Creativity Requires Safety
I started the Chilmark Writing Workshop after I had been to writing groups that destroyed me and everyone else in the room. I learned early on that Creativity requires safety.
" If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone."-Alan Watts
Videos
Nancy Aronie at Women on Fire, 2014
Distinguished writer and commentator for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, Nancy Slonim Aronie says that there is so much judgment in so many areas of our life - our jobs, our schools, our relationships - that the most important part of the creative process is creating a safe, writing environment.
A wonderful heart-felt moment with writer, writing workshop leader, and teacher Nancy Slonim Aronie.
Nancy Slonim Aronie hosts Camp Jabberwocky at the Chilmark Writing Workshop video by Peter Stray music "Relics In Time" by Marengast.
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Nancy Slonim Aronie's interview with Deanne Barrett for the Wholehearted Parenting speaker series. A discussion about safety in writing and parenting.
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