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Stewards of Spirit: Awakening in the Light of Rachel's Ballads Paperback – May 8, 2007

by Gianetta Ellis (Author)

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Intriguingly crafted, this book takes you on a journey through time, self and nature that will leave you reeling in inspiration. A uniquely creative blend of spirituality, ecology and psychology, Stewards of Spirit walks you through a three-step process to awaken to your authenticity. The process, illustrated through an intuitively-inspired case study of the life of a 19th century woman, is based on the ecopsychological premise that humans' well-being is inextricably linked to nature. We can, therefore, look to the planet as a model for the fulfillment of our own individual potential. At the heart of this experience are Rachel's Ballads. While ensconced in these freestyle, lyrical writings, you will feel as though you are at a play where each new act builds upon the last culminating in a shocking finale that carries you back to an historic event that shook the world and to this day still captures our hearts and imaginations. Throughout, Ellis seamlessly weaves the notions of spirituality and self-development into the world of ecology demonstrating that nature offers us a route to awakening in direct contrast to our usual dichotomous approach that pits the "spirit self" against the ego or "false self." Whether you are seeking an experience that could change your approach to life or simply in the mood for an exceptional read, this book will surely fulfill your expectations. Mother, artist and educator, Gianetta Ellis is deeply passionate about the preservation of spirit and its role in the human relationship to Earth. A life-long student of religion, she integrates theologic and spiritual notions regarding "eco-accountability" and stewardship to her writing. She is a Vermont Law School graduate with a successful environmental career spanning two decades. In both the public and private sectors, she has developed policy for and managed such diverse issues as: habitat conservation, pollution prevention, hazardous waste abatement, and watershed health. She is the creator and owner of stewARTship studios where she "incorporates art to stewardship" by using various fine art forms as a means for students to build enduring connections to self and nature. Whether teaching under-graduates at the University of Pittsburgh or engaging school children in experiential nature-study programs, Gianetta is a dedicated professional who brings a uniquely creative and holistic approach to learning.

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Sweetwater's Star Power Commands High Price For Her Books

Sweetwater tells you the difference between Live Action and Animation Script Writing

When Sweetwater wrote her Native American lesbian novel The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler many years ago, she had in mind animated film. When you read the novel, it should be understandable that it was formatted for an easy adaptation for a full-length animated feature film. Just the way she designed the characters and the settings are proof enough that animation is clearly represented and why the idea of an animated screenplay scripted by Sweetwater in the book-to-film adaptation easily fits into this fascinating new age category of cinema.

Animation stories are developed pretty much the same as in live action. It’s the differences that are important to understand. Animation is a much more uniquely visual medium than live action. Most live-action scripts require no special description for what’s taking place on the screen, although Sweetwater's live-action scripts are hugely and accurately descriptive packed in detailed, artistic value. In fact, all of Sweetwater's scripts are so descriptive, that it makes her high-budget Hollywood films stand out as unique and one-of-a-kind. In animation where the visuals are very often something we’ve never seen before, so they can’t be described in a few words. Animation scenes are like eight times as many words, but it gives you a complete visual image with little need for interpretation. By its very nature, animation requires more description to effectively communicate the visual. So the key difference between an animated and live-action script is that an animation script usually contains more detailed scene description. What this means is that if an animation writer doesn’t describe it—and describe it precisely—the chances are it won’t appear on the screen, at least not the way she/he imagined it. This is because unlike in live action, there’s an animation director, but deals more with visual continuity and less with story continuity. The descriptions need to be precise enough to survive translation. And the rest is up to the voice actors.

The time was right for Sweetwater to adapt The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler for an animated story on screen. It's just something she's always wanted to do, and The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler is one of those rare stories that lends itself to animation. Sweetwater says "it's all about thinking ahead when writing your stories. Think film."

The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler translated well animated in film. Sweetwater made the adaptation with both of her oars in the water in 2013. Ellis sketched the characters and their fashion coverings for that era.

Movie making with a keen eye looking at The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler, Sage Sweetwater as a Loon & Salmon Environmentalist Creative Thinker

Her poem April The Spearfish Moon: Spawning Run is taken right off the pages of her lesbian novel The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler

The Return of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

Author uses Novel to Revive Cult Genre of Mid 20th Century

Sage Sweetwater revives lesbian pulp fiction in her novel The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler. The novel jaunts through time to tell the stories of nontraditional women and their struggle to live their lives among the warm embrace of Mother Nature.

