URGENT!
(A Workshop and Gallery Opening)
To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question. A sense of urgency typically underlies a writer's desire to create. In an age when self-publishing has proliferated and social media outlets offer a channel for finding flash audiences, content is increasingly fleeting if not obscure. Are writers caving to an insecure instinct to seek instant gratification and affirmation of their words?
Join us Saturday, October 13th 2PM - 6:30PM at the Weehawken Writers and Artist's Studio, for a workshop led by Rights Factory Literary Agent, Natalie Kimber, Author & Creator of Monologging.org, Jeffrey F. Barken, and Founder / Editor of the American Age., C. Travis Webb, PhD.
URGENT! confronts questions spawned by the sensation of “urgency” in creative process.
*Urgent! suggests strategies for streamlining a writer's sense of urgency to achieve positive and efficient ends as well as for applying professional discipline to creative processes.
*A question and answer period is included in the program. Participants will also have an opportunity to pitch projects as well as to consult individually with Kimber, Barken and Webb.
Participation is limited to 16 persons.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY by Emailing:
[email protected] ([email protected])
We'll reply with Secure Payment instructions
via PayPal or Venmo
Cost of entry: $20 or Two Participants for $30 (Bring a friend!)
GALLERY OPENING:
Take a short break after the workshop and return to the studio at 7PM for a fantastic opening, brought to you in the collaborative spirit of Monologging.org. Enjoy drinks and light snacks while taking in Reluctant Romantic, a series of paintings by Danish Artist, Casper Duizer, and poetry by Jeffrey F. Barken.
The Gallery is Free and Open to the Public
About The Show:
A traveler’s decision to embark requires a certain degree of romanticism and deserves celebration. Whether the traveler is acting on impulse or a deep-seated desire to venture into unknown worlds where new experiences may shock, surprise and profoundly change an individual, tremendous courage is necessary to embrace the strange. Our fear of the tangential, however, the fact that we might get lost on such a far-flung adventure and thereafter struggle to find a comforting rhythm to govern our daily lives, eventually tempers the romance of such daring departures with longings for home. The merger of poetry and paint in Reluctant Romantic fuses these two competing dispositions as they prompt and provoke us on our way.
Painted amid Duizer’s travels in the Far East, (India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Korea and Japan), 2017-2018, these weathered canvases consolidate the sensory overload of the landscapes and cultures he encountered. Likewise, the traveler’s shifting moods throughout a grueling journey find expression in the faces and postures of his characters. Slowly, rich scenes emerge that are either accentuated by bold, warm colors and decisive black lines, or blurred and depressed by the mellow blues of Duizer’s palette.
(A Workshop and Gallery Opening)
To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question. A sense of urgency typically underlies a writer's desire to create. In an age when self-publishing has proliferated and social media outlets offer a channel for finding flash audiences, content is increasingly fleeting if not obscure. Are writers caving to an insecure instinct to seek instant gratification and affirmation of their words?
Join us Saturday, October 13th 2PM - 6:30PM at the Weehawken Writers and Artist's Studio, for a workshop led by Rights Factory Literary Agent, Natalie Kimber, Author & Creator of Monologging.org, Jeffrey F. Barken, and Founder / Editor of the American Age., C. Travis Webb, PhD.
URGENT! confronts questions spawned by the sensation of “urgency” in creative process.
- Why are writers compelled to send that 3AM tweet instead of tucking away raw thoughts in a journal where they might properly mature?
- How can a writer better tailor his/her pursuit of devoted readers in order to receive honest, engaged and reliable feedback and to always feel supported in his/her creative and intellectual endeavors?
- How can writers utilize social media to build momentum and ultimately complete ambitious projects that deserve a more sophisticated platform for publication?
*Urgent! suggests strategies for streamlining a writer's sense of urgency to achieve positive and efficient ends as well as for applying professional discipline to creative processes.
*A question and answer period is included in the program. Participants will also have an opportunity to pitch projects as well as to consult individually with Kimber, Barken and Webb.
Participation is limited to 16 persons.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY by Emailing:
[email protected] ([email protected])
We'll reply with Secure Payment instructions
via PayPal or Venmo
Cost of entry: $20 or Two Participants for $30 (Bring a friend!)
GALLERY OPENING:
Take a short break after the workshop and return to the studio at 7PM for a fantastic opening, brought to you in the collaborative spirit of Monologging.org. Enjoy drinks and light snacks while taking in Reluctant Romantic, a series of paintings by Danish Artist, Casper Duizer, and poetry by Jeffrey F. Barken.
The Gallery is Free and Open to the Public
About The Show:
A traveler’s decision to embark requires a certain degree of romanticism and deserves celebration. Whether the traveler is acting on impulse or a deep-seated desire to venture into unknown worlds where new experiences may shock, surprise and profoundly change an individual, tremendous courage is necessary to embrace the strange. Our fear of the tangential, however, the fact that we might get lost on such a far-flung adventure and thereafter struggle to find a comforting rhythm to govern our daily lives, eventually tempers the romance of such daring departures with longings for home. The merger of poetry and paint in Reluctant Romantic fuses these two competing dispositions as they prompt and provoke us on our way.
Painted amid Duizer’s travels in the Far East, (India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Korea and Japan), 2017-2018, these weathered canvases consolidate the sensory overload of the landscapes and cultures he encountered. Likewise, the traveler’s shifting moods throughout a grueling journey find expression in the faces and postures of his characters. Slowly, rich scenes emerge that are either accentuated by bold, warm colors and decisive black lines, or blurred and depressed by the mellow blues of Duizer’s palette.