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FINDING TIME

For those of you who work in the caring professions or who care for someone at home,

finding time for your own needs can be challenging.

This summer, Jan Kilaptrick and Christian McEwen are offering two half-day workshops in Ullapool,

helping you to make the most of your precious time.

10am - 1pm Thursdays 4th & 18th June 2013

at the Macphail Centre

Too many of us, nowadays, suffer from some form of "hurry sickness".

But it is not so easy to pause, to restore ourselves, to allow time for rest and recreation, especially on our own. 

Over the course of these two sessions, Jan and Christian will introduce participants to a series of simple writing, art and relaxation exercises, offering everyone the chance to slow down and reconnect with their creative selves.

For more details or to enrol please contact Chris or Fran 01854 613336 or email mail@macphailcentre.co.uk

click here for more information on Jan Kilpatrick's work and courses

THE ART OF LOOKING

two days of art and creative writing in Ullapool

19 & 20 June 2013

 The nineteenth century artist John Ruskin encouraged all his students to draw, even if they weren't especially good at it.

"The greatest thing a human being ever does in this world is to SEE something, and tell what [they] saw in a plain way."

For most of us, such clarity of focus has become increasingly rare. There is so much to see, and and it passes by so fast, on the tiny screens of our digital cameras and the larger ones of our personal computers, on TVs and videos and flashing billboards, that simply looking has become a luxury.

Over the course of our two days together, Jan & Christian will guide you in "the art of looking," both as a pleasure in and of itself, and as an opportunity for more sustained creativity. You will take the time to read and write and wander and explore, learn the forms of several hand-made books, and record what you see in the form of poems, drawings, and extended journal-entries.

This workshop may be of special interest to creative writing students and practising artists of whatever genre, but all participants are welcome.

Christian McEwen is a freelance writer, teacher and workshop leader. She grew up in the Borders of Scotland and attended King's College, Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated with a Master's degree in English and Creative Writing. In addition to her own writings, she has edited four anthologies, including "Jo's Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure" and "The Alphabet of The Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing". She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her new book, "World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down", provides the inspiration for this workshop. To purchase a copy of the book, click Amazon UK or Bauhan Publishing USA. To find out more about Christian, go to her website www.christianmcewen.com Recently, Christian has contributed an essay on the benefits of walking to the new on-line journal of the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics. To read this essay, visit www.geopoetics.org.uk/../ramblingmen/.

Jan Kilpatrick is a practising artist and lives in Assynt, in the north west Highlands, just a few miles north of Ullapool. She has been teaching to a variety of audiences over the past 20 years and draws upon a broad range of materials and skills as she helps to seek out the natural creativity in each one of her students. She is particularly interested in using text and image together in order to express the connection between human experience and the natural world. To find out more about Jan, visit her Biography page. This will be the fourth summer that Christian and Jan will have taught together and they look forward to another season of shared experience and inspiration.

TO BOOK TEL 01854 613336 or email mail@macphailcentre.co.uk

 Cost �75

Each day runs from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.

Materials for the course are provided.

Please bring a packed lunch.

click here for more information on Jan Kilpatrick's work and courses

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