Maker, Mentor, Muse Writing Salon - Nature Writing as Medicine for These Times

Maker, Mentor, Muse & Alta Mesa Center for the Arts Presents

Nature Writing as Medicine for These Times
led by Rae Diamond
Two Sessions: 10/12 & 10/26 - 4pm PT
Zoom

We are living in a time of accelerated change—climate change, technological leaps and bounds, and radical shifts in political, global, and social climates. So how do we support ourselves through the stress of so much change? In this workshop series, we turn to nature to find solace, insight, inspiration, and medicine to guide us through the pressures and uncertainties of this era. Through observation, immersion, meditations, and generative writing practices, we will explore what nature is, what medicine is, and how we might weave healing into our hearts, our communities, and the Earth itself through the medicine of our writing.

On October 12, we will work with processes that take you deeper into the subtleties of nature, and on October 26, we will explore "other minds"—i.e., animal, plant, elemental, and directional intelligences of nature.

Price for each session of this salon is on a sliding scale: $15-$45. You can attend one session or both! 

About Rae Diamond

Rae Diamond is a neurodivergent interdisciplinary artist, educator, and nature advocate who inhales life and exhales poems, music, and other creations. They are the author and artist of floating bones (First Matter Press), the author of The Cantigee Oracle (North Atlantic Books), and will continue to develop their next book as an artist in residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska in 2026. Rae is the founder of the Long Tone Choir, a student and teacher of Qigong, and a lover of both the transcendent and the absurd. Find her online at raediamond.com and @raediamond on Substack.

Maker, Mentor, Muse is a teaching platform founded in 2022 by Mary Volmer, Maw Shein Win, and Dawn Angelicca Barcelona. Hailing from three distinct backgrounds, generations, and spiritual traditions we believe community is essential to building a satisfying and sustainable literary life and that true success requires balancing all three artistic roles: maker, mentor, muse. In collaboration with Alta Mesa Center for the Arts, sponsored by Orinda Community Church, we are building a place where artists embrace practices that honor process, spiritual growth, connection, and ongoing community with other writers.

Alta Mesa Center for the Arts is an interfaith arts and spirituality hub, housed and sponsored by Orinda Community Church and in partnership with Maker, Mentor Muse. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.