Dana Halle

I thought I'd share another WIL piece. The prompt was to share an experience (or pattern of behavior) as if you were sitting around the campfire with friends, injecting humor and lightheartedness to the extent you could. That is a paraphrase of the actual prompt, but captures its essence. This one was particularly fun to write. I don't know about you, but it took me years to realize I preferred hopeful denial over facing hard facts or having difficult conversations. This piec

Two recent songs, "Invite It In 2.0" and "I'm Sorry" focus on the concepts of losing one's self and self forgiveness. During a conversation on Thursday with my musical mentor and team, I was reminded that my journey back didn't start immediately after I realized I was lost. It took a lot of time and processing. One key part of that journey involved a Martha Beck Class I took in 2019. That class changed my life and gave me a group of friends I adore. As I venture into a secon

2020 has been dramatically different from anything we could have envisioned. Despite all of the difficulties Covid-19 brought, many of us...

This is another piece I wrote during my writing class with Martha Beck. A conversation with a fellow musician today reminded me of it and...

A Little Background: Last year I took a writing class by Martha Beck called Write Into Light. Using Dante's "The Divine Comedy" as a backdrop for lessons and prompts, the class called upon us to search within ourselves and share beyond ourselves. The unusual class format was challenging and rewarding. "Into Her Great Unknown" is one of the pieces I wrote as a result of the class. 1971. At a friend’s 8th birthday party, Rose watches the festivities from the basement couch, co