12 Making Peace … in practice and poetry
Let us be different Aim: To explore our needs and longings. Preparation: You will need: ●
Pens and paper
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A flip chart
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At least one copy (or postcards) of the painting: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
Welcome: Make sure people know one another and are at ease. Be ready to serve tea and coffee. Introduction: Exploring our needs and longings is a huge and complex subject; we can only touch upon certain aspects of it in this workshop. We will look at the creative ways we might express our needs and longings, whilst being aware of and respecting the needs and longings of others. Within that sense of our humanness which holds us together, we hope to discover a common humanity, a unity in difference and a peace we can own. Read this paragraph from the short story Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf: