Father's Day Grief Studio June 16th
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Hi everyone,
I know that there is a TON to be grieving and raging about these days. The separation of families and communities by ICE, the genocide being committed by Israel and those countries complicit, the abuse of civilians in LA… the list goes on.
And for those of us who have estranged or complicated relationships with our fathers, or whose fathers have died, the approach of father’s day can stir things up too.
If you want a space to be in dialogue with and make art alongside others holding various kinds of grief and loss stirred up by father’s day in the midst of all that’s happening in our world, this space is for you. 💗
Join us Monday, June 16th, 6-8pm eastern time, for a grief studio honoring grief around father’s day.
Our other upcoming studio dates are below.
Summer Grief Studio Dates
Monday, June 16th, 6-8pm eastern time (especially holding space for grief around fathers and Father’s day)
Monday, July 14th, 6-8pm eastern time
Thursday, August 21st, 6-8pm eastern time
These studios are for paid subscribers and current students and are spaces to dialogue with, make, and share your own art and writing alongside other grievers.
There are 3 ways to join us:
Become a paid subscriber to Grief Spells for $16-20 per month
Join the grief magic self paced study for $40 for 12 months (or one payment of $340 if you sign up today, June 10th), which also gives you a lifetimes access to a seasonal library of resources for cultivating your attunement to your grief, your magic, your joy, and your ecosystems that you can move through at your own pace! 🌸🪄 (All students are also invited to grief studios!)
OR
can’t commit to monthly payments right now? RSVP here and join us for free.
What to bring:
🕯️💐Set the space: Please find a comfortable, quiet place for our meeting. Set this space for yourself in any way that feels most supportive for you, whether bringing in pillows, candles, flowers, photos of any of your beloved dead, drawing a tarot card, creating an altar of some kind, bringing in scents and textures you enjoy, or simply making sure you have a spacious and comfortable space.
🍉🫖Bring nourishment: Please bring water, tea, any beverages, fruits, or snacks you'd like to bring for our time together.
🎨📒Bring art supplies, a pen and paper or something to write with, or if there is a more pleasurable or accessible form of reflection you like to do, bring materials for that…Markers, colored pencils, paints, collaging supplies, your phone to record voice memos... There will be time set aside to free-write/create/reflect using whichever mediums work best for you.
🧚♀️🌊Disrupt perfectionism and come as you are. You do not need to be "on" in order to show up to this space. Let however you're arriving be enough.
Structure for Grief Studios*:
Welcome & Grounding
Small group discussion
Intention Setting for your creative practice
Creative Exploration/Studio time: Undirected, parallel play/creative exploration using whatever mediums/materials you feel called to, with the understanding that all of life can be lived as art, and that our artmaking gets to be a practice of attunement to ourselves and the world around us. Studio time can include anything from painting, collaging, dusting off your apothecary shelves, making tea, making music, rearranging your room, casting a spell, cooking a meal, or simply laying down and allowing yourself to rest as a creative practice…
Reflection/Witness Writing: Set aside time to free-write/reflect on your creative process, and witness and dialogue with your own art/creative process as if it were animate and speaking to you.
Reading Witness Writing: Time to read aloud our witness writing with one another, without the intentions to critique or comment or discuss. Here we are simply in the magic of witness - hearing ourselves speak aloud our witness writing, feeling ourselves be heard and received by one another.
Closing✨
Optional Debrief: After we close our ritual studio space, there will be an option to stay back and spend 15-20 minutes debriefing and discussing about your experiences of this process!💗
Sessions (not including break out rooms!) will be recorded for those unable to make them live ✨
*This structure is adapted from the lineage of the Jewish Studio Process.