Set deep in the forest of Lac du Flambeau, Wis., the novel is told through the spirit of the loon with a hint of lesbian fairytale. In the woods of this beautiful land, sprites and magical creatures frolic and torment while the loons dance and transform on the pristine waters of the lakes and rivers. The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler is a woman raised with a deep respect for nature and the skills to survive on the fringes of modern society. She slips her canoe into the water, floats supplies up and down the river and taps maple trees for their syrup. Her lesbian counterpart Fringe Water Many Bosom, lives in the 1800s; a true pioneer woman. Her story mirrors Buckskin's and exhibits what life may have been like for her.

Metaphorically, (she reminds) us of a loon's wing which has not 'properly' aligned, society waiting for her to molt her feathers hoping her new ones will come in 'straight.'

The novel follows exploits of Buckskin and her home, the Hamlet of Winonah, an all-female colony inhabited by a feminist tribe patterned after the ancient Hopewell culture. This modern-day colony is on the remote side of the woods where the Province of Blige, a Celtic, post-card Ireland, enchants the world around them. Buckskin makes her way between the two as she learns to live the life she wants and grows comfortable in her own skin.

A captivating pulp novel, The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler is a unique mix of lesbian fiction, fairytale, and Native American mythology.

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Sage Sweetwater reminds us through her environmentalist bent novel of the loons' well-being and also that of the salmon in storylines throughout this novel.

Sweetwater, a passionate environmentalist, sets a storyline for the loons through her character of Grayson who rehabilitates the loons from injury. Sweetwater purveys that the idea of the loons can be raised and rehabilitated by Grayson and still successfully interact with the wild flocks. The idea goes well with the Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler who represents the clean river. The Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler's attitude is one of that treats water as a life form in need of environmentalist friends. Following the watercourse of this novel, Sweetwater's readers will engage in environmental issues all along the way through The Hamlet of Winonah and Blige, the cradle of life, feeling zonal shifts, entering into other worlds and a totality of all earthly existing things.

Sage Sweetwater gives storyline to a hard-hitting impact of the Dog Salmon of the Yukon in this novel. The preservation of the Yukon's Dog Salmon depends greatly on the banishing of the hydro-electric dams near these salmon inlets and outlets. The storyline (think film) has the Buckskin Skirt Oar Traveler oaring down the Yukon river to the salmon spawning beds. Something is blocking the dam and the only way to recover the dog salmon is to breech the dams, where huge chunks of concrete have been thrown into the river. The oracle bones make a revelation as to another reason why the Dog Salmon have been trapped. Read the book and find out what has blocked the Dog Salmon.

Sweetwater uses the real truth of the matter in environmental terms. Will the Dog Salmon survive? In reality, if the Dog Salmon do not survive, then the sled dogs have to be euthanized because the sled dogs need the Dog Salmon for nourishment to survive. The adult salmon's migration upstream is not the problem. The dams are fitted with fish ladders, wide, concrete waterways that guide the salmon above the dam. Some get trapped and others get through. The lethal part comes when the smolts, the young salmon, migrate downstream. The turbines kill not only by chopping up the young salmon with the blades, but also by exploding their swim bladders through the powerhouses at a high pressure and speed.

Sage Sweetwater educates her readers by the way of lesbian pulp fiction. Her novels are a lesbian encyclopedia to the contribution of the world, rich with environmental, political, social, and religious themes.

April The Spearfish Moon: Spawning Run

April the Spearfish Moon,

birds pause on a bough to listen

to her songs, river stops flowing

to hear her tune,

spawning runs, she lures

Trout Fish she catches with

her tune April the Spearfish Moon,

muskrat, beaver, water beetle, crawfish,

coot, female loon,

sugar cakes rolled up

in birch bark cones, quick

energy for being on the move

with the seasons,

snowshoe walks upon

the soul of Mother Snow,

wine-berry-colored wool tassels

on the bottom of snowshoe frame

muffles sound of crunching through

snow's crust, April the Spearfish Moon

thaws a crisp whisper juiced with lust,

it all pans out in the name

of the berry__blueberry,

huckleberry, gooseberry,

raspberry, her berry,

first-born daughters

first make blanket__on

riverbank of soon-to-be-

salmon-rich river, fabric the

color of wild rhubarb, scarlet,

passionate, April the Spearfish

Moon,

ice clears, they come

from the Great Lakes,

running the rivers, fishing

run follows sugaring season,

April the Spearfish Moon,

she often mentions her lesbianism,

shadow-fringed, moss-soft, find a

woman who can be your shadow

you be hers too,

have full understanding

of her, make sure she has

full understanding of you. Watch

for leaflet three when you drop your

buckskin fringe and go moss-soft,

when this happens,

put away all that is new

and bring out some of the

old, when you have found this

woman, paint her on your oars.

April the Spearfish Moon...

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist