Journaling At New Year’s: Five Objects That Suggest The Way Forward

Journaling At New Year’s: Five Objects That Suggest The Way Forward

Hybrid: Adult | Available

20 Academy Street Arlington, MA 02476 United States
Loft 2
Beginner/Intermediate
1/8/2025-2/5/2025
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173.00 USD
Member Discount Available

Journaling At New Year’s: Five Objects That Suggest The Way Forward

Hybrid: Adult | Available

Leaning on Joseph Bagley’s book A History of Boston in 50 Artifacts (uncovered in the Big Dig), this journaling experience looks for objects that tell us what we value and what we wish from life. We’ll explore objects in our surroundings and from our past that may offer insight into where we’d like to be headed. Such objects might include specific book titles, clothing, art, photos, foods, movies, places, old journals, work samples, and world events. As we unearth our objects, we’ll journal about them, teasing out in structured ways, the reasons for their appeal and the insights they offer. People often find useful themes, relevant stories, forgotten skills and interests from the past and certain continuities and hidden patterns in current day “objects."

With Artist Kendall Dudley

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Dudley, Kendall
Kendall Dudley

he/him/his Kendall Dudley, MA, runs in person and online programs that integrate life direction with writing, art, travel and creativity. He’s received many grants for his public art projects on social justice themes. An explorer’s guide to life’s next chapter, “Itineraries For An Original Life” and a novel “Woman in Red Gloves” will be published in 2021. Kendall Dudley received an M.A. from Columbia University and served in the Peace Corps in Iran. All of these experiences inform his artistic and teaching practices.