Creative Workshops
Imagination as a form of attention
Creative Workshops engage the artistic and imaginative life as a disciplined mode of attention. These offerings are not therapy groups, critique workshops, or performance spaces.
They are structured circles for reading, writing, and listening—designed to cultivate presence through language and image. Imagination is not treated as self-expression alone. It is treated as a way of seeing.
The Rag and Bone Group
The Rag and Bone Group gathers fragments—lines, images, memory, intuition—and works with them carefully. The name suggests what is often discarded or overlooked. We attend to what remains. This group is not about publishing, productivity, or performance. It is a practice in noticing and shaping language with care.
Orientation
A disciplined circle for engaging poetry and imagination as a way of strengthening attention.
What We Will Work With
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Read poetry slowly and aloud
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Sit with language without rushing to interpretation
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Respond to short writing invitations (always optional)
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Practice shared listening without critique or advice
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Work with image, ambiguity, and unfinished language
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Allow silence to function as part of the work
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Develop a steady rhythm of reading and making over time
Structure
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Live, synchronous gatherings (virtual or in-person, as listed)
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Limited group size
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Clear facilitation and pacing
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Optional writing invitations between sessions
Who This Workshop is For
This workshop is suited for:
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Those drawn to poetry or language as a form of reflection
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Individuals who want a structured creative rhythm
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Writers at any level who prefer formation over critique
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Therapists, professionals, artists, and laypeople alike
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Anyone willing to show up and attend carefully