About This Event
The art of creative writing emanates from meaning and emotional movement of words--a malleable landscape we will explore by tapping into our own somatic energetic expressions. Grounding our explorations with embodiment and breath work, we will engage several creative writing and thinking processes, including embodied mark-making to bring to the surface deeply held knowing and awareness. No prior art or writing experience needed.
Participants will learn a variety of creative writing and thinking processes that may be applied to any personal writing project or goal--whether that's writing poetry, creative nonfiction essays or entire novels. By combining playful thought explorations with basic embodiment and breath practices, you'll learn to create uniquely meaningful and informative artistic expressions.
This series is three different workshops, all containing new material and activities, so feel free to attend any ONE or ALL workshops. 1pm-3pm
Series Dates:
- November 15
- December 13
- January 3
Instructor Bio:
In addition to her 22 years years teaching literature, composition, creative writing, journalism, and film studies at American River and Sierra Community Colleges, Dawn Blunk's previous careers--producing and directing local film projects and nearly a decade covering the arts scene for Sacramento magazine--intersect with her additional studies in depth psychology and current work leading depth-oriented creative processing/writing workshops. Infused with embodiment and somatic movement practices, these experiences are intended to develop artistic expressions and connections to Self.
About This Event
The art of creative writing emanates from meaning and emotional movement of words--a malleable landscape we will explore by tapping into our own somatic energetic expressions. Grounding our explorations with embodiment and breath work, we will engage several creative writing and thinking processes, including embodied mark-making to bring to the surface deeply held knowing and awareness. No prior art or writing experience needed.
Participants will learn a variety of creative writing and thinking processes that may be applied to any personal writing project or goal--whether that's writing poetry, creative nonfiction essays or entire novels. By combining playful thought explorations with basic embodiment and breath practices, you'll learn to create uniquely meaningful and informative artistic expressions.
This series is three different workshops, all containing new material and activities, so feel free to attend any ONE or ALL workshops. 1pm-3pm
Series Dates:
- November 15
- December 13
- January 3
Instructor Bio:
In addition to her 22 years years teaching literature, composition, creative writing, journalism, and film studies at American River and Sierra Community Colleges, Dawn Blunk's previous careers--producing and directing local film projects and nearly a decade covering the arts scene for Sacramento magazine--intersect with her additional studies in depth psychology and current work leading depth-oriented creative processing/writing workshops. Infused with embodiment and somatic movement practices, these experiences are intended to develop artistic expressions and connections to Self.