<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Writer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writer]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:06:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ginagreenlee.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: Ray Smith]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Michael Mundy, 1 st  Dibs “…That mezzanine was created because this area flooded entirely with [Hurricane] Sandy. So, we got hit with about six feet of water,” says artist Ray Smith in a New York Times interview.   Excerpt from NYTimes article :   “The walls are built like I think probably like at least a foot off the ground because we knew that this place could flood, from day one. But [Hurricane]Sandy just completely overwhelmed us. The water started piling up outside and it...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-ray-smith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bece99cf14a7a450ccadf5</guid><category><![CDATA[Art Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliberate Pactice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:45:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_66b78197315d4bb8adf2860f0f8fd9ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_347,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purse Prompts Asian Blue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, silken blue and pink floral handbag Use this purse-inspired step-by-step template  as a writing prompt.   ◊ ◊ ◊   What’s the Point, of Purse Prompts, You Ask? Fun way to fill a blank page. Blank pages keep folks from starting projects. You are getting your “reps” in, working and strengthening a muscle of getting started and getting on with it. With more reps, each time you work the muscle the lift gets easier. For writers, the art of noticing is like singers and...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/purse-prompts-asian-blue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b03b6a00ff578fc8e959bf</guid><category><![CDATA[Purse Prompts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_2280e3efdc564e0aa24413c6099d77dd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_468,h_351,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jayne Cortez Listener]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen to Jayne Cortez , renowned jazz poet spit “You Know” and “There It Is,” live  at the San Francisco Poetry Center, 1985. In addition to publishing a number of collections , Jayne released several recordings throughout her lifetime, many of which feature her band, the Firespitters. ◊ ◊ ◊   Listen and Read   Bernice Johnson Reagon Listener ◊ ◊ ◊   Toni Morrison Listener ◊ ◊ ◊   Chris Cooper Reader ◊ ◊ ◊   Leonard Cohen Reader ◊ ◊ ◊   Gloria Steinem Reader ◊ ◊ ◊   Tom Robbins Reader ◊ ◊ ◊...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/the-jayne-cortez-listener</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69991827fc53c4063862f30a</guid><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_39e119f92cef49a08b0e2f731f1bf452~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_375,h_235,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: Yemonja Smalls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mixed media artist Yemonja Smalls says, “What’s fun about working in wood, especially in setting it up, is things move around. You know, you might set it one way and then shift by accident, touch it, nip it on the end of the table, and things start shifting around and it’s still beautiful. “My process is really about taking something that’s solid – could be a print with beautiful flowers on it – and then taking it apart, deconstructing it. The process is therapeutic for me. I might pull some...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate-yemonja-smalls</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699916b99d76d99c1ceb45e2</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_232f71f7ab1248b1b74075938555d2f5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_948,h_659,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purse Prompts: Silver Blue-Grey Crochet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, Shoulder Purse with Quarter-Sized Sequins Use this purse-inspired step-by-step template  as a writing prompt.   ◊ ◊ ◊   What’s the Point of Purse Prompts, You Ask? Fun way to fill a blank page. Blank pages keep folks from starting projects. You are getting your “reps” in, working and strengthening a muscle of getting started and getting on with it. With more reps, each time you work the muscle the lift gets easier. For writers, the art of noticing is like singers...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/purse-prompts-silver-blue-grey-crochet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699912879d76d99c1ceb3b6b</guid><category><![CDATA[Purse Prompts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:45:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_4c66a527436a4812a86562ff58d3b823~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_293,h_390,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful Black Men: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Credit: Anas Alhajj at Unsplash Image Credit: CovantNYC at Pixabay Image Credit: Glasses Shop at Pixabay Image Credit: JDaley at Pixabay Image Credit: Leroy Skalstad, Pixabay Image Credit: Leroy Skalstad, Pixabay Image Credit: Pexels on Pixabay Image Credit: Pixabay Image Credit: Brave Pictures, Unsplash Image Credit: Leroy Skalstad, Pixabay Image Credit: Meso Today, Pixabay Image Credit: Kaysha at Unsplash Image Credit: Kingsley Osei-Abrah, Unsplash Image Credit: Pixabay Image Credit:...