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Christian McEwen will act as writing guide each morning in a series of 6 linked sessions focussing, in turn, on reading, writing, dreaming, drawing, walking and telling stories, through which we will explore our relationship with time. The emphasis throughout will be on slowing down and paying attention, allowing time to explore both inner and outer landscapes. All participants are welcome, at any level of skill, and there will be plenty of time for sharing and discussion. The meeting room where these sessions will take place will also hold a generous library of nature writing and poetry, for you to explore at your leisure.
Jan Kilpatrick will act as artist-in-residence, helping you to make books to house your writings, drawings and photographs. She will also introduce you to other media such as print-making and sculpture, as a way of developing each of the themes explored during the morning writing sessions.
We will take advantage of the natural surroundings by incorporating the plant life and beach-findings to our work and, whenever the weather favours us, hold our art work and writing sessions out of doors. The island Post Office/café, situated on the shore, will double as our studio space for at least some of the time and this studio will always be open to allow you to use the bank of art materials and books during your own private time.
The price of this course includes the short ferry trip to and from the mainland, your accommodation, all meals, tuition and course materials, as well as a mid-week boat trip around the some of the other Summer Isles. Accommodation is in three former croft houses and each participant will have their own room. If you would like to bring a partner or friend to share a twin or double room with you, then there is a reduced rate.
All tutored sessions are optional so, if you and/or your partner would like to enjoy some of the other past-times available on the island, you could do some fishing or kayaking (untutored, so experience is essential) or hire a sail boat.
To find out more about Tanera Mòr and the surrounding area visit :
www.summer-isles.com
Christian McEwen is a freelance writer, teacher and workshop leader. She grew up in the Borders of Scotland and attended King's College, Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated with a Master's degree in English and Creative Writing. In addition to her own writings, she has edited four anthologies, including "Jo's Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure" and "The Alphabet of The Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing". She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Her new book, "World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down", provides the inspiration for this week of retreat. To purchase a copy of the book, click
Amazon UK or
Bauhan Publishing USA. To find out more about Christian, go to her website www.christianmcewen.com
Recently, Christian has contributed an essay on the benefits of walking to the new on-line journal of the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics. To read this essay, visit
www.geopoetics.org.uk/../ramblingmen/.
Jan Kilpatrick is a practicing artist and lives in Assynt, in the north west Highlands, just a short distance from the Summer Isles. She has been teaching to a variety of audiences over the past 20 years and draws upon a broad range of materials and skills as she helps to seek out the natural creativity in each one of her students. She is particularly interested in using text and image together in order to express the connection between human experience and the natural world. To find out more about Jan, visit her Biography page.
This will be the third time that Christian and Jan will have taught together on the Summer Isles and they look forward to another week of shared experience and inspiration.
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Single room £570.00
Small Single room / Shared occupancy £525.00
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