Self Care as Activism:: Activism as Art
How do we as women care for ourselves? How do we engage in acts of self-care & how do our ritualistic practices steep into our writing & service our art? As Audre Lorde stated: caring for myself...is an act of political warfare. The idea of self-care as self-preservation is so powerful, how can it not become a part of how we protect ourselves? In this workshop, we will look at the poems of Aracelis Girmay, June Jordan, Patricia Smith, Vanessa Angelica, Elizabeth Acevedo & others. We will engage imagery, imagination & all our senses to create art that can be a roadmap or an answer to these vital questions:
How do we care for our bodies?
How do we make magic?
How do we daydream & how does dreaming allow us to create a better world for ourselves?
The objective is to write our way to a better future and actualize self-love on the page.