Begin with Story: A Dip into the Fictive Imagination
Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Online, Zoom
Description
This event is free and open to all. Please consider making a donation to support our free programs and events from Ritualwell.
Narrative is at the heart of Jewish creative expression. While everyone has stories to tell, it takes a bit of magic and inspiration to move beyond what really happened and enter the imaginative realm where we can play with language, image, character, and plot. In this generative workshop, we’ll discuss the pathways toward crafting fiction and then write from a prompt designed to free your imagination. This workshop is for anyone who wants to surprise themselves on the page.
This session will be recorded and made available to registrants after the event.
Amy Gottlieb's debut novel The Beautiful Possible was a finalist for the 2017 Harold U. Ribalow Prize, a 2016 National Jewish Book Award and Edward Lewis Wallant Award. Her fiction and poetry have been published in Other Voices, Lilith, Puerto del Sol, Ilanot Review, On Being, Zeek, Storyscape, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, and elsewhere. She has received a Literary Fellowship and Residency from the Bronx Council on the Arts, and an Arts Fellowship from the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. Amy is a graduate of Clark University and the University of Chicago. She lives with her family on the edge of the Hudson River in New York City.
About Ritualwell
Ritualwell is the most extensive online resource that curates original Jewish rituals for Jews and fellow seekers. We publish rituals, ceremonies, prayers and poems to mark sacred moments in Jewish life. Through creating and sharing rituals, hosting Ritualwell Immersions (online learning experiences), curating an online Judaica shop and hosting Rabbi Connect, Ritualwell fosters a supportive environment for Jewish creativity, spiritual growth and discovery. Learn more at www.ritualwell.org.
Ritualwell is committed to offering an accessible space to our community members. We commit to:
- Providing participants with all the session materials ahead of time
- Providing automated captions on all live sessions
- Providing subtitles for all recorded sessions
- Using the chat function and read it aloud during the sessions
- Asking for participant accessibility needs and doing our best to accommodate them. Please feel welcome to contact us at ritualwell@reconstructingjudaism.org.