Bio

Marjorie St. Clair is an adventurous spirit at heart whose interests have guided her in many diverse pursuits from teaching, writing, coaching, artist-musician-performer, to spiritual mystic. Throughout her multi-faceted career and life, she has nourished the creative impulse in herself and others through a commitment to creativity as a spiritual process, which regards all life-as-art. Her insatiable curiosity, spiritual sensibilities, deep vulnerability and compassion have often led her down untraveled paths into the great unknown where she has pursued her own healing and inner truth. In turn, she has felt called to share her experiences with others through various creative endeavors, from leader-facilitator of wilderness vision quests, to creator and director of ritual and musical theater performances, to documentary filmmaker, television director-producer, non-profit organizer/director, art gallery owner, to organizer for the first English-speaking feminist group in Paris in the late ‘70s, and finally, as a writer— always a clear, constant thread in her life’s tapestry.

Educational Background:

B.S. English: New Mexico State University, High Honors – Phi Kappa Phi
One Year-Golden Gate University Law School, San Francisco
M.A. Creativity & Whole Systems Design: Antioch University, Seattle
PhD Women’s Studies: 14 credit hours @Union Institute & University, Ohio
Rites of Passage Wilderness Guide
Student to Beautiful Painted Arrow, Joseph Rael, Native American Shaman; Robert Boissiere, author and teacher of the Hopi way of life; Jose Arguelles, Mayan Scholar, Teacher and Friend

Professional Background:

Writing:

Wild Women Write: Re-Connecting with the Wild Feminine. Purchase HERE.
- Wild Women Write focuses on specific qualities of the Wild Woman archetype found in myths and stories from diverse cultures and explores how it is relevant to women today. Using writing exercises and art-making as tools for exploration, the book guides the reader on a personal quest to re-discover and embody their inner wild woman while engaging with topics ranging from Healing the Split From Our Wild Feminine Nature; Wild Flesh and the Myth of Feminine Evil; Sacred Sexuality: Reverence For All Life; Wild Woman’s Relationship to Nature and Art; to Wild Woman Vs. the Borg. Writers as well as anyone seeking to restore and re-connect to their wild feminine will find this book an indispensable guide in charting a new territory belonging to the feminine.
American School of Mars: a three-act children’s musical play with nine original songs
Rock Around the Clock Indian Style: a three-act musical revue
Woman: What Does She Want? a one-act play
Georgia Rose: a full-length screenplay; Won second place in the Monterrey Screenplay Competition
Earth-Centered Spirituality: self-published book
Our Lady of Under-the-Earth: Ceremonies to Honor the Sacred Feminine: self-published book
Writes of Passage: Wirting Through the Seasons of Your Life

Media/Performance:

Adult Choir Director; High School Choral Director/Teacher
Actress/Singer in various Little Theater productions & Symphony Choruses
Television hostess for Good Morning Huntsville, a daily show on ABC
Women Evolving Culture: a 6-part television series for Santa Fe Public TV; wrote, directed & hosted
Discovering the Relationship Between Art and the Complexity Sciences: a documentary film; wrote, produced & directed
Adapted, directed & produced Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone for ritual outdoor theater performance

Teaching/Coaching/Travel Guide

Maui Community College: Mythology & Personal Narrative, The DaVinci Code: Mary Magdalene & The Black Madonnas, Creating New Maps for Mid-Life, among others
University of New Mexico/Continuing Education: Writes of Passage: Journaling for the Soul; Georgia O’Keeffe in Hawaii; and Gertrude Stein & Women Expatriates to Paris Left Bank; Wild Women Write
Teach on-going creative writing group & Write Your Memoir classes
Coaching consultant and Editor for writers
Sacred Sites Travel Guide: Vision Quest Leader to the deserts of the Southwest; Tour facilitator of women’s group to Egypt; Hopi Indian Reservation Guide; and Trip Guide to France, 2017: “Literary Paris: Ex-Pat Writers of the Left Bank (1900–1940)”

Business/Professional

Fine Art Consultant, Lahaina Art Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
WomanSpirit, creator/director of a non-profit for empowering women through the creative & healing arts
Sun Spirit Art Gallery, New Mexico, Owner/Director
High School Music Teacher, All Indian High School, Albuquerque, NM

Write as though your life depends on it, that’s writing with a passionate heart, the true writer's adventure!

Endorsements

Rebecca Jo Dakota

Sometimes we just need another person to hold the space for us while we change. We might really just need to “move the needle” a little in our self-image, in how we think of ourselves. Having someone else co-visualize that change with us can make all the difference. That’s what Marjorie does. She holds the space for those of us who want to write, who want to write well, who want to finally claim “writer” as a title. Having been in a writing group she led and also attending several writing retreats, I can say that it was Marjorie’s teaching and encouragement that made the difference for me.
Thank you Marjorie.

Phyllis Ryan

My experience in Marjorie’s Memoir Class continues to be a gradual un-layering of my past, which is 87 years old, revealing a life that I had somehow discounted as not important. Now I am realizing that I am a font of great tales that only I have access to and that perhaps my stories will be as interesting to others as they are to me!
Thanks, Marjorie.

Ruth Sandoval

Working with Marjorie St. Clair has been an eye opening experience! During our coaching sessions, Marjorie has shown me that I can achieve writing goals that were once only a lifelong dream. Her knowledge of good writing, astute assessment of my talents and abilities has given me solid ground to begin in earnest. Marjorie is fearless in challenging her students to stretch to become better writers.

Kristin Kailey

I’m now in the second part of my memoir-writing journey and I know I’m supposed to be here. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it. I start writing about one thing and other, often painful things, arise. This class of beautiful women is a lovely, safe place to explore the ways in which to just get it done. Marjorie’s sweet spirit guides us through each class and I feel it when I’m writing on my own. I’m learning so much about myself.
Thanks Marjorie!

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