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Study with me anywhere, at your own pace.
Temenos | © Laurie Doctor
When I offered my first online class at the end of 2020, I was delighted by the response.
After the first class filled up in just two days, I created a second offering. When that class filled up as well, I created a third, and then a fourth.
Since then, my students have not stopped asking when I plan to teach online again.
I’m thrilled to offer “Speak to Me from Everywhere: Simple Practices for All Makers” once again, presented in a format that allows you to work at your own pace, returning to the materials again and again.
Soundscapes | © Laurie Doctor
The title of this class is a line from a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
The poem says that there is a voice within you, within each person, that is not tied to place or circumstance. The voice within you exists everywhere.
This phrase also suggests that the voice exists outside you, that help comes from asking. The reference to something outside oneself illuminates the paradox that each person, alone, has to find her or his own way, and yet no one is able to find their way alone.
Having a daily contemplative practice of making—however short—is a way of finding your muse and rediscovering who you are.
The intention of this class is for you to cultivate your particular work, the gift you have already been given.
Here’s the basic structure of the class:
Five Lessons
The class is comprised of five lessons, each of which explores our “near environment” through writing, using four aspects of landscape: scale, value, movement and pattern.
Lesson Videos
There is a video for each lesson that includes a reflection and a demonstration of that day’s exercises.
Lesson Packets
Each video is accompanied by a packet for you to print out and keep with you in your studio area.