Edges are the places where worlds meet. They are spaces of growth, uncharted territories, and the unknown. Edges invite us into relationship with the not-yet imagined, untapped potentials, and creative uncertainty. At the edges, we learn how to uncover boundaries, move between realms, and project our voices across distances within and without.
In this four-hour practice, which arrives as summer’s edge becomes fall’s beginning, participants will gather to write W.I.L.D.: with wonder, intuition, love, and daring. Journey through the Arboretum’s grounds, and encounter diverse edges as we engage in guided writing practices, nature-based readings, and creative play. We will invite “a form out of the formlessness that is beyond the edge” and therein become the place “where the extraordinary may happen,” as poet Mary Oliver writes in Upstream, a collection of her essays.
This program meets in person at the Arboretum.
Instructor: Kristy Belton, certified forest therapy guide, Prairie Pathways
Age: 16 and older
Course number: A094