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/beautiful-black-men-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6998b7b7fc53c4063861febb</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show Up]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_2241b1b04b8045b5aefe1ba4eb3a9488~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show Up: James Baldwin]]></title><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/show-up-james-baldwin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699882f71d8cdde54448bd12</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power Recipe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_822101aadc7345c884edbeec579e9a74~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_335,h_597,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Beautiful Looks Like: 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Credit: Lisa Marie, Unsplash Image Credit: Alisa Dyson, Pixabay Image Credit: Alisa Dyson, Pixabay Image Credit: Gabbyola, Unsplash Image Credit: Kingsley, Unsplash Image Credit: Baptista, Unsplash Image Credit: Eris Colors, Pixabay Image Credit: Eris Colors, Pixabay Image Credit: Gideon Hezekiah, Unsplash Image Credit: Good Faces, Unsplash Image Credit: Belinda Amoah, Unsplash Image Credit: Graca Assane, Unsplash Image Credit: Inno Joseph, Unsplash Image Credit: Jabari Timothy,...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/what-beautiful-looks-like-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6988b08e0c9b54090fe2c524</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:15:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_fa3396938ded43ed84b3a1bd8990de9b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and Mental Health Vol 6: More Free Play]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, paint, ink, marker, collage An excerpt from Free Play, Improvisation in Life and Art  by Stephen Nachmanovitch: “I have never ceased to be astounded at the power of writing, music making, drawing, or dance to pull me out of sadness, disappointment, depression, bafflement. I am not talking about entertainment or distraction, but of playing, dancing, drawing, writing my way through and out. This process resembles the best in psychotherapy. We don’t go away and avoid...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/art-and-mental-health-vol-6-more-free-play</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6987eda79666387268628711</guid><category><![CDATA[Art and Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prozac Plus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_fc991a5f3bd74963ac46588f42ecff60~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, Pinterest Mary said, “you need grounding before you take this big trip around the world .” So, she coached me to “create-destroy-recreate” art pieces for 30 consecutive days in the months leading up to the trip. Minimal instruction, no elaborate context, only “ Try it and see what happens. ” Image credit: Gina Greenlee, quick fashion magazine collage Always playing with art , I was open to possibility in the moment without having to know what came next.  For 30...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/create-destroy-recreate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6987e82c03c01be20d33218e</guid><category><![CDATA[Art and Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deliberate Pactice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Play!]]></category><category><![CDATA[Postcards and Pearls]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surrealism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:30:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_6f75748068424e298a910b3f52152e71~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_390,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[East Side Story ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Credit: Gina Greenlee, paint, ink, collage For more of my take on growing up on New York City’s Lower East Side: Black and Blintzes: Growing Up Not Quite Jewish on the Lower East Side Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York Hush Life, a novel No Tears for Frankie: A Memoir on the Life of an Essay     ◊ ◊ ◊ Take a YouTube tour of my hometown. The background song is the 1977 hit Native New Yorker , performed by Odyssey . The lyrics, shared in this blog and written...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/east-side-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692dfd7cbdf3aa731710ff1c</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art and Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black and Blintzes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hush Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[No Tears for Frankie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Postcards and Pearls]]></category><category><![CDATA[Read]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:49:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_e790690f7cd24ab0b9354770b1b33d47~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Play]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Gina Greenlee, paint and ink   An excerpt from Free Play, Improvisation in Life and Art  by Stephen Nachmanovitch: “Precisely because the standing of posterity is so tenuous, art is now more relevant than it has ever been. And again, I mean not just art but artfulness: playfulness, seriousness, connectedness, structure, wholeness and heart… “…This means an explosion of creativity into areas of life where it has been largely excluded. Looking at international politics, looming...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/free-play</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692dfbf32bc8fd382e713d86</guid><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:39:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_2be0f72675e348fca304cfe6feb2956c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancers]]></title><description><![CDATA[DANCERS Image credits: digital collage narrative, Gina Greenlee ORIGINS Image credits: analog painted book pages, Gina Greenlee]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/dancers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692dfae56de70501c17eda43</guid><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Collage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Play!]