Connecting with the More-Than-Human World Through Writing
Led by Laura Paskus
Connect with the more-than-human world through listening, writing, and working together.
What is the more-than-human world? How do we as humans connect with rivers, trees, weather, flowers, animals, ancestors, and the forces of nature around and within us? How do we listen more closely, and write more powerfully and compassionately about the living beings around us?
As spring unfolds in northern New Mexico in late March, we’ll consider how we are each a part of everything around us, from the winds and weather patterns to migrating birds and flowing streams. This is as true in our climate-changed world today as it has ever been.
In this workshop, we’ll spend time talking about (and immersing ourselves within) the more-than-human world. (About six weeks prior to the workshop, the instructor will send out a recommended reading list to registered students.) Participants will explore their relationships with the more-than-human world through writing, reading aloud, and listening to one another. Over the course of two days, there will be writing prompts, peer- and self-editing exercises. Writers will have the opportunity to explore their own connections and creations, as well as learn from and listen to one another.
By the end of this workshop, participants will have written a draft of a prayer, a poem, an essay, or a letter —and most importantly, have developed tools for sustained writing practice.
Weather permitting, most of this workshop will be held outside and require walking and sitting outside.
Please click here for a brief overview & introduction from the Instructor, Supply List and Workshop Schedule.
Program Tuition: $280 (does not include Room & Board)
What is the more-than-human world? How do we as humans connect with rivers, trees, weather, flowers, animals, ancestors, and the forces of nature around and within us? How do we listen more closely, and write more powerfully and compassionately about the living beings around us?
As spring unfolds in northern New Mexico in late March, we’ll consider how we are each a part of everything around us, from the winds and weather patterns to migrating birds and flowing streams. This is as true in our climate-changed world today as it has ever been.
In this workshop, we’ll spend time talking about (and immersing ourselves within) the more-than-human world. (About six weeks prior to the workshop, the instructor will send out a recommended reading list to registered students.) Participants will explore their relationships with the more-than-human world through writing, reading aloud, and listening to one another. Over the course of two days, there will be writing prompts, peer- and self-editing exercises. Writers will have the opportunity to explore their own connections and creations, as well as learn from and listen to one another.
By the end of this workshop, participants will have written a draft of a prayer, a poem, an essay, or a letter —and most importantly, have developed tools for sustained writing practice.
Weather permitting, most of this workshop will be held outside and require walking and sitting outside.
Please click here for a brief overview & introduction from the Instructor, Supply List and Workshop Schedule.
Program Tuition: $280 (does not include Room & Board)
Program Details
Start Date:
End Date:
Categories:
Ghost Ranch Program
Writing Literature Journaling
Date & Time Details:
3:00 pm Check in
10:00 am Check out
10:00 am Check out
Location:
Ghost Ranch
Address:
280 1708 Dr, Abiquiu, NM 87510, USA
Contact:
Programs
programs@ghostranch.org
505-685-1000
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About the Leader
Laura Paskus
Laura Paskus is a longtime writer based in Albuquerque. She’s the author of At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate and editor of Water Bodies: Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth. She has reported on the most important environmental issues of her generation for print, online, and radio outlets, and produced “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future” for eight seasons on New Mexico PBS. She teaches in the University of New Mexico Communication and Journalism Department and is working on a new project about New Mexico’s rivers — and visions for their wild futures.