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 […]
Mentor’s Experiences
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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 […]
By Marc D. Allan, Butler MFA candidate Leona, a lady beyond a certain age, likes to break out in song. Doesn’t matter where she is or who’s in the room or that it’s well after Christmas and she’s still singing “Silent Night.” She’s going to sing. At this moment, she’s […]