8GSOHaiyVyRazyxUpq2_ABsuaDSiIRH14zzhu4h8uIOwoCn66eLoGDmUumf9kePbN9SxQS/s320/j-ms-hat_and_binder-121x333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065035909942119842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />...shh,<br />children listen<br />the stories are retelling themselves<br />in the end<br />all the languages<br />all the voices<br />come together and hum<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fashion House Donna Karan is sponsoring the “Urban Zen Initiative,” a ten day symposium in New York focusing on wellbeing and patient advocacy. Jewel will be performing as part of Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rythms Dance workshop on May 19, at the “Dance Event” on May 24, and maybe at the “Trance Dance” after party. These events take place in The Studio of Donna Karan's husband, Stephen Weiss, who died recently.<br /><br />There’s a buzz about the event, and many celebrities who support women’s health issues are expected to attend.<br />Checkout the event details at<br /><br /><br />Jewel herself is dealing with the physical and emotional after-effects of radical breast cancer surgery, so there will be a poignancy in her performances not to be missed.<br /><br /><br />Here's one of her recent poems dealing with the new perception of herself.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Osa1zN1It0-ytv8fSMZjTAkhfLrPAyB5ItHyQ0w1NDZ9ALIPXTb_Mgev_3D_tOXzqDvXk91k814YX0Mm4IKHN4ukvTrNo85H9omvVmIuPCe10ltFKe0pghY_RBSg7z8oY1-wTb8lVoT_/s1600-h/JM+BLOG+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Osa1zN1It0-ytv8fSMZjTAkhfLrPAyB5ItHyQ0w1NDZ9ALIPXTb_Mgev_3D_tOXzqDvXk91k814YX0Mm4IKHN4ukvTrNo85H9omvVmIuPCe10ltFKe0pghY_RBSg7z8oY1-wTb8lVoT_/s400/JM+BLOG+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065017012086017426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hardship becomes part of your medicine bag. If I can sooth sisters with newly enlightened words, then my own bad trip is easier to take. Enjoy my collections of poems, or better still, I'll perform them for you. Please email to discuss performances. If you’d like to support<br />my continued healing, please make a donation to the Jewel Mathieson Healing Fund at the Sonoma Valley Bank, West Napa Street, Sonoma.<br /></span>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-76297182491209608712007-05-15T11:03:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:56.656-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg45z5fQB8XgZ6_PsLDV3esxoAJRLsDC6eLXYm6JPqylGDzQNAHS8KM9Y_jFitof81rtnyfcvLOJFVMPOnaAPSFRlJvljLasOlb7H3tHp4nAJ-IXzjoKphKX39fAViNwA4cSSHUekJVlbZ/s1600-h/JM+BLOG+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg45z5fQB8XgZ6_PsLDV3esxoAJRLsDC6eLXYm6JPqylGDzQNAHS8KM9Y_jFitof81rtnyfcvLOJFVMPOnaAPSFRlJvljLasOlb7H3tHp4nAJ-IXzjoKphKX39fAViNwA4cSSHUekJVlbZ/s400/JM+BLOG+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064954327038332194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jewel slices through the brittle shell of chatter with the edge of her verve to reveal bright pearls of revelation and healing that at once provoke and calm. “Will your star die” takes favored lines from several poems to build a wry interrogative metaphor. Her latest project is dealing with radical breast cancer surgery, but that’s another story.<br /><br />You will find all the poems that these lines come from in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Silk Tracks - Purging Silences from Cells. </span><span>Check the sidebar for ordering instructions.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IBRRtwXHQBV7HELirmxaJSG6O1BA3YhP80AKZD4GJd1ohBGrrspfPpIlsooZRlnuMdVpgoPmIbUTdeylFJqVAdZOs2cBW9c5FPqD0pRHL5GmrHuo-CDfzKSsjNL2zfaZFuUa64mNY4FS/s1600-h/Silk+Track.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IBRRtwXHQBV7HELirmxaJSG6O1BA3YhP80AKZD4GJd1ohBGrrspfPpIlsooZRlnuMdVpgoPmIbUTdeylFJqVAdZOs2cBW9c5FPqD0pRHL5GmrHuo-CDfzKSsjNL2zfaZFuUa64mNY4FS/s320/Silk+Track.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064911446827760626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">“I got the magic in High School. Right away I knew it was my medium. Forensic competition sharpened my wit and I’ve become a slash and burn editor. When there’s nothing more to cut and nothing more to insert, it jumps the line to the source and makes the point.