June Virtual Track
This event is included as part of your full June Virtual Track registration, and is also being offered separately as an individual workshop. You can use the REGISTER buttons to register just for this one workshop, or you can visit this link to register for all June Virtual Track workshops: https://iwwg.wildapricot.org/event-5258647
From the Secret Life of Bees to Jaws and Jumanji creatures have served as pivotal inspiration for myths and metaphors, symbols of perseverance, companionship, loyalty and courage. We've learned horses heal, cats can communicate and pets protect. As we craft stories, poems and fiction we will mine these arenas as well as the worlds of centaurs and griffins, Aesop's Fables, Animal Farm, Bambi and Temple Grandin, In exploring animals as visible victims and indicators of climate change we will also connect with activists Greta Thunberg and Wanjiru Wathuti. If there is a creature you've loved, or a wildness you'd like to revisit, come take this journey from Lassie to literature and discover your inner creature power.
Dorothy Randall Gray is author of the bestseller, Soul Between the Lines (Avon/Harper Collins), a recent volume of poetry Sharing the Same Sky, and numerous anthology selections. Her other published works include Muse Blues, Woman, Family, The Passion Collection, and A Taste of Tamarinda. A two year LA Poet-in-Residence Dorothy's "When I Was A Tree" poetry film was awarded Official Selection by the Film & Poetry Video Symposium. Her work is also featured in the upcoming Eve Ensler/Aja Monet production, VOICES. She is a former board member of the International Women's Writing Guild, NPR commentator, and UNESCO delegate. Her workshops have inspired thousands throughout the US, China, Iceland, and India. They have served a variety of audiences including beginning and seasoned writers, graduate and high school students, creative aging groups, and incarcerated populations. A global activist Dorothy is a Hedgebrook Fellow who has shared the dais with the Dalai Lama, performed poetry in Iceland, danced with tribal boys in India, and boogied with James Baldwin in NYC