A Zenful Conversation with Christie Aschwanden and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

I’m so looking forward to this heartful conversation with my dear friend Christie Aschwanden, hosted by the wonderful ZenJen as part of her Zenful Conversations series—an open invitation to bring your favorite beverage, reflect, laugh, and trust the creative process together.

A more detailed description below:

A ZENFUL CONVERSATION with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer & Christie Aschwanden

Free | Open to All | Replay Available | Via Zoom

Come as you are. How do we trust the creative process – even when it’s messy, meandering, or incomplete? What does it means to trust (and not rush) the process? Join us for an intimate, and energizing Zenful Conversation with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, poet and performer, and Christie Aschwanden, science writer and bestselling author. Together, they cohost the brilliant podcast Emerging Form, where they explore the mystery, discipline, joy, and challenge of creativity in all its wild and surprising forms. This conversation isn’t about chasing perfection – it’s about showing up honestly to your work, your process, and your own emerging self. It’s about what it means to obey the poem’s emerging form, as their late friend and poetry mentor Jack Mueller once declared in Sharpie on a 3×5 card, a phrase that has since become their guiding mantra. Christie and Rosemerry bring decades of experience in the worlds of journalism, poetry, performance, and podcasting. They’ll share stories from their longtime friendship and creative collaboration, talk shop about what really fuels a sustainable practice, and pull back the curtain on what happens in the in-between – between ideas, drafts, failures, and breakthroughs. This is not a formal interview. It’s a relaxed and heartful exchange between two artists and friends who live the creative life from the inside out. There may be poems, stories, deep questions, and a few delightful tangents. Expect wisdom, laughter, a few sharp turns, and a generous space to reflect on your own unfolding path. Bring your questions, or simply come to listen. Bring your favorite beverage, and come as you are. Come gather in community. Let your own form emerge.

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