From Richard Sell: For the last 2018 Writing for Wellness class at Eskenazi our group of four facilitators wanted to present an exercise primarily chosen for enjoyment. We’d had some dark but productive work created in the previous two classes but we wanted their last impressions of the course […]
Daily Archives: May 18, 2020
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From Dominique Weldon: One exercise that was successful with the Eskenazi group was the Ekphrastic Poetry Prompt. We started the session by showing the group painting, American Gothic. We told the employees to talk about the artwork and to share what aspects they liked, what they didn’t like, who […]
From Camara Wallace: I suggested we do a Blackout Poetry day with the staff at Eskenazi because it’s a good poetry exercise for those who do not write poetry on a daily basis. To do it, you take a page of prose and blackout words until you get a […]
Kaleidoscope of Colors An archway etched with shiny diamond triangles, red, orange, blue trees filled with leaves you can hear squirrels feed. Following the road, you can hear the creak stream bubble gently down the rocks. At the end sits a rustic bronze fence, chipped at the top. The […]
Untitled I have been here before, countless times. Not at this ungodly hour of 430. I follow a well worn game trail that runs along the back side of my little woodlot. Although I carry an electric torch, I will not use it in fear of making my presence […]