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Then my head floats and I’m in fullness.”<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Silk Tracks Titles<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">For you, my dear Teacher, The Jewel of Denial<br />Fear<br />Prerequisite for a poet - part I<br />Prerequisite for a poet - part II<br />A mother's dream. A rude awakening - </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >for Polly Klaas</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />9:45 Moses is riding his tricycle<br />Womanizing - perpetual rape<br />The moment<br />Only the air is free<br />Anger<br />Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh<br />But the moon howled first<br />Linguistic symptom<br />Waiting patiently for the white knight<br />Double L.A. hustle<br />5 ways to leave your unfaithful lover<br />A letting of blood to ease the pressure of the heart<br />Pissed on and pissed off<br />Shadow of a doubt </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >for Lu</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Don't box. corner or cross me<br />The victims hush<br />Thirty and counting<br />Becoming a full moon<br />Do men hold in their stomach also? (What about sleeping?)<br />Prerequisite for a poet - part III<br />Holding Hans<br />Stood up: Massive sugar binge<br />Sadness<br />The divorce<br />Not a klu<br />Joy<br />She<br />Mary stripped of duty<br />My spirit takes the wind by surprise<br />Nursing a brave seduction<br />Nursing another brave seduction<br />The second coming has nothing to do with Christ<br />Stale bones just ripe for breaking<br />The mose buddahful baby<br />Compassion<br />Call it<br />Infinite one<br />Esoterica </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >for Gabrielle</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Iron bird </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >for Scott</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The death of a dancer </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >in memory of Kathleen</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />A tearless death<br />Grandpa<br />Silk tracks<br />Question your hallucinations</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">JEWEL MATHIESON AND THE 5 RYTHMS INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMMUNITY</span><br /><br />As the poet Laureate of the 5 Rythyms International Dance Community, and as a person for whom dance is inextricably woven into the fabric of her life, Jewel has written a series of poems that examine the intense self awareness generated by the cadence of body through rythmic time. They are used in 5 Rythyms practice and collected for you to explore in <span style="font-weight: bold;">This Dance</span><br /><br />Gabrielle Roth, the founder of 5 Rythyms Practice riffs on Jewel’s edgy emotional wave in “Maps”<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />"I remember the moment<br />Jewel burst into my vision.<br />Liquid motion, raw passion,<br />revolutionary leaps of consciousness held together in faded leotard.<br /><br />The bones of her story hung in space<br />like skinny revelations whispered in quivering muscles.<br />I witnessed her transformation from a girl to a woman,<br />from a lover to mother,<br />from student to teacher,<br />from an abused child to a wounded healer<br />and all the while I could not separate her feet from her mouth,<br />her pain from her beauty,<br />her freckles from her wisdom.<br /><br />In her surrender,<br />I have seen God with my own ears."