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Celebrating Creativity in the 4th Act

The Fourth Act of our lives, if we are lucky enough to live into our seventies and wise enough to stay humble and full of grace, can be a time of deep creativity. Our final years can be lived with abundance and joy if we find a way to unite all of the disparate pieces of ourselves into an integrated whole. The conflicting parts of our psyches and the paradoxes we’ve struggled to reconcile before, have the potential to become material of a unique, vibrant tapestry, woven together with the thread of our creative energy.

Unlike the creativity of our younger years, when insights and innovations would seem to explode onto the canvas of our consciousness – iconoclastic, wild and unsummoned – creativity at this late stage of life unfolds slowly and steadily, emerging from years of inquiry, observation and experience, and brought into fruition with even greater technical mastery honed through years of practice.

Carl G. Jung calls this process individuation. Erik Erikson characterizes the final stage of life as the crossroads between integrity and despair.

Creativity in the Fourth Act is the antidote to despair.

Marsha Pincus

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Holding Up the Moon: A Memoir in Haiku

Holding Up the Moon: A Memoir in Haiku has been published by Mandorla Books and is now available to order on Amazon. Buy your copy now for yourself or a holiday gift for a friend. For each book purchased in the month of December, Marsha will make $1.00 donation to a literacy organization supporting teachers and students.

Award: On the Corner of Eden & Grace

On the Corner of Eden & Grace

On the Corner of Eden and Grace, a semi-autobiographical screenplay set in the tumultuous Summer of ’69 has been named Best Screenplay in LA FEMME International Film Festival, 2022. This “vintage” story chronicles the awakening of Rosie Golden, a 17 year old girl, on the cusp of womanhood, to her own talent, agency and power.

Take the Reins

Take the Reins

Take the Reins, a feature length screenplay written by Michael Amundsen and developed by Two Ravens of Santa Fe, LLC , based on a story by Josephine Swan has been optioned by INQ Spacers, Inc, and Lovely Day Films, to be directed by Lagueria Davis, producer/director of Black Barbie, A Documentary (2023). Stay tuned for more news and updates as this original story set in the Black Rodeo makes its way to the screen!

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