Summer Journaling Circle – June 3, 10, 17, 24 & July 1

Inspired by Julia Cameron’s The Morning Pages in her book, The Artist’s Way, and modeled after Writing to Wholeness Toolkit compiled by Elena Anderson Eggert and Wendy Brown-Baez (Learn more about this project at https://writingtowholeness.com/)

Logistics

Pine Center for the Arts: Mondays @ 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m./Noon

Dates: June 3, 10, 17, 24 and July 1

Registration: $30

What to Bring: Dedicated journal and writing tool

Overview

We will adapt Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages (long-hand, stream-of-consciousness writing) as we gather in community to do our Monday Morning Pages together. Then, for some prompted freewriting, we will use inspiration from American Earth: Environmental Writing since Thoreau. After each writing, there will be time to share any thoughts or reflections that appeared. To end each session, we will create a collaborative poem from our own writings.

Caveats

The intention of our Journaling Circle to is provide community that encourages writing. With that, you decide how you want to participate. During a meeting, you can share only what you want with the group. There is no requirement to speak and/or to offer up what you have written. Each writing session will also include a prompt; however, you get to decide whether to follow the prompt or not.  Maybe you’ll come for the sake of journaling accountability or to simply be in a calm and encouraging space with others to do your own self-reflecting through writing.

Facilitator

Stacey Foster