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO73DcFrUsRVo9_W7Svic0DCxa32NB1zm8_snbUXMTnFtCwxlMckUPFsrIaDNDtlt_yZF4vEq-jQmA-NceIOcxzH3Lqw15FD2bgEvvTYCkEYwq2VzuDOExYUxcXFlvEXGxsrqgK3syyM60/s1600-h/j-bookpic-404-w-ht-350x_copy2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO73DcFrUsRVo9_W7Svic0DCxa32NB1zm8_snbUXMTnFtCwxlMckUPFsrIaDNDtlt_yZF4vEq-jQmA-NceIOcxzH3Lqw15FD2bgEvvTYCkEYwq2VzuDOExYUxcXFlvEXGxsrqgK3syyM60/s200/j-bookpic-404-w-ht-350x_copy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065009581792595314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span><span>See the sidebar to get your copy of <span style="font-weight: bold;">This Dance</span>, which includes <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">We have come to be danced</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4OknnEaKDYtaK5R8LCzUSeGUaIeTf0MbIi_PVXmzB0g-FCX7ydBHGIcInmMul-04HSUoOTaHJvE1PlGWzucFpXNUTBAR0jG_VCdQqqFu9fEPNiXNgvkMm9S-bbYseHTDngAZcnLP3Fv5/s1600-h/Come+to+be+danced.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4OknnEaKDYtaK5R8LCzUSeGUaIeTf0MbIi_PVXmzB0g-FCX7ydBHGIcInmMul-04HSUoOTaHJvE1PlGWzucFpXNUTBAR0jG_VCdQqqFu9fEPNiXNgvkMm9S-bbYseHTDngAZcnLP3Fv5/s400/Come+to+be+danced.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065010389246446978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Other titles in <span style="font-weight: bold;">This Dance<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Directions to a poem<br />The call<br />Dancing fools 1.<br />Dancing fools 2.<br />The search for the feminine in my bones<br />We have come together<br />My spirit takes the wind by surprise<br />To the lies that become us<br />Tim Booth<br />For love of the dance<br />Silver desert DJs<br />Firewater, toast & Jam<br />Reflections in the Manhattan Well<br />The Sonoma well<br />Staccato man<br />Medicine dance<br />This dance<br />The piece dance<br />What's my favorite rhythm?<br />Animus<br />The way of the clay<br />I want to take back poetry<br />71/2 months pregnant<br />Huayan sutra<br />Door #2: The cure for amnesia<br />You floor me<br />Them bones, them bones, them bugalooing bones<br />Poem reception</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-50104637134220856542007-03-21T14:22:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:56.838-08:00Breast Cancer Benefit Readings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXvNzU90sLXJnAAzVyivNvVD21sD1AyG1SQd3EQjBfu2rb_5TuaV7J6U1fw3Zoi4n8n63Zj3g9LG2rG9u66Uj4OVi5JVNcmVmerTrLhj8OWn-NMbJuSK2GgZJbrqQM_S3bT6nD0LzjsuQ/s1600-h/Jewel+photo72lg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXvNzU90sLXJnAAzVyivNvVD21sD1AyG1SQd3EQjBfu2rb_5TuaV7J6U1fw3Zoi4n8n63Zj3g9LG2rG9u66Uj4OVi5JVNcmVmerTrLhj8OWn-NMbJuSK2GgZJbrqQM_S3bT6nD0LzjsuQ/s400/Jewel+photo72lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043378988183591618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am frequently asked to read and perform my poetry in support of breast cancer recovery and research.<br /><br />Wouldn't you just love to support my work? You can by purchasing my book, <span style="font-style: italic;">This Dance: A Poultice of Poems</span>, which is available by mail (see sidebar for details), or by making a direct contribution. 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Using the 5Rhythms™ practice as a foundation, Jewel weaves her magical blend of poetry, movement and magic for children.<br /><br />Jewel Mathieson is a Certified Teacher/Director specializing in Early Childhood Development and Movement. A graduate of Sonoma State University with degrees in Psychology, Liberal Arts and Education, Jewel is a founding member of the Center of the Universe Cafe in Sonoma's Community Center, a national Award Winning Storyteller, an internationally published poet, and performs nationwide.<br /><br />Contact Jewel for details. <a href="mailto:jewel@vom.com">email</a>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-29851030083376396282007-03-12T16:00:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:56.981-08:00Mamma Coyote's Dance Night Out<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf7_BLnZ7dBNkUt8s42JyyTXsBOasXhmqWMjmO3UuWvFBrgUMseJo_hBIbZXpd5httSrvJ5aWYmEVhHiO9l_aYFZKhIuXg0if2IBT5ijrLGTPZ-UeKyfjFggtgIfUuPLTZ7_iLXJ9Y93t/s1600-h/DRAW+14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf7_BLnZ7dBNkUt8s42JyyTXsBOasXhmqWMjmO3UuWvFBrgUMseJo_hBIbZXpd5httSrvJ5aWYmEVhHiO9l_aYFZKhIuXg0if2IBT5ijrLGTPZ-UeKyfjFggtgIfUuPLTZ7_iLXJ9Y93t/s400/DRAW+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043408962760350482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-46629643233885129102007-03-12T15:00:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:57.741-08:00Altared<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlPzm4MBytPFOhKU6uDJN56fxkyhstB8pYtkyIJyt7qtw586YaKoe9vYDZOvgkENpiqws4-4jHk1t4kyk9Zd6MivT1cRvyZcNIHX9fMm4jGZk123GI1Ek_q2e0oQIZNxu2U3ZUVmHDzEg/s1600-h/HORSE280x544.