Spring sf work/shop
THE DAYS ARE DARK, but in the northern latitudes at least, you can just glimpse them getting a little brighter each day. As we all reel from the events of this past month, and look for ways we can care for ourselves, our kin, and our communities, it’s as important as ever that we permit ourselves to dream and hope for better days. Moreover, it’s clear that how we work—whether that work is the work of government and care; of art or of community; of the technology and practices that allow us to communicate, organize, and build together; or of the solidarity and reciprocity that inevitably arise in moments of crisis—all of it is critical to the world we live in now, and the worlds we may yet live in in the days ahead.
In that spirit, I am gathering a new cohort for the speculative fiction work/shop this spring, starting April 2. Together, we’ll practice new ways of thinking, being, and acting through our work, recognizing that we have the power to shape that work, and in turn, to shape the world around us. We’ll build practices for shifting and reframing our insights to work, including how to use skills of observation and inquiry to better understand the moment and our place in it; when and how to ditch the goals and plans for experimentation, improvisation, and play; and why it matters that we dream big dreams even on the darkest of days.
One of the ways I think about and use the word work is to signal something bigger than a job or career. At their best, jobs and careers are the means by which we do our work in the world, where that work is the action and movement of change, the use of our unique gifts to make more space for life for ourselves and for all our living kin. That’s the spirit I invite you to bring to this work/shop, too: to see your work as something more than a job, more than what it is right now, to recognize the great potential in your life and work, and to move towards it, one experimental step at a time.
As before, and as with all my engagements, the work/shop uses a sliding scale pricing model that respect’s people’s varied circumstances and opportunities.
Space will be very limited; apply now to be a part of the gathering. And if you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out.