Grief is the result of loss and it can manifest in many ways. For some, it can be debilitating, affecting us with physical pain and ailments. For others, it can be expressed with a multitude of emotions such as sadness, anger, resentment, or indifference. And for others still, a quietly consuming heartache or underlying void with no outward expression at all. This therapeutic intervention will give participants an opportunity to reflect on grief and loss as a result of breast cancer using the arts to transform a personal article of clothing/piece of fabric into a creative offering. No previous artistic experience is required. Art materials will be supplied. 

Hosted by Fan Wu

Water, water, everywhere; and not a drop to think.

In this writing workshop, we take the qualities of water into our own writing practices. As water is mutable, our forms will run the spectrum from trickle to flood. As water is unitary, our words will reveal the continuity between disparate things in the motion of an oceanic consciousness. As water is a vessel for grief and transformation, our poetic language will arrive from the rest of life in its emotive totality.

We will take inspiration from: Naomi Jaye's The Water Series; poets Samuel Coleridge, Nicole Brossard, and Dionne Brand, among others; and somatic practices of qigong and collective reading. The bulk of our workshop will be the process of gathering materials, and we will conclude with composition and performance. No prior writing experience is necessary -- anyone is welcome to register.

Please contact fanwu4u@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Join an insightful conversation with The Water Series creator Naomi Jaye and choreographer and dancer Molly Johnson. It will be an intimate platform for discussion and audience engagement.