GEOGRAPHY OF THE WILD HEART: Mapping our Inner Constellations

A weekly creative (writing & art-making) retreat series to renew and restore
with Lisa Kagan and Margaret Hartsook

“Sometimes everything has to be inscribed across the heavens, so you can find the one line already written inside you. Sometimes it takes a great sky to find that first, bright and indescribable wedge of freedom in your own heart.”
– David Whyte (excerpt from “The Journey”)

We invite you to join us in creative community as we enter into the autumn season. This weekly “mini retreat” series offers you the chance to step away from the demands of daily life and to connect more deeply with your own inner points of light as we move towards the winter solstice and the darker time of the year. Each weekly session is an invitation, through writing and art, to cultivate a personal cartography of hope and resilience through engaging in the creative process. Like the stars in the night sky, we will illuminate our internal landscapes through a variety of mixed media techniques and materials including painting, drawing, collage, mask making, image transfer, and sculpture. This weekly retreat series offers you a chance to kindle your creative spark and cultivate new ways of enriching your imagination while nourishing yourself in the supportive, uplifting company of other women.

This program offers space for creative expression for women and those who identify as female of all ages and backgrounds. No writing or art experience is necessary. All art materials, as well as snacks and tea, will be provided.

Dates & Times: Mondays 6:30pm-9pm on October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13, 27 (Skipping November 20th)

Location: Studio of the Imagination located at Margaret’s home in SE Portland (the Creston neighborhood)

Program Fee: $390
Art Materials Fee: $35
Total fee: $425

Registration: For more information or you would like to register for this program, please contact Lisa at: [email protected] or at 503.347.1391. Due to the limited number of participants we can accommodate, early registration is recommended. Visit our event page for more information.