"ARIANA REINES’ INTEGRATIVE WORK AS A POET AND TEACHER IS PROFOUNDLY TRANSFORMATIVE FOR ME IN HER ABILITY TO LEAP INTO THE HEART OF THE MEDITATED UPON AND DIRECTLY ENCOUNTERED TEXTS SHE WORKS THROUGH AS GENERATIVE FIELDS FOR NEW THOUGHT AND WRITING. IN REAL TIME SHE INVENTS WAYS TO WORK WITH POETRY AND MYTHIC LITERATURE AS THE MEDICINE WE NEED TO ROUTE OUT THE MANY CANKERWORMS OF FEAR WITHIN EACH OF US, AS WE WORK TOWARDS LIBERATION FROM THE MANY HIERARCHICAL DISEASES THAT BIND US. HER FIRM HAND AND BRILLIANT MIND SUBVERT OLD STALE WAYS OF ‘TEACHING WRITING’ AND HELP GUIDE THE GROUP THROUGH MANY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS THE CHOSEN TEXTS EVOKE AS SHE ALSO LEARNS BESIDE US. THE GROUP BECOMES A LIVING ENTITY OF COMMUNITY, OF FELT THOUGHT." - LEE ANN BROWN