So incredibly thrilled to be in this conversation with you, Laura. I didn’t let myself read your response until today (I didn’t want to spoil the surprise!🤣). It was--of course--so worth the wait!
This is beautiful! Magic is certainly one of those things that is so deeply felt and eludes being able to be captured with words! To me, magic and innocence are hand in hand.
I love this collaboration Laura and Maia - so gentle and soft as fog itself. To think of our fascia as the seat of magic made my heart skip a beat. When I am imagining into my art, when I shapeshift to become the being I am honouring in pigment so I can *feel* what she feels, how she *is*, I always find myself hunching forward, chin to chest, then rolling my shoulders and opening my chest, head back - a beautiful limbering of my fascia to create space for, or indeed perhaps to release, well, magic.
This is so wonderful! I, too, think of fascia as the "place" where we interface with magic, with the unseen, with the everything. I'm so excited to following this continuing journey with you both.
I love this so much and it comes to me at just the right moment, as I'm thinking about magic and starting to write my own spells and considering, isn't a novel or a story or a poem just a kind of spell? I KNOW that my cranio-sacral therapist is magical. And the idea that maybe fascia are where our magic lives. Wow. Thanks so much and looking forward to all of this conversation.
Lovely conversation. Your exchange appeared in my Notes today and I was at first, puzzled. I'd asked this very question on my Substack a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed reading the thoughtful replies to my query, 'What is Magic?' and it marked a turning point in my relationship with my readers, my writing and my relationship w/ my own definitions of magic! ✨
I love the piece and the concept of your collaboration across the pond. That’s not counting two wonderful misty, foggy photos. I’m looking forward to more!
Your post struck a chord when you mentioned your first blog post was about letters across the Atlantic. My favourite chapter in my debut novel, Tunnel of Mirrors, is entitled Letters Home and it is largely made up of letters from Irish emigrants living in America to the relatives they left behind in Donegal. In this chapter, the hero - who is literate - helps the local priest by reading the letters to their recipients who cannot read. My novel isn't about magic, per se, but it has an element of magic. I like to say it is lightly touched by magic. Anyway, good luck with this - I will be following the conversations with interest.
This is so beautiful, I love the musings on magic and this sense of curiosity and intimacy in your letters to each other. It reminds me of writing to pen friends as a child. Thank you both xxx
I can already tell that reading these letters is going to be one of my highlights on substack. What beautiful, reflective conversation. Magic is such a fluid thing and I can't wait to read more of your thoughts on it.
So incredibly thrilled to be in this conversation with you, Laura. I didn’t let myself read your response until today (I didn’t want to spoil the surprise!🤣). It was--of course--so worth the wait!
Ahh, I love that you waited!
This makes me think of a childhood camp song/lullaby:
Magic is the sun that makes a rainbow out of rain.
And Magic keeps the dream alive to try and try again.
Magic is the love that stays when good friends have to leave.
I do believe in Magic, I believe.
Looking forward to the rest of the conversation!
Ohhh, I love that! 🔥🎶 Thank you for reading.
This is beautiful! Magic is certainly one of those things that is so deeply felt and eludes being able to be captured with words! To me, magic and innocence are hand in hand.
Oh I love this definition Kaitlyn! Thank you so much for joining in the conversation.
I love your definition of magic, Kaitlyn! Thank you!
Oh thank you! I'm happy it spoke to you :)
I love this collaboration Laura and Maia - so gentle and soft as fog itself. To think of our fascia as the seat of magic made my heart skip a beat. When I am imagining into my art, when I shapeshift to become the being I am honouring in pigment so I can *feel* what she feels, how she *is*, I always find myself hunching forward, chin to chest, then rolling my shoulders and opening my chest, head back - a beautiful limbering of my fascia to create space for, or indeed perhaps to release, well, magic.
Love this! The opening, the shifting of the fibers of self, to reveal the magic.
‘Soft as fog itself’, I love that! 🤍
This is so wonderful! I, too, think of fascia as the "place" where we interface with magic, with the unseen, with the everything. I'm so excited to following this continuing journey with you both.
Thank you so much for reading! 💫
I love this so much and it comes to me at just the right moment, as I'm thinking about magic and starting to write my own spells and considering, isn't a novel or a story or a poem just a kind of spell? I KNOW that my cranio-sacral therapist is magical. And the idea that maybe fascia are where our magic lives. Wow. Thanks so much and looking forward to all of this conversation.
Oh that's such a fascinating question Robyn, I love that.
Just read a book (fiction) called INK, BLOOD, SISTER, SCRIBE which sort of plays with that idea. Fun read.
I just finished that book as well! I loved the simple play on words a spell book really was a spell book...like the book was the spell.
Oh, good. Can't wait to read it.
Those moments are so special, when we meet magic. Thank you for sharing this lovely postcard!
Thank you so much for reading Priya!
Lovely conversation. Your exchange appeared in my Notes today and I was at first, puzzled. I'd asked this very question on my Substack a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed reading the thoughtful replies to my query, 'What is Magic?' and it marked a turning point in my relationship with my readers, my writing and my relationship w/ my own definitions of magic! ✨
Ahh, that’s amazing! I’m off to read your post…
I love the piece and the concept of your collaboration across the pond. That’s not counting two wonderful misty, foggy photos. I’m looking forward to more!
Oh thank you Diane! I’m happy that you are enjoying it. 🙏💫
Hi Laura,
Your post struck a chord when you mentioned your first blog post was about letters across the Atlantic. My favourite chapter in my debut novel, Tunnel of Mirrors, is entitled Letters Home and it is largely made up of letters from Irish emigrants living in America to the relatives they left behind in Donegal. In this chapter, the hero - who is literate - helps the local priest by reading the letters to their recipients who cannot read. My novel isn't about magic, per se, but it has an element of magic. I like to say it is lightly touched by magic. Anyway, good luck with this - I will be following the conversations with interest.
Oh that sounds fascinating! There is something so special about letters as a written form. ✉️
This is so beautiful, I love the musings on magic and this sense of curiosity and intimacy in your letters to each other. It reminds me of writing to pen friends as a child. Thank you both xxx
Thank you so much Lauren! It’s been a joy to write to Maia and I am intrigued to discover where this conversation will take us... 💫✉️
I love fog and the silence and mysteries it brings. I'm always tempted to walk into it and just....disappear. Gone into a different world entirely.
Yes! I feel that too. The urge to melt away...
Magic and creativity are interwoven, a tapestry of wonder.
I love this definition 💫
Awww yay!
This is such a stunning idea! It feels like reading a correspondence in a Jane Austen novel and it’s so comforting.
Ooh I love that! Thrilled that you think so.
Ummmm.... wow. If we can give some Jane Austin vibes, I think we’re on the right track.
I can already tell that reading these letters is going to be one of my highlights on substack. What beautiful, reflective conversation. Magic is such a fluid thing and I can't wait to read more of your thoughts on it.
Fluid, yes, so true. Thank you for reading. 💫
Thanks so much for following along.... we’ll see where the magic leads!
I’m excited to read this series! What a great idea!
Thank you Rebekah!