Toward Pleasure

All the Shit You Don't Want

“There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.” ~Ovid

May 21 •

Jeannine Ouellette

I Like Doing Things That Scare Me

"The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits" ~Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

May 14 •

Jeannine Ouellette

Pleasures of the Flesh

We can't study and write pleasure without talking about touch. So, let's talk about touch

May 7 •

Jeannine Ouellette

From This Height

The Texture of Pleasure: A Quiet Elegy to the Sensual Thread of Living

Apr 30 •

Jeannine Ouellette

I Felt My Life With Both My Hands To See If It Was There

Our "Writing Toward Pleasure" pleasure adventure takes us into the strange pleasures of aloneness as a portal between self, world, and page. Write with…

Apr 23 •

Jeannine Ouellette

The Desire-Pleasure Paradox

Join us today for Writing Toward Pleasure, a 6-week "pleasure adventure "on the page to enliven our writing and our lives with more of what's good

Apr 16 •

Jeannine Ouellette

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