Writing the Sensory World: Catherine Bush
Environmental Writing Studio Workshop
07.05.2024 14:00 – 16:00
with our writer-in-residence Catherine Bush
Meeting Point: conference room, fourth floor, RCC
Location: outside (if the weather permits it)
In this workshop we will engage in generative writing prompts that invite us to activate our senses, particularly hearing and touch, as a route to deeper connection with the world and to enliven our writing. “If we’re not paying attention through our own senses, we have disengaged from the primary mode in which every creature since the origin of life has connected to its environment,” says acoustic ecologist David Haskell. As humans and writers, we tend to prioritize sight over our other senses. The loss of complex natural soundscapes is a specific form of ecological loss. To be out of touch with nature is to be literally out of touch—not touching. We’ll head outside for some sensory encounters with the more-than-human world—particularly as soundscape and touchscape. Then we’ll bring our attention to the page. If the weather is good, the entire workshop may take place outdoors.
This event will have a limit of 20 people. Please email katherine.arnold@rcc.lmu.de to participate.
It may also take place entirely outside, so dress and plan accordingly. If the weather is not cooperative, we will shift the event inside to the fourth-floor conference room.