Crossings - 19 March 2022

 We began with introductions and sharing what inspired us which in this instance, without any prompting, was all connected to light.  We then wrote about how we recalled our own “crossings” and how these manifested and what we could learn from them. 

We created a word cloud in response to the theme and as ever it was interesting to see where words sat in relation to one another:

 The poem promoted a lot of discussion and reflection in the writing in terms of how the images had been portrayed in words, which was inspiring.  We then looked at some different sets of images and explored how the writing for each chosen image related to one another and what emerged from the pairing.  Interestingly, there was one image that the whole group chose, perhaps because it is such an iconic one that referred to childhood.  Can you guess which one it is?

Finally, we looked back through what we’d experienced during our time together and shared what we would take away from the workshop and from one another and this helped to deepen connections.  

 

Here’s something I wrote that the poem reminded me of on an “ordinary” day:

 

I’d been watching a pair of leaves dance by the allotments

entwined with silver threads spun by spiders 

The breeze called its own tune

and the pair could not resist

They were lifted up as they twirled

but then the wind would drop

The rising and falling was like waves of rhythm 

conducted by nature

I could hardly bear to turn away

so entrancing was this interplay