Personal Potion

Personal Potion invites you to participate in the creation of a unique poem inspired by the joys in your life. We believe that art and establishing a connection with our community is truly one of the greatest gifts and we want YOU to experience this!

The last few years have made us crave connections with our community in a creative and meaningful manner. For this project we commissioned renowned poet Erin Robinsong to create a poem leaving a few spaces for your contribution. The poems created will be displayed on our website and sent to you by mail or email alongside original artwork by visual artist Marie Lambin-Gagnon.

We encourage all age groups and backgrounds to participate in this project. Help us reach our goal of connecting with you and creating 100 poems! Tell your friends and family and let’s give each other the gift of joy and art.

– Olivia Arcangeli and Marie Lambin-Gagnon
Swallowing Clouds Artists Facilitators

Receiving your gift is really simple; complete the form below:

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Would you mind sharing your age with us?

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Please write below 6 words of things that currently bring you joy

A note from the poet:
Be as specific as possible with your words – for example, if you say 'being outside' ask yourself what kind of outdoor place? (Forest? Field? Busy street?) If you say 'food', what kind of food, etc. The poem tends to work best with specific images and things rather than general ones.

Participants can choose any kind of words (nouns, verbs, etc.). As an example, here are 6 Joys from Erin:
- Red
- Raindrops
- Foxes
- Gentleness
- Dancing

Now it's your turn! Write down five words of things that bring you joy.

Word 1*

Word 2*

Word 3*

Word 4*

Word 5*

We want to provide connections through all generations! For this reason, we think it would be amazing to see what age groups choose to participate in this project. May we please share your age on our webpage?*

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You selected yes to the above question. Would like to remain anonymous or not?

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Please write the name you would to see appear with your poem:

Your poem will be sent to you via email. Would you like to receive a postcard in the mail with the physical copy of your poem?*

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Address

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Your words will be shared on our page in order to keep spreading joy to others! Do you give us permission to share your words?*

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tiger princess dance projects, 2022.

Personal Potion is an initiative of Swallowing Clouds, an arts education programme of tiger princess dance projects. Poem by Erin Robinsong. Created by Olivia Arcangeli and Marie Lambin-Gagnon. Background art by Marie Lambin-Gagnon.

tiger princess dance projects’ mandate is to educate and increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the arts. We value dance/movement as an important component of communication that allows us to understand ourselves, share with each other and express ourselves as multifaceted beings. Please be respectful and mindful when offering and submitting your text.

Mission: tiger princess dance projects is a contemporary dance company. Our mission is to transform lives and communities through the arts. We value respect, inclusiveness, integrity and compassion. We work to foster safe environments for creativity to flourish.

In the curation of Personal Portion, we may not include all submissions in our webpage exhibition.