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:33:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_6b395b0ee9824c8ebe33d2c729ac0fde~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_742,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[FLIGHT TRANSITION DIVE SOAR ◊ ◊ ◊ ABSTRACTION ORIGINS How painted book pages take flight. Image credits: painted collage narrative, Gina Greenlee]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/flight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692df3f7745789e635ce345f</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art Practice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Collage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Play!]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:26:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_e95a0e5a9b6646759f79a630ec4bfdfb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Daniel Black: “Here They Come Ya’ll, Here They Come!”]]></title><description><![CDATA[African American Studies Professor Dr. Daniel Black treated graduates to an EXPERIENCE  at the 2024 Spring Commencement Ceremonies at Clark Atlanta University.]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/dr-daniel-black-here-they-come-ya-ll-here-they-come</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692df2dc49588118cb9a4b5e</guid><category><![CDATA[Black Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Show Up]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 09:59:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_34d82f0e8f534eb1b441a8ea3628e127~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_686,h_386,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today’s Happy Visual by Gina Greenlee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Spontaneous Lizard Collage by Gina Greenlee]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/today-s-happy-visual-by-gina-greenlee-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692df2190170a615430012fc</guid><category><![CDATA[Happy Visual]]></category><category><![CDATA[Collage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Play!]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surrealism]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:54:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_859b47de5dfd4884a7eab631a01fbb2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_713,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos by Tom Waits]]></title><description><![CDATA[◊ ◊ ◊ Hoist that Rag ◊ ◊ ◊ Such a Scream ◊ ◊ ◊ Telephone Call from Istanbul ◊ ◊ ◊ I Don’t Wanna Grow Up   ◊ ◊ ◊ Frank’s Wild Years   ◊ ◊ ◊]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/chaos-by-tom-waits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6918bae03b31092b8bb02e76</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:47:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_3b72c5642d27408e8fefdcff5ec8f5e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_620,h_620,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Library Card Magic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: English Major Humor Blog Post ◊ ◊ ◊   Fun with Free Magazines   Play! Children’s Art Books   Practicing Enough: The Ride Level Up Your Reading with these Prompts   Read Widely   Golf, Bob Dylan, and How to Lead]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/library-card-magic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6918b97ed87a8b89764305eb</guid><category><![CDATA[Read]]></category><category><![CDATA[Play!]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embody]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:37:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_1d36de504afe4bbf8a8b0744b7c639e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_502,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Waits on Wonder]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image credit: Eben Illingworth on Pintrest]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/tom-waits-on-wonder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6918b87d3b31092b8bb029e6</guid><category><![CDATA[Pensar en la Inmortalidad Cangrejo]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:45:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_9ff25cc0b67c45b79b27eadd7275e332~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create-Destroy-Recreate: The Power of Mistakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Equipment breaks down, it is Sunday night, the stores are all closed, and the audience is arriving in an hour. You are forced to do a little bricolage, improvising some new and crazy contraption. Then you attain some of your best moments. Ordinary objects or trash suddenly become valuable working materials, and your perceptions of what you need and what you don’t need radically shift. Among the things I love so much about performing are those totally unforeseen, impossible calamities.  “In...]]></description><link>https://www.ginagreenlee.com/post/free-play-improvisation-in-life-and-art-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692f16ed65a8cdd6a8fba8e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As Art]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:46:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b2c5a_cfc313ee3cc04c44a513a393c00df097~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_233,h_371,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gina Greenlee, Author</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>