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Joanna Gardner
@joannagardner.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Liberté 🇺🇸 Égalité 🇺🇸 Créativité 🇺🇸

I'm a writer, mythologist, and magical realist, especially jazzed about creativity, wonder tales, and goddesses. Newsletter signup at joannagardner.com/subscribe
Extreme times call for extreme creativity. My new class, Entering the Imaginal Realm, will give your creativity a treasure trove of images and practice in engaging with your imagination.

To learn more, join me Sat Aug 16 for a free Meet the Professor session. Register at kosmosinstitute.org/events
August 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Flag dance alert! This is a friend of a friend leaving it all on the field for democracy last Saturday with the support of the beautiful people. This kind of thing makes me just fall in love with humanity 🇺🇸 #NoKings
June 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Am appreciating @deepaiyer.bsky.social's new essay All of Us which offers a clear, easy way to see where your skills will work best: deepaiyer.substack.com/p/all-of-us
June 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🎶 "And when push comes to shove
I will send a fully armed battalion
to remind you of my love" 🎶
June 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Side-by-side articles on the NYT just now illustrating how the rich get richer and everyone else gets left behind
May 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The next Fates and Graces Myth Lit webinar will be on Feb 1 with Vanya Leilani to discuss her book The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative Transgression. We'll talk about making waves in a mythic kind of way, and it's free! Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/myth-lit-w...
January 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
My teacher Dennis Slattery wrote this op-ed after attending a webinar about my book The Practice of Enchantment, where we also talked about the book, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life, by Dacher Keltner. It is magical to see ideas ripple out into the world!
January 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm teaching in the new course, "Mythic Archetypes of Innocence: Trickster, Lover, Seeker, Fool," from the Joseph Campbell Foundation and Roundtable by the 92nd St Y. Join us to go archetype spotting in movies, books, and myth!

Class begins Jan 23, so register today: roundtable.org/live-courses...
January 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This captivating video is a 20-minute feast for the soul about art, loss, and AI. Absolutely gorgeous ✨

Algorithms of Beauty: psyche.co/films/nothin...
January 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'll be reading from The Practice of Enchantment *tomorrow* on a free webinar with the Fates and Graces. Make a cup of coffee and join us!

Registration is still open at www.eventbrite.com/e/myth-lit-w...
January 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I am joining the faculty Kosmos Institute! Kosmos has a revolutionary approach to higher education: "At the heart of our mission is the belief that education should be a journey toward self-knowledge, wisdom, and the common good—an awakening of the soul rather than a mere transaction."
December 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Registration is open for a free webinar about The Practice of Enchantment, hosted by The Fates and Graces! We'll gather on Jan 4 at 10:00 am Pacific time to collaborate on the who, what, when, where, why, and how of practicing enchantment ✨ Register today! fatesandgraces.com/webinars/myt...
December 13, 2024 at 10:30 PM
It’s a book! I’d give you a cigar to celebrate if I could, but instead I’ll content myself with welcoming this little bundle of essays into the world. May they sally forth to spread #enchantment in the holiday season and beyond ✨ #myth #books #thepracticeofenchantment
December 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Enchantment is on the agenda at this *free* webinar with the Joseph Campbell Foundation, Sat Dec 7 at 9 am Pacific time! We'll discuss The Power of Myth, and rumor has it I'll read a bit from my new book, The Practice of Enchantment. Register at: www.jcf.org/event-detail...
December 5, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Following in the footsteps of Alison Bechdel, here's a first pass at test to determine goddess representation in media: joannagardner.com/2024/05/a-be...
May 11, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Cannot stop looking at these stunning, truly sacred images by Manjari Sharma from her Darshan series of Hindu gods and goddesses. Art and Epiphany become one and the same #Saraswati #Lakshmi #Shiva #Kali #HinduMythology #Myth #Art #ManjariSharma www.manjarisharma.com/darshan-1
March 16, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Join the Fates & Graces for our new Myth Lit webinars! These free events focus on one book each, in conversation with the book’s author. Our vision is for the myth community to read together, write together, & celebrate mythological literature. Learn more & register at fatesandgraces.com/webinars/
March 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM
#DaylightSavings Monday morning is feeling very -
March 11, 2024 at 6:29 PM