The Impossible: A Generative-Prose Workshop
with Cynthia Cruz
31.10.2023
9:00–11:30
Rachel Carson Center, fourth floor, conference room, Leopoldstr. 11a, 80802 Munich, Germany
with Cynthia Cruz
But you’re in love with what’s impossible.
—Ismene to Antigone, Antigone
The German word for impossible is ausgeschlossen, meaning that which is “excluded” or “barred.” That which is impossible is not nonexistent but, rather, beyond definition. In this generative workshop we will examine different ways in which writing can allow for what cannot be articulated—either because there are no words for articulating what must be spoken or because the speaker quite simply cannot utter what must be said. Our meeting will begin with the discussion of an outside text, after which we will move on to a series of readings and generative-writing exercises, which will result in a collection of first drafts from which students will be able to construct entirely new works.
The workshop has been organized for the LearningNatures project, but is also open to other RCC members. To register, please contact James Matharu under james.matharu@hotmail.co.uk.