Express/ Connect (Creative Writing Space) - April

Express / Connect  is back this April, offering a warm virtual environment to explore creative writing as a channel to emotional health and community connection. As we take time to appreciate this period of enhanced light, warmth and bloom, we can use writing to access a state of flow, process personal experience and enjoy the power of our imagination. All levels of experience are welcome to this group, including those who are new to writing. 

I am passionate about supporting people to develop a rewarding and unique relationship with language, storytelling and all things poetic, sharing the innumerable benefits that these art forms have brought in my own life. If you are interested in trying something new or deepening an existing practice as a scribe, Express/ Connect could be a perfect place for you to focus and explore in the company of like-minded souls.

The workshop is informed by an approach of trauma awareness and commitment to inclusive values, embracing de-colonial, feminist, queer and anti-racist considerations of narrative and power. While I believe that these spaces can have a therapeutic impact, I am not a qualified therapist and am mindful to incorporate trigger warnings as appropriate.

Facilitated by: Jessica Clark

Jess is a poet and writer with over three years of experience facilitating workshops for charities, schools and community centres. She is the author of two poetry collections and of articles published in Shado, Huck, Medium and other outlets. Jess is London-based and has a PGCert in Teaching Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge, as well as a first-class honours BA in English Literature and Spanish from Durham University. She is inspired about the role that communal creative writing spaces can play in fostering more empathetic, open and connected societies, as well as their transformative power on a personal level. Jess has lived in Peru and Southeast Asia as well as the UK.

A Moonlight Poetic offering.