Monday night was an amazing night for UNdoing writers. We did our 'water logic' workshop which was a combination of free writing, exquisite corpse/erasing/ rewriting, sharing, and meditating. The writing collaboration was so incredible--I had a member of the group tell me she has been waiting for something like this all year. I was bashful and dismissive, but went home feeling, honestly, really proud.
We had eight members, which I am finding is really the best number for the group because it allows for everyone to share their work. If we had more writers, I think the intimacy would be lost.
One of the most powerful prompts/moments we shared on Monday was: we held hands in silence with the people next to us for three minutes. Then we wrote after the experience. The group really seemed to gel after that. They seemed to have a new loyalty towards each other.
Basically I couldn't have asked for a better version of the last UNdoing Poetry workshop. The greatest testament, the thing that makes me believe in it, is the writing seems to be totally out-of mind, spontaneous eruptions of creative flow.
I'm in awe.
PS, the same member who told me she liked the workshop offered me the suggestion that I should rename it to UNbinding Writing...thoughts?
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