A 2 part somatic workshop for creatives exploring a new relationship to time, utilizing movement, visual art, writing, and dialogue.
THE WHATS:
We all live within a structure of time, both natural and human made. The sun and moon exist. There are seasons and weather shifts. Tides and oceans. And there is the clock, the calendar, both a mix of human construction and based off nature and stars.
As creatives, as humans, there is often a tension around our productivity::: When should we be working? How often? How long? How many pieces should I be making? When do I know when a piece is finished? Am I too old to start over as a creative? Am I too young to be taken seriously? I don't have enough time to pursue my creative imagings because X.
And so on, and so forth. I am sure we could all enter in our own questions, anxieties, and fears around this.
But what if we slowed down enough to explore our relationship to bodily time?
What might the body have to say about speed, energy, rest, and time?
This 2 part workshop will be a space to just begin to explore these questions. It will not be the end-all, be-all of these questions (nor should there ever be), but an open door to allow your own creative intuition to spring forth, and perhaps allow a new way of creating to make itself known to you.
This workshop will utilize some of the following:
personal mythology exploration
journaling + writing exercises
visual art making
guided movement and somatic explorations
creative prompts
readings
group conversations
with the potential for partner work
July 22:::
This session will be exploring our current relationship to time through the personal and collective.
Some of the questions we will be investigating::::
What societal language do we have around time/clocks? What is our relationship to age, to abilities and disabilites, to death and the dying? How is time tied into production, the American Myth, and capitalism? And how have all these things come to live inside of me?
How might I perpetuate them?
July 29:::
This session will be exploring a new relationship to time - considering bodily time, land time, spirit time.
Allowing ourselves to be present to where we are and the histories (both our own, our culture and country, and ancesteral) that live within us, how might we move foward into new ways of inhabiting time? What can we learn from our own body? The collective body? What does nature and land have to teach us of time? What does spirit and ancestors have to share with us?
Week of August 10th :::
There will be an additional Show+Tell Scheduled with the cohort sometime the week of August 10th. This Show+Tell will be a space to honor what has emerged in us and allow for a guided conversation to continue beyond the space of the workshop itself.
This Show + Tell might be expressed through conversation, art, ritual, performance, something else entirely, or truly a show and tell! The cohort will decide, together, if this will be public (open to all people), private (only for the class), or semi-private (each participant invites 2-3 people to join our conversation).
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
You will get an email a week before the event with details and more! There will be some loose homework assignments between week 1 and week 2s session, such as a short reading, some journal and creative prompts, and general musings to hold onto. You won't be checked or graded on this, but it will benefit not only your time, but the larger group conversation.
THE TICKETS:
It is required to come to both the July 22nd class and the July 29th. Purchasing one ticket is for both sessions.
$125 ($25 an hour, for the 5 hour workshop)
SLIDING SCALE:
$65 - $185
Here is a helpful link for navigating your price point.
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE:
Purchase the Payment Plan ticket of $25 to secure your spot. You will receive an email within 2 business days to sort through your payment plan details, including what price you would like to pay. All payment plans must be sorted before the second workshop on July 29th.
THE FACILITATOR:
Be Friending Time is led and organized by Madison Mae Parker (MFA, RSME/T in practicum). Madison Mae Parker is a white, queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent ritual artist, writer, performer, and witch. Parker holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute and is a registered somatic movement educator in practicum through ISMETA by way of the Tamalpa Institute (founded by Anna Halprin). She hosts various workshops around Chicago, works as an Arts Doula, and as an arts educator for children as well as adults. They deeply believe our bodies are our first source of wisdom, our way to build another world. MadisonMaeParker.com
Please note!
This workshop is a part of the final research for my somatic thesis to finish up my liscening. Due to this nature, there will be documentation occuring at moments of the workshop and only shared for academic purposes and with consent.
**Engaging with somatic and internal work can bring about a sense of heavy emotions. It is encouraged to be a part of a community network (be this family, friends, therapists, mutual aid, etc.) outside of these sessions, should you become activated by anything present. If you are unsure if this is right for you or if you are nervous about the resources potentially necessary for this offering, please email me and let's have a dialogue. * I am not a liscened therapist and cannot provide these services.