by Michelle Tocher | Jul 10, 2021
The fairy tale has been called “the land of the soul.” It’s a terrain we can enter. We can gaze into wells, wander through forests and castles, swim in lakes, and climb glass mountains. We can dive deeply with the mermaids or soar to the heavens on...
by Michelle Tocher | Apr 20, 2021
“Stillness Rising” is a meditative song that takes us into a quiet place to consider what we might hear from the Earth with the rising of stillness. Stillness Rising by Michelle Tocher...
by Michelle Tocher | Mar 20, 2021
Pity the tight, constrained, over-edited lines living their conventional lives lined up in perfect order little scouts, doing what they’re told unable to speak for themselves… Original Thoughts Oh, do you mind? May I break through the lines to ask a few...
by Michelle Tocher | Feb 12, 2021
In Metamorphosis, the Roman poet Ovid tells a story about a man named Erysichthon whose exploitive behavior leads to a harrowing end. At the same time, he has a daughter who offers a very different way of thinking about humanity’s relationship with the natural...
by Michelle Tocher | Jan 12, 2021
Over the holiday, I rediscovered “Down in Yon Forest,” a mysterious old ballad that I performed at the Toronto Storytelling Festival many years ago. I stood alone on stage and sang it in a childlike a cappella voice, imagining it to be sung by an absolute...
