In this workshop, nature will be used as an access point into creativity. After a brief stroll on the grounds of The Cottages on Salt Spring, you will be encouraged to use your surroundings and senses as a pathway into poetry and take notes while tuning into your own interioriority (comprising of your past, present and engagement with the future).  There will be a short writing prompt and discussion where sharing, questions and collaboration are encouraged. This workshop is for anyone wanting to slow down and harness their latent creative energy.

CARLIE BLUME was born on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh (Vancouver). She is a 2017 graduate of Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio. Her work has appeared in The Maynard, Train: a poetry journal, Canthius and more. She is also the author of her debut collection of poetry, Gigglepuss (2022) and currently lives on the traditional territory of the Saanich, Cowichan and Chemainus First Nations (Salt Spring Island) with her husband and two children.