A WRITER'S RETREAT
WITH DENNIS PATRICK SLATTERY
Writing has the capacity to mend some tear in the fabric of our fiction, the storied self that is always plotting its course both within and without. By exposing to the open air of prose what affects, wounds, emblazons the scar tissue of resentments, hurts, slights, wrongs, wrong paths chosen, one has the opportunity to close the gap or the gape in the soul-holes of one's being. –Dennis Patrick Slattery, Riting Myth, Mythic Writing:
Plotting Your Personal Story
Friday, May 13, 2016
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Saturday, May 14, 2016
9:30 – 4:30 PM
$125 Includes a copy of Riting Myth,
Mythic Writing: Plotting Your Personal Story by Dennis Patrick Slattery &
Saturday lunch catered by The Old Mill Tasty Shop.
We
begin on Friday evening to explore what asks to be expressed and what direction
your writing will take you. We may be called to a work that focuses on personal
and/or professional growth. We might ask: What is the genesis of this call?
What are its terms? Is being called a mythic instance in our life that may
re-direct our trajectory? What are the consequences of its refusal? “Not now;
call me back.” What parts are we still to live out?
On
Saturday, through writing prose and poetry, we’ll engage several active
imagination meditations taken from Dr. Slattery’s book, Riting Myth,
Mythic Writing: Plotting Your Personal Story, as well as additional meditations
created since the book’s publication, to invite the voice and energy of our
personal myth through several conduits of expression. We will write cursively,
so leave all laptops at home. Bring with you a journal, a favorite writing
utensil and an open heart in order to enjoy this interlude from your daily
routines to reflect and write in a welcoming setting and to share, if you wish,
some of your own insights and remembrances with others. All participants will
be given a copy of Riting Myth, Mythic Writing: Plotting Your Personal
Story by Dennis Patrick Slattery.
REGISTRATION
Register Early! Class
size limited! To register, print and fill in the form below then email the form to pbjork2910@aol.com or fill in and print the form then mail to:
Pam Bjork, 240 S. Pershing St, Wichita, KS 67218
A $50.00 deposit is required with your registration by personal check or Credit Card (Visa or MC). Balance due May 1, 2016. An email confirmation letter will be sent within 5 days of receiving your registration. (So be sure to include one when you send the form!)
CANCELLATION
To obtain a refund on your registration fee, email a
written cancellation request no later than April 22, 2016 to pbjork2910@aol.com.
Tuition less a $25 processing fee will be refunded. No refunds on
your registration fee will be made after that time.
MEALS
Saturday lunch is provided to encourage ongoing dialogue and
community exchange. Catered by The Old Mill Tasty Shop
LOCATION
The Garvey House, 8427 East
Douglas, Wichita
(Immediately EAST of The Independent School)
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A wonderful opportunity to dive deep into one’s story!
ABOUT DENNIS PATRICK SLATTERY
Dennis
Patrick Slattery, Ph.D., is
Core Faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California in the Mythological
Studies and Depth Psychology Programs. Honored as Distinguished Professor in
2007, Dr. Slattery is the author of over 200 articles and book reviews, as well
as the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 23 books and six volumes of
poetry. His recent books are Our Daily Breach: Exploring Your Personal
Myth Through Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and Bridge Work: Essays on
Mythology, Literature, Psychology.
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