Yet this is the most important time to do exactly that. I think this makes it ever more challenging for people to take time to develop and nurture the creative within them. The world is a mess and it is difficult to manage the challenges we face as a species, never mind on a personal level.
I am most interested in who you are, what life has taught you what you might teach me. I think of it as getting to know each other from the inside out (rather than the ‘backwards’ way it usually happens in society, from the outside in). Rather, what begins to come forward through the writing is the utterly beautiful and vulnerable being that you are that we all are. Because these things are not the focus here. No one even knows if you can spell, not even me. These things may be discovered or shared over time, but they are unimportant in the context of the space I create. No one knows what anyone else does for a living, what their social or financial standing is what their family or relationship situations are. I think that what happens in my classes is an uncovering. It happens every single time it is inevitable. When you have an urge to tell your story, to express yourself through this sacred medium, and you come together in a collective and open yourself, magic happens. I love bringing people together in an intimate way, in a way that strips away the exterior shells and exposes the inner self or core, that part we can all relate to and be touched by. Pain, joy, grief, love, delight, mystery. We are all utterly unique, and yet we are all human, and experience the same feelings as all other humans. We all have a need to express ourselves, to be known and understood. However, we all have stories to tell we do it all the time. You learn to write by reading, and by writing. My classes are about connecting not critiquing.
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