One Quote + One Note + One Question January 25, 2024

One Quote
Art helps us hold space for the complex emotions that are hard for us to name with our own words.

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One Note
Art has saved me my entire life, in part, because it’s a container for difficult and complicated emotions and feelings.

Art + Time = Healing

Art + Time = Rest

Art + Time = Comfort

Until next time,

Charlotte

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One Question
What difficult emotions or feelings can art help you navigate today?

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Charlotte Donlon’s writing and work are always rooted in helping her readers, audience, and clients notice how art and other good things help them belong to themselves, others, the divine, and the world. Charlotte is the founder of Thoughtful Books Etc.™, One O’Clock Central, Spiritual Direction for Writers® , Spiritual Direction for Belonging™, and Parenting with Art™. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. Her next book on Spiritual Direction for Writers will be published by Eerdmans in 2024 or 2025. Charlotte’s essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and a certificate in spiritual direction. To receive Charlotte’s latest updates, news, announcements, and all kinds of good things, subscribe to Thoughtful Readers Etc. + Five Good Things.