BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29869@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:60/40 Playspace: What's Lost\, What's Found DTSTAMP:20261101T183114Z DTSTART:20261105T180000Z DTEND:20261105T200000Z DESCRIPTION:What can we learn from loss? What is the shape that grief molds into our lives?\nWhen it comes to grief\, we’re often told that we must ‘ move on’. In reality\, it\nchanges things. We adjust to a new state of bei ng\; we find our own ways to carry\non. As the 13th century Sufi mystic an d poet\, Rumi\, wrote: “The wound is where\nthe light enters you.”\n\nIn t his workshop we’ll take some time and make the space to embrace this light .\nIn collaboration with Waterworks and Touch Grass\, we’ll explore the sh ape of\ngrief with the help of reflective writing prompts and calming pain ting\nexercises. Enter the evening with a grounding exercise led by our gu est\, Rajni\nShah. This two-hour session is a gentle invitation to reflect on the experience\nof loss through creativity.\n\n.............\n\nPrior to the workshop\, give yourself time to connect with nature. Join a guided \nsession with the Touch Grass initiative. From 16:00-18:00 in the Rembran dtpark\;\nmaximum 12 participants. Sign-up to reserve your spot with Touch Grass\n[https://hipsy.nl/event/254927-touch-grass-shape-of-queer-grief].\ nAs always\, the bar is open from 18:00 at SUPERMERCATOR for drinks\, soup \, snacks\nand general gezelligheid.\n\n................\n\nTouch Grass is a nature connection initiative in Amsterdam for queer\ncommunities. It is guided outdoor sessions in urban parks and nature reserves\,\nwhere peopl e slow down\, tune into their senses\, and connect with nature and with\ne ach other. It draws on queer ecology and forest bathing\, and nurtures awe and\nsoftness.\n\nWaterworks—founded by Rajni Shah and Sanne Pols—is a ho me for queer grief and\nqueer grievers. We create gatherings where our wid est queer community can be\nheld by people who understand what it means to be queer and queered\, people who\ncelebrate and respect difference. You are very welcome to join us.\n\n\nYOUR INSTRUCTORS\n\nDaniel J. Cecil is a writer and teacher in Amsterdam\, the Netherlands. His work\nhas appeared in The Rumpus\, The Heavy Feather Review\, The LA Review of Books\,\nBarr elhouse\, Miracle Monocle\, and The Stranger among other notable publicati ons.\nHis fiction has been nominated for a pushcart\, was long listed for the Dzanc\nFiction Prize\, short-listed for the Yes Yes Books open reading period\, and has\nreceived the support of several residencies.\n\nDaniel teaches travel writing and literature for Emerson College at their\nLimbur g campus and is the founder of Honing House\, an English-language\,\ncommu nity-centered\, and empathy-led educational resource that was built for\nw riters all over the world.\n\nShayna Schapp is a queer Artist Educator bas ed in Amsterdam\, the Netherlands.\nShe has over 20 years experience worki ng at the crossroads of creativity\,\npedagogy and social justice. Most no tably\, she was a core instructor with\nInteractive/Media/Design (I/M/D) a t The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague\, and\nthe Community Art Developer for LEAD\, an after-school program in Amsterdam.\n\nShayna works with pho tography and drawing\, documenting her immediate family and\nexploring int ernal landscapes. She’s exhibited her work in the USA\, NL and UK\nand is in publications such as Versal Journal\, Pigeonhole and SMART Papers. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/6040-playspace-whats-lost-whats-found GEO:52.3689648;4.8512865 LOCATION:Supermercator - Mercatorplein 3H\, 1057 BX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:mental health,painting,queer,visual art,wellbeing,workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What can we learn from loss? What is the sh ape that grief molds into our lives? When it comes to grief, we’re often t old that we must ‘move on’. In reality, it changes things. We adjust to a new state of being; we find our own ways to carry on. As the 13th century Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi, wrote: “The wound is where the light enters you.”

In this workshop we’ll take some time and make the spa ce to embrace this light. In collaboration with Waterworks and Touch Grass , we’ll explore the shape of grief with the help of reflective writing pro mpts and calming painting exercises. Enter the evening with a grounding ex ercise led by our guest, Rajni Shah. This two-hour session is a gentle inv itation to reflect on the experience of loss through creativity.

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Prior to the workshop, give yourself time to connect wi th nature. Join a guided session with the Touch Grass initiative. From 16: 00-18:00 in the Rembrandtpark; maximum 12 participants. Sig n-up to reserve your spot with Touch Grass.
As always, the bar is open from 18:00 at SUPERMERCATOR for drinks, soup, snacks and general geze lligheid.

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Touch Grass is a n ature connection initiative in Amsterdam for queer communities. It is guid ed outdoor sessions in urban parks and nature reserves, where people slow down, tune into their senses, and connect with nature and with each other. It draws on queer ecology and forest bathing, and nurtures awe and softne ss.

Waterworks—founded by Rajni Shah and Sanne Pols —is a home for queer grief and queer grievers. We create gatherings where our widest queer community can be held by people who understand what it me ans to be queer and queered, people who celebrate and respect difference. You are very welcome to join us.

Your instructors

D aniel J. Cecil is a writer and teacher in Amsterdam, the Netherla nds. His work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Heavy Feather Review, The LA Review of Books, Barrelhouse, Miracle Monocle, and The Stranger among oth er notable publications. His fiction has been nominated for a pushcart, wa s long listed for the Dzanc Fiction Prize, short-listed for the Yes Yes Bo oks open reading period, and has received the support of several residenci es.

Daniel teaches travel writing and literature for Emerson Colleg e at their Limburg campus and is the founder of Honing House, an English-l anguage, community-centered, and empathy-led educational resource that was built for writers all over the world.

Shayna Schapp is a queer Artist Educator based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has over 20 years experience working at the crossroads of creativity, pedagogy and social justice. Most notably, she was a core instructor with Interact ive/Media/Design (I/M/D) at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and the Community Art Developer for LEAD, an after-school program in Amsterdam.

Shayna works with photography and drawing, documenting her immediate family and exploring internal landscapes. She’s exhibited her work in the USA, NL and UK and is in publications such as Versal Journal, Pigeonhole a nd SMART Papers.

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