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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nWhen I chose \u201cForgiveness\u201d as the January theme, I had no idea how much it would resonate with so many artists. Yet, we all gathered together and explored different facets of forgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nOpening the show, Christina Ceballos<\/strong> reported on the three forgiveness processes taught to her by local healers who helped put her life back on a positive track: Radical Forgiveness, Integrated Energetic Therapy and Akashic Records readings.<\/p>\n\n\n Birdman 313<\/strong> shared an insightful poem about forgiving his ex-wife who ended their marriage of 25 years for something that occurred 15 years previously.<\/p>\n\n\n Stephanie Webb<\/strong> detailed the attributes of the Black Superwoman (highly educated, well-traveled, well-loved, well-read\u2026) and forgiving herself for feeling defeated for not being the embodiment of the impossible role.<\/p>\n\n\n Donna Dechen Birdwell<\/strong> recounted all her significant moments of forgiving from great loves to small creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n Daniel Davila<\/strong> described a beautiful forgiveness process where one takes a walk alone and for each step, chants who is forgiven for a particular action and the next step is to forgive yourself. The process continues until the person walks past his\/her anger.<\/p>\n\n\n Teresa Y. Roberson<\/strong> gave shout outs to a list of the groups of people who she forgave, starting with the assholes. Finally, she forgave herself for her own shortcomings.<\/p>\n\n\n Thom the World Poet <\/strong>closed the featured artist portion of the show, calling out the political and religious forgiveness needed and drew a huge laugh for his forgiveness of the state of Texas for \u201ckilling people for killing people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Magic Jack ATX <\/strong>provided musical accompaniment.<\/p>\n\n\n OPEN MIC ARTISTS<\/strong> Ben Doppleganger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Jonathan Lowell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Daniel Davila<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Birdman 313<\/strong> Louise Richardson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Zaka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n Donna Dechen Birdwell <\/strong>read a quote from Elizabeth Gilbert:<\/p>\n\n\n Stephanie Webb<\/strong> Magic Jack ATX<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Sometimes the things that are holding you back Are the things you wanna attack For the happiness to flow You gotta let go And forgive people for being whack When I chose \u201cForgiveness\u201d as the January theme, I had no idea how much it would resonate with so many artists. Yet, we all gathered together … Continue reading 1.12.2014 AWR: Forgiveness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austin-writers-roulette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28280"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28670,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280\/revisions\/28670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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