Have you ever wondered how the place you come from influenced who you are? Or what memories you carry from your ancestors? Or how your personal history impacts your view of the world? Take a day out of your busy life to explore your deeper self and ponder the life you’ve lived so far.
Big Island author Tom Peek encourages you to “Discover the magic power of writing to stimulate the creative regions of your mind and unearth your meatiest memories, highest aspirations, zaniest ideas and most incandescent insights.”
Join Peek for “Writing for Inner Exploration and Life Reflection” from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. The workshop cost is $75/$65 for VAC Members. To register contact the Volcano Art Center at 967-8222 or visit www. volcanoartcenter.org.
Peek’s workshop includes fun, offbeat, and provocative “wild mind” exercises that provide participants with exploration tools to use in class and on one’s own. This workshop is perfect for journal keepers, bloggers, autobiographers, spiritual seekers, memoir and family history writers, and anyone who simply enjoys writing. No previous writing experience is necessary, just the desire to explore.
Thought-provoking exercises include topics such as: “What passions guide your life?” “What mottos do you live by — or wish you did?,” and “What’s the weirdest thing that ever happened to you?.”
Peek, an award-winning novelist, has taught his popular Hawaii workshops since 1991, encouraging hundreds of islanders to write their own journals, blogs, family histories, stories and more.
The Volcano Art Center is a non-profit educational organization created in 1974 to promote, develop, and perpetuate the artistic and cultural heritage of Hawai‘i’s people and environment through activities in the visual, literary, and performing arts. Please visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.