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What a treat that was today! I know that everyone enjoyed taking the journey with you. It was especially fun to have some person say something that sparked a memory we forgot about.  One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.Henry Miller Life’s journeys may take us to the farthest, deepest, most remote outposts or around the corner to the hidden garden in your own neighborhood. Most of us are aiming at something in between, but the meaning of traveling is what propels us outward from our home base. T. S. Eliot reminds us that it is possible—though regrettable—to have the experience and miss the meaning, but that “meaning restores the experience” (Four Quartets). In our travel memoir writing workshops, we guide travelers in the process of restoring and enhancing the experiences that bring lifelong pleasure and satisfaction. Sample of personal travel journal writing workshops: Pre-travel and Post-travel Workshops Travelers who want to brush up on their writing flexibility may enjoy one or two pre-travel workshops to learn and practice new strategies to make the most of their experiences. Upon return, travelers may enjoy an extension of the bliss of travel with a workshop to generate reflective narratives and vignettes to accompany their digital photographs. Pre-travel and Post-travel workshops can be arranged for groups or individuals by appointment. Travel brings us as nothing else does to a sense of ourselves. When are we more ourselves than when traveling? Diane Johnson  “Wide Angle Lens / Telephoto Lens”Using a variety of photos, participants will experiment with the views through a wide-angle lens versus views through a telephoto lens. Writing will focus on experiencing and describing every scene from multiple perspectives and with a variety of lenses. If it is better to travel than to arrive, it is because traveling is a constant arriving, while arrival that precludes further traveling is most easily attained by going to sleep or dying. John Dewey “Silk Purse and Sow’s Ear” Participants will reflect on some of their most uncomfortable travel experiences and use a series of brief, guided writing experiences to transform these raw materials into a “silk purse” of new self-understandings about persistence, courage, limitations, and crisis strategies. A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu “Chronology Side-by-Side” Many avocational travel writers keep a journal of the events and activities of every day—a simple chronology. This workshop will begin with chronology, but move beyond to develop and practice writing strategies to deepen the impact of travel with reflections on meaning and emotional impact side-by-side with the simple list of activities. I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson Customized Topics: We will work with you to create custom workshops for your specific goals and needs. Contact us for more information. Editing and coaching services for individual projects are also available by appointment. |
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