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlPzm4MBytPFOhKU6uDJN56fxkyhstB8pYtkyIJyt7qtw586YaKoe9vYDZOvgkENpiqws4-4jHk1t4kyk9Zd6MivT1cRvyZcNIHX9fMm4jGZk123GI1Ek_q2e0oQIZNxu2U3ZUVmHDzEg/s400/HORSE280x544.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043387234520799954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Altared<br />stripped of feminine accessories<br />fear preying on my altar of light<br />sturdy bridge tear catchers<br />empty their battered buckets of illusions<br />I no longer pray at the altar of indifference...</span>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-42240946996426422672007-03-12T14:00:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:49:57.919-08:00Altared2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgH8_tdRsEfTBTA1h63u5hIUY1ANbnjCg1CnxRzqISxHrSI_VAiahv_EWgO_IpzPp5ZWTSKk0_jGn9FVwvL25IVpZpxNgx20UkT1eAT0X2KDCerNynQkgzfUPR4TYmJREzRVm95EdIh1h/s1600-h/MASK280x170.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgH8_tdRsEfTBTA1h63u5hIUY1ANbnjCg1CnxRzqISxHrSI_VAiahv_EWgO_IpzPp5ZWTSKk0_jGn9FVwvL25IVpZpxNgx20UkT1eAT0X2KDCerNynQkgzfUPR4TYmJREzRVm95EdIh1h/s400/MASK280x170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043394097878539010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">...In my queendom of ether<br>I AM that magical substance that permeates all of creation<br>the conductor of light through time infinite at the speed of zero<br>a sieve for light dust dancing through space...</span>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867922042138913855.post-40327127106035387212007-03-10T16:23:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:49:58.136-08:00Raves for "This Dance" in Neumu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGY3kGnQwnVALRpkFfUyf39BudTBC5pwdpViHlG-wNXo3D-huYb8n9M5y6o44qF5UMQU8DdhTItjVKJrTQgmFnbTZvsaUD4qBb0D8pGRJ0iJdiewFePbYeod_fssnq1TsuFAvFlfICpJeg/s1600-h/j-v-hair_flip-250x333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGY3kGnQwnVALRpkFfUyf39BudTBC5pwdpViHlG-wNXo3D-huYb8n9M5y6o44qF5UMQU8DdhTItjVKJrTQgmFnbTZvsaUD4qBb0D8pGRJ0iJdiewFePbYeod_fssnq1TsuFAvFlfICpJeg/s320/j-v-hair_flip-250x333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040459630193023666" border="0" /></a>Jewel Mathieson's poetry has that raw soul feel, those garage rock rhythms, that ecstatic rock and roll transcendence. Who knew that words, just words, could dance across the pages the way her words do, could make such a loud noise, could shout and pound and dance and sing. Much of "This Dance" celebrates the life-spirit dance that Jewel teaches each week in an auditorium at Sonoma, California's community center. She doesn't really teach though, but rather, just dances and as we dance with her, in the same room, we learn. That dance is about breaking free, of living free and living true. And that's what many of these poems are about.<br /><br />When Jewel writes in her poem, "We Have Come To Be Danced"<br />...<span style="font-style: italic;">not the pretty dance</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">but the claw our way back into the belly</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">of the sacred, sensual animal dance</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box dance</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the holding the precious moment in the palms of our hands and feet dance</span>...<br />she is really getting to the heart of the matter.<br /><br />In poem after poem, she writes of using dance to experience liberation, as a way of finding our way back to a communal consciousness, as a way of shedding the societal baggage that keep us alienated and isolated. "This Dance" is her gift to you, to me, to anyone and everyone who is willing to take a chance and live, really live.<br /><br />-- Michael Goldberg, Editor in Chief, Neumu, <a href="http://www.neumu.net/">neumu.net</a>Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542945083743064550noreply@blogger.com0