Grief and loss are universal experiences. Everyone will mourn. The ways we experience grief are as changing and dynamic as the world that surrounds us, so how can we seek the words and images to mirror those feelings inside us and bring them to life on the page? Be it climate change, the death of a loved one, or a trauma we’ve experienced, the way we engage with the environment around us can be a way to seek solace while honoring the personal griefs within our own lives. No matter the source of your grief, this community workshop will offer dedicated time and space to practice moving through grief alongside the study of art and poetry, as well as guided creative prompts to honor those places in the natural world that hold our grief when it feels too heavy.
Facilitated by Interfaith Chaplain and award-winning poet, Meg Wade, this class is an open invitation to explore loss and death, healing and reclamation, as well as the communal web of life we experience and the natural world.
About the Instructor:
Meg Wade is an award-winning poet who entered into grief work because she believes in the power of storytelling and deep attention. She holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Arizona, a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin, and a Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University. She has received an Academy of American Poets Prize, and her first book, Slick Like Dark, won the 2017 Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award. Meg has designed and implemented the first Interfaith Chaplaincy program for natural burial cemeteries in the United States at Larkspur Conservation, where she serves the dead and those who love them. She lives, writes, and works in Nashville, Tennessee.
