Dec 12-14, 2008
This workshop is about reclaiming your voice, about using your own language, about finding your own rhythms, about writing your own story. It’s about honoring your own instincts, not trying to sound like a “WRITER” or trying to get an A from the teacher. It’s for anyone who wants to write, has written, or wants a jump start for tapping into the power source of creativity.
Nancy promises a safe space where you can celebrate who you are without judgment, without evaluation, and without the mental censor. When you shake the inner critic of your “artist,” you have a good shot at shaking the inner critic of your life. Nancy has been called a midwife for words that want to be born. She is wondrously warm and amazingly energetic, and people blossom under her care.
It is not unusual for a life transformation to take place in the sacred circle she creates. It’s been said that when you’re ready, the teacher will be there. She’s known for getting people ready, and she will definitely be there. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will become an alchemist as you turn pain into gold. You’ll write with renewed innocence and astounding power. In this workshop, you cannot be wrong. The truth is healing; writing the truth is always right.
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Nancy Slonim Aronie is the author of Writing from the Heart, Tapping the Power of your Inner Voice, now in its seventh printing. She’s been a college professor at Trinity College in Hartford and a teaching fellow at Harvard, where she received the Derek Bok Teacher of the Year award for two consecutive years as a Teaching Fellow for Robert Coles. She’s been a television performer in the mini series, “Catch a Rainbow,” a magazine columnist at McCall’s, and a commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered. She teaches Writing from the Heart at Esalen, the Open Center, Kripalu, Naropa, and many other places and she created the Chilmark Writing Workshop in her home on Martha’s Vineyard. We are delighted she is returning. (chilmarkwritingworkshop.com).