Sample Workshop Descriptions

WRITING INTO THE SILENCE

Cynthia Huntington

Writing Into the Silence

9-12

Silence precedes, surrounds, and follows speech. In the space between objects, thoughts and breaths is the silence from which everything arises. No matter how much we are filled with noise, silence is always present. Empty of sound, it is at the same time filled with presence and possibility. When we go toward this silence our thoughts widen and relax and our efforts can open into exploration.

Exercises, readings and optional take-home assignments will offer ways to find new passageways into deeper places in the mind where inspiration begins, before the noise in the world and inside the mind makes it hard to hear.

This is a generative workshop; exercises suited to both poetry and prose forms will help us learn to move deeper into the work we are already doing and stretch beyond self-imposed limits. We will write daily and prolifically, and share what we’ve written with generous curiosity. Open to all, from beginners to advanced writers looking for new directions; you will need to bring a notebook and an open mind.