Instructor: William D. Eldridge, Ph. D., brings his extensive writing portfolio, teaching experience, past therapeutic and current spiritual mentoring venues, and his own life journey into a dialog for better understanding the esoteric, spiritual, and universal principles of the life transition process. He has worked as an Ohio State University professor and an existential and spiritual psychotherapist.

When: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 10 am to 4 pm

Tuition: $50

Register: Call Lola Sacks 503-368-6227 or email contemplativearts.lola@gmail.com

Description: Through discussion and sharing of life stories we will touch on points such as holistic thinking and transcendental consciousness, non-attachment to permanent objects, emotional balance and harmony, honest and trust as "freeing" experiences, universal understanding of oneness, integration of past and present occurrences, growth and celebration of historical living, relating to all living things and being in community, and death as a transformed and continuing part of aliveness.

Instructors: Jessica Morrell, Bill Johnson, Gloria Kempton, Jennie Shortridge are all published authors who offer a wealth of experience in instructing, inspiring, and impassioning the writer within us.

Friday, June 19

9:00 - 9:30 am	Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:30 am - Noon	Writing a book that makes a difference with Jessica Morrell
12:30 - 2:00 pm	Free Time
2:00 - 5:00 pm	Writing with and from your passions with Jennie Shortridge
6:30 - 9:00 pm	Out Loud - an open forum for writers

Saturday, June 20

9:00 - 10:00 am	Q & A: Getting published and staying published with Jessica Morrell and Jennie Shortridge
10:15 - 11:45 am	Unforgettable Characters with Jessica Morrell
Noon - 1:00 pm	Lunch and Keynote by Gloria Kempton, Chasing the Shadow: Staring Down Your Demons
1:15 - 3:15 pm	Creating Narrative Tension with Bill Johnson
3:30 - 5:00 pm	Shadow Writing, Part I, with Gloria Kempton

Sunday, June 21

9:45 - 11:00 am	Shadow Writing, Part 2, with Gloria Kempton
11:15 - 12:15 pm	Revising without Losing It with Jessica Morrell
12:15 pm	Closing remarks and raffle

Tuition:
  Friday classes only, $70; Out Loud, $10
  Saturday classes only, $70; Classes including lunch and keynote, $80
  Saturday lunch and keynote only, $20
  Sunday classes only, $40
  Entire workshop weekend, $180

Register: Contact Summer in Words coordinator, Mindy Halleck, at 425-246-7029 or email lifewerkz@comcast.net.

Instructor: Gail Balden is a writer, educator and workshop presenter with over 30 years of teaching experience. Her work has been published in anthologies, literary journals and national magazines. She teaches one-day writing workshops and writes a monthly column on the joys of small town life for the North Coast Citizen. Visit her web site at www.creativejourneys.net

When: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - The Call of Our Life Stories. Use writing as a way to connect with your deepest self and with others. Learn how to shape and express true stories of your life and, in the process, develop your creativity and memory.

Saturday, July 18, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - Write from the Heart. Bring creativity, spirituality, and joy into your life through the process of writing. Develop clarity, expand your senses, and enliven your life through the amazing power of words.

Saturday, August 15, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - The Power of Storytelling. James Hillman said: "Truth is revealed. It cannot ever be told. It has to appear inside the telling or through the telling." Discover what you think, feel, and know through the jotting of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences on the page.

Saturday, September 26, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - The Craft of Creative Nonfiction. Learn how to write a piece of artistic truth in a compelling narrative voice by using the techniques of fiction. Build strong scenes, develop engaging dialogue, and stay loyal to the truth. Tell your story with vivid characters, fresh metaphors, and in a unique voice that is yours alone. In the process of telling the tale, find out what your life is made of.

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - Tell Me a Story. (Last class of 2009.) How did you get to be the person that you are? How have you coped with pain and loss? What are your hopes and dreams? Tell me the story of how you got to where you are from where you were. Make sense of life through the practice of story. Do it for yourself, do it for your family, do it for the world.

Tuition: $60 per class (Open to men and women). Class size is limited so register early.

Register: Call Gail at 503-368-7807 or email her at gail@creativejourneys.net A minimum deposit of $30 to reserve a space should be sent to Gail Balden, 41500 Anderson Road, Nehalem, Oregon 97131.

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The Center for Contemplative Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed for the purpose of offering to all people activities of inner reflection for deepening awareness and nurturing the human spirit for the good of all creation.

For further information, contact Lola Sacks, 503-368-6227.