Thursday 18 September, 9AM-10:30AM
Open Air
Impermanently Yours: Poetic Therapy for Loss
With its ability to attentively bear witness to heartache, poetry can act as a medicinal companion through periods of grief.
Join poet, artist and professional counsellor AJ D’Costa for a poetic therapy workshop on writing loss and impermanence, with attention to the various forms they may be taking in your life. In community with others, you’ll be guided through creative group exercises, meditation & prompted writing to distill wounds into a medicinal elegy.
This workshop is welcome to all, regardless of your poetry writing experience.
Pay-What-You-Wish
North Carlton Railway Neighbourhood House, Pavilion
20 Solly Avenue, Princes Hill VIC 3054
Featuring...
AJ D’Costa
AJ D’Costa is a poet, artist & professional counsellor of Goan-Indian heritage. Playing at the intersection of creativity & contemplative practice, her work has appeared across various mediums, with features & performances in the Australian Poetry Journal, on 3CR Radical Radio, the Stellar South Asian Women Awards & Radio Laria Poetry. AJ holds deep appreciation […]
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