THE UNPACKING SESSIONS 1 & 2
Erykah told me my bags were too heavy
how did she know?
i never told her
but the cap fit too well
so i started to unpack
to unburden my shoulders
so i could stand upright
i wanted to turn the clock back
or to do the next best thing
i wanted to remember
what it was like
wanted to know what it felt like
to be travelling light...
WHAT?
An exploration of Womanhood and empowerment in the
21st century and how it manifests in your own lives.
HOW?
Over 2 days of exciting discussion and debate, journal writing,
photography, drawing and scrap-boarding, we will unpack the
baggage around our sex that we carry around consciously and
subconsciously since we were girl toddlers.
photography, drawing and scrap-boarding, we will unpack the
baggage around our sex that we carry around consciously and
subconsciously since we were girl toddlers.
WHY?
Why not? So we can ask questions "how much does your
gender really hold you back?"
gender really hold you back?"
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THE SESSIONS DATES: SUNDAY 24TH JULY & SATURDAY 30TH JULY
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Using performance poetry, creative writing exercises, discussion
and sharing we will explore some of the inflammatory and moving
issues around some of the pressures women endure in this time, eg.:
*media hype around body matters
*dreams and aspiration being met in these penny pinching times
*when women have to bear the economic brunt
*culture, ethnicity and empowerment in womanhood
*relationships - intimate and family
*violence and abuse
*dreams and aspiration being met in these penny pinching times
*when women have to bear the economic brunt
*culture, ethnicity and empowerment in womanhood
*relationships - intimate and family
*violence and abuse
Session 2 - PACKING ONLY WHAT YOU NEED
Be prepared for an abundance of creativity, sharing the resolve to
celebrate your life, as a Woman, with tools and memories born
from the Travelling Light Unpacking Sessions - WHY 2 SESSIONS?
INCUBATION
We cannot underestimate the time needed to absorb and encourage
freshly planted seeds or those that lay dormant within you. Time is
needed to let thoughts that arise out of some of our debate settle, to
see how they affect you in your daily life.
REFLECTION
During the 6 days you are encouraged and advised on how to
micro-journal your thoughts daily that reflect and nurture your
incubation seeds to a place of creativity for making celebratory
and transformative Art - be it poetry,
Facilitators Zena Edwards.
For more details about what happens in Travelling Light sessions
contact Zena on 07904 343 005.
contact Zena on 07904 343 005.
DETAILS
WHEN: Sunday 24th July - 12 - 6pm
Saturday 30th July - 11pm - 5pm
VENUE: The Albany. Douglas Way.Contact: 07904 343 005 or zena.edwards@gmail.com
Deptford. London SE8 4AG. (The Yellow Room)
Cost: £8 each session or £13 for the 2**
No. of places: 10. Please book and confirm your reservation by the 20th July.
Please pass on to other ladies you think may be interested. Thanks.
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