A creative non-fiction, multi-media, work in progress, here is FACING THE MOON table of contents: cover art, titles & sub-titles…


A self/social inquiry with universal themes, the work’s initial prompt was my current mobility challenge and all implications therein…including learning about neural circuitry looping…an alarm switch that won’t turn off…triggering chronic pain that is not structural, not due to tissue pathology, and that all pain is generated by brain signals to the nervous system, regardless of specific cause.

Please email me here with questions and personal impressions: pamela(at)pamelasackett.com

Thank you, in advance, for viewing and responding.

*NOTE: The optimum way to view these videos is by way of a screen larger than a cell phone…many of the illustrations are too subtle to show, in full, on a phone screen…these pieces are designed in a 1080 x 1920 frame. Plus, adequate speakers will make the best of the songs & sound effects. AND, if the “on” arrow jams/loops when starting each video, re-load the page or “x” out and begin again…sorry for any inconvenience.

PART I:
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD: her moments’ memoir in verse

This series part features the original songs: Satellite (harmony by Bo Parker) and Trapeze (harmony by Nalini Lasiewicz, an integral musical collaborator/contributor to the series). 

PART II:
AS IF THE OTHER: vying for vision

This series part features the original song: Love Might Lullaby…a blend of vintage and current recordings.

PART III:
RIGHTEOUS RE-MATCH: talking back, mad to be had

This series part features the original song: Seems Like…my brain protest song.

PART IV:
THE DEBT: may I carry you?

This series part features the original song: All Along…a mix of vintage and current recordings.

PART V :
WHO’S IN CHARGE: what rings?

This series part features the original song: Mother May I: mortality’s morass!

PART VI:
ALL COLORS SPEAK: a missing link

This series part features the beautiful art of Moti, a long-time friend and colleague, plus, the original song: Just Like Me…with a new spoken track combined with a vintage song recording from when I was living in Los Angeles, writing songs, singing and recording some of them with Nalini, over forty years ago!

PART VII:
DESTINED BY DESIGN: choosing rhythm & rhyme

This series part features the original song: Lotus Blue

NEWS!

The follow-up to this video series is a book I have published…including two musical trailers all accessible on the book’s details page on ELA’s web site. The ELA home page is now a great place to learn about our collaborative body of work, to date, and to gain access to links for free viewing of many of our arts-based, multimedia learning tools. Study guides are available for a small fee.

Giving LOVE the last WORD is our new collection of four-line poetic meditations relative to a diverse scope of single-word (like in a dictionary)  “action verbs” with simple-line illustrations & essays (mostly in verse).
My generative work and process of learning new ways to understand, witness and approach my tension-producing survival-brain responses with love-generated reassuring reminders, through multiple pathways, continues…⎈

Excerpts of this book are also being made available through a project called HUGELY SIMPLE Pictured Thoughts consisting of a series of paintings by Moss Magill, coupled with verses from my book’s lexicon, produced in video cards, free to view (each one under one minute). Some of these verse-painting couplings are also converted into paper greeting cards that can be purchased at Emotion Literacy Advocate’s new meaningful merch store “Gifts-from-Emolit.”  There, you will find a gorgeous array of items to encourage critical-creative thinking that nourishes and soothes the heart, mind, body and soul.

❣️Thanks for your interest and responses to Facing the Moon and whatever else of ELA’s creative works that engage your interest.

gratefully,

Pamela
Contact: pamela(at)pamelasackett.com