Walking in Two Worlds at Once: A playshop that leaps between outer and inner realms
Mancos Library
October 16, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
FREE
Chink. Chink. That’s the sound of our hearts breaking open to show a bit of who we are. Ouch! And oh! In this workshop, we’ll explore how we—and the poems we write—can sometimes walk in two worlds at once: a sensual, physical world—the world of robinsong, blizzard, snakeskin and mud; and also a world of emotional memory, a world dedicated to meaning making—the world we inhabit when we dream, imagine and feel.
With play and practice, reading, writing and sharing, we’ll do a little balancing act of our own, leaping from the inner world to the glittering or glumsome details of the outer world and back again. And again. Bring your pen and paper, bring chocolate, bring your beating heart and your best friend, too. Most of all, bring your clear-witted awareness that we’re all walking on the edge of impermanence. Come to frolic with words and be willing to lose them, too.
contact Kate Kearns, kearnsiskate@gmail.com
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Lost in Motherland: Writing to Discover Who We Are(n’t)
Wilkinson Public Library
October 27, 10-2
FREE
Motherhood changes things. Amidst the blessings and the challenges, we transform. As one mother put it, “With my first child, I lost my interests. With my second child, I lost my identity.” How do we lean into motherhood’s paradoxical blend of miracle and loss? Writing can help. As James Pennebroke writes in Opening Up, writing “clears the mind” and helps us “understand and reorient our complicated lives” and “helps keep our psychological compass oriented.”
In this four-hour program, local mothers and writers Ellen Marie Metrick and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer lead other mothers in a writing practice that includes a lot more than just writing. What happens when we ask, “Who am I?” As Ramana Maharshi says, “The purpose of that question is not to find an answer but to dissolve the questioner.” What’s that supposed to mean? Come play.
Everyone welcome. No previous writing experience necessary. For those who have taken this workshop previously, the material will be all new. Registration is required. The program is free.
For More Information: Contact Paula, 970-728-4519.
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Walking in Two Worlds at Once: A playshop that leaps between outer and inner realms
Brush, Colorado Morgan Community College
Nov. 9, 12-1:30
FREE
Chink. Chink. That’s the sound of our hearts breaking open to show a bit of who we are. Ouch! And oh! In this workshop, we’ll explore how we—and the poems we write—can sometimes walk in two worlds at once: a sensual, physical world—the world of robinsong, blizzard, snakeskin and mud; and also a world of emotional memory, a world dedicated to meaning making—the world we inhabit when we dream, imagine and feel.
With play and practice, reading, writing and sharing, we’ll do a little balancing act of our own, leaping from the inner world to the glittering or glumsome details of the outer world and back again. And again. Bring your pen and paper, bring chocolate, bring your beating heart and your best friend, too. Most of all, bring your clear-witted awareness that we’re all walking on the edge of impermanence. Come to frolic with words and be willing to lose them, too.
For more information, contact Rachel Kellem, 970.542.3203
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The Weight of the Unknown: Writing from the unconstricted throat
November 10, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Weehawken Arts, Ridgway
$85.00 for Weehawken Members and $93 for Non-Members
We live in a culture that wants to know—we chart, graph, test, outline, classify, name and judge. But what of all the messiness, mystery and unruly potential that breeds beneath our longing for certainty? What would happen when we engage, as Adrienne Rich writes, with “the weight of the unknown, the untracked, the unrealized?” In this workshop we’ll explore how we might draw strength from “the great muscle of metaphor,” launching our poems and ourselves into the vast realm of possibility.
In this workshop, we’ll read poems that lead us deeper into paradox and write our own explorations of what if and what else. Let’s see what even a small bit of wonder might do …
Call Weehawken Creative Arts at 970.318.0150 or visit Weehawken online at http://www.weehawkenarts.org for more information or to register.
Moving with the Muse: Yoga and Poetry Daylong Retreat
December 2
Grand Junction, CO
Details TBA … email wordwoman@mesa.net with questions
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