Join award-winning storyteller, Aimee Louw, for One Good Thing:
a celebratory creative writing and expression workshop which asks members to focus on a micro-joy in order to grow that joyful sensation.
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“By the end of this session members will feel audacious in their commitment to their bodies, passions and joy, which I believe are crucial aesthetic skills for everyone in the polycrisis of our times.”
-Aimee
Members will leave with strategies to support their creative practice and centre micro-practices of joy in their daily lives.
Workshop includes:
Writing prompts, ritual and embodied techniques adapted from my training in Pain Reprocessing Therapy
Joyful strategies for living that I’ve gained from living with chronic illness and changing body experiences.
Write towards publishable drafts.
Emphasis on the writing process, self-expression and cultivating caring creative community.
Drafts of a few genres of writing (poetry & nonfiction).
Next studio intake: Winter, 2027
Dates:
TBA
Time
TBA
Location
Online over Zoom
Each week we will:
→ read a segment of writing that has influenced Aimee’s practice of micro-joys
→ practice a technique to reconnect with our bodies
→ respond to a prompt through creative writing
This studio is for members who:
Have a writing practice or want to develop one
At any stage- professional, hobby, student, journalist, journaler. Everyone is welcome (17+)
Feel disconnected from your body or the environment
Feel burned out, often tired, foggy brained
Find it hard to take time for yourself
Have creative blocks
Want to develop strategies and rituals to make creativity a regular part of their week, sustainably
Members will come away with:
A daily practice of noticing what brings you joy
Creative confidence
Drafts of different types of poems and creative non-fiction
Simple, proven embodied strategies that help transform feelings of anxiety and discomfort
Caring connections and trust with other creatives
Fun new styles and techniques to draw on in the future
A repeatable technique to centre joy in your writing practice and daily life
A feeling of being more present in your own life
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Opening the group
Reading: Ross Gay, Inciting Joy
Choose your micro-joy that you’ll work with throughout studio
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Reading: Ross Gay, Book of Delights
Somatic tracking part 1: introduction
”Essayette”* combining micro- joy with observation/ experience
*Ross Gay’s term
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Reading: Aimee Louw, 150 Ways to Float
Poetry form: Anchored tercet
Discussion: What gets in the way of our creativity?
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Reading: Kyla Jamieson, Body Count
Poetry form: List poem
Somatic tracking part 2: noticing
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Reading: Jason Purcell, Chrohnic
Somatic tracking part 3: lean into positive sensations
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Reading: Billy-Ray Belcourt, A Minor Chorus
Pendulating
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Reading: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead
Q&A + spotlight workshopping
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Final reading circle (reading optional)
Embodied technique: Reappraisal, positive affect induction related to micro-joy
Closing the group
What to expect:
Logistics
Zoom remote studio, hybrid introductory option to meet other members
All the reading and creative time is contained within the hour and a half sessions – – No homework between sessions
Short breaks will be built into each session
Opportunity for Q&A, caring and constructive feedback on your writing. There won’t be any pressure to share your writing
Social
Opportunity to share and get to know other members
No obligation to have camera on or to speak, but interaction is very welcome
Typed zoom chat participation is welcome
Ritual at the end, sharing a cup of tea if desired
Recordings?
Only the facilitation part will be recorded, not the discussion amongst members
If you have to miss a session, you can rewatch the replay or join in the next cohort for the session that you missed