Rachel Bagby Explained

Rachel Bagby is a US-based, award-winning performance artist, author, poet, composer, and vocalist.

Biography

Rachel Bagby, J.D. (Stanford Law School) is the originator of the poetic form she calls Dekaaz™; a form consisting of ten syllables in three-lines. The first line is 2 syllables, the second is 3 syllables and the last line is 5 syllables. The name comes from the Greek root of the word ten (deka) + the letters "a" and "z" to signify the range of human experience that can be expressed in "just ten/syllables/...three lines 2/3/5." To complete the process of creating a Dekaaz, you must speak it out loud to another living being.

Bagby is also the author of Divine Daughters: Liberating the Power and Passion of Women's Voices (Harper San Francisco, 1999).^[1] Her publications include articles about sustainability^{[2] [3]} in Natural Home, The Wall Street Journal^{[4] [5] [6]} , Time, Ms. Magazine^[7] , Women of Power, and others, as well as poetry in literary journals. Her anthologized contributions can be found in Nature and the Human Spirit: Toward an Expanded Land Management Ethic, (Venture Publishing, State College, PA, 1995); Circles of Strength: Community Alternatives to Alienation, (New Society Publishing, Philadelphia, PA 1993); Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism, (Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA 1990); and Healing the Wounds (New Society Publishing, Santa Cruz, CA: 1989).

She has released two recordings of her compositions, Full and Reach Across the Lines. Full features her soundtrack for the Emmy Award-winning documentary, Dialogues with Madwomen.

Bagby has established Singing Farm, a solar-powered, 20-acre organic farm and musical learning center in Central Virginia.

Honors

• Donella Meadows Sustainability Institute Fellow (2009–2010)^[8]
• Arts and Healing Network Artist of the Year Award (2008)^[9]
• Bioneers Award (2003)
• Advisory Council for the River of Words program, co-founded by former US Poet Laureate Robert Haas

Bibliography

• Book: Bagby, Rachel . Divine Daughters . HarperSanFrancisco . San Francisco . 1999 . 0062514261 . registration .
• Book: Diamond, Irene . Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism . registration . Sierra Club Books . San Francisco . 1990 . 0871566230 .
• Book: Driver, Beverly . Nature and the Human Spirit: Toward an Expanded Land Management Ethic . Venture Publishing. State College, PA . 1996 . 0910251827 .
• Book: Forsey, Helen . Circles of Strength: Community Alternative to Alienation . New Society Publishers . Philadelphia . 1993 . 086571259X . registration .
• Book: Plant, Judith. Healing the Wounds. 1989. New Society Publishing. Santa Cruz. 9781897408094.
• Book: Sigerman, Harriet . The Columbia Documentary History of American Women Since 1941 . Columbia University Press . New York Chichester . 2007 . 9780231116992 .

Discography

• Full (1993)
• Reach Across the Lines (1989 and 2006)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rachel Bagby, JD. Institute of Noetic Sciences. March 24, 2012.
2. Bagby. Rachel. Building the Green Movement. 1988. Spring. 14.
3. Bagby. Rachel. Twenty Acres and a Hen. Yes! Magazine. June 20, 2000.
4. News: Bagby. Rachel. Trial Electric Plant Off Hawaii Will Tap Ocean Temperatures. Wall Street Journal. July 27, 1979.
5. News: Bagby. Rachel. A Worker at Romac Asks Other Workers. Wall Street Journal. September 10, 1979.
6. News: Bagby. Rachel. California Leads in Uses of Solar Energy; Major U.S. Output Is Seen Long Way Off. Wall Street Journal. November 13, 1979.
7. Bagby. Rachel. Answering Nature's Call: How to grow native—wherever you live. Ms. Magazine. May 1993. 3. 24.
8. Web site: The Donella Meadows Fellowship Program. March 13, 2013.
9. Web site: Rachel Bagby: 2008 AHN Awardee. March 13, 2013.