Faraway is Close
THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW
sharing moments in this season of Covid-19

A blog of small moments from friends and strangers chronicling this surreal time of lockdowns, and self-isolations, community and disconnection, life, death, boredom, fear, confusion, and - dare I say - hope. An invitation to fully express this uncertain moment.

If you'd like to contribute a moment, I'd be glad to share it! - please contact me.
This moment
in
March,
I've been contemplating earth and stone and sand in the arroyo
near my house.

And I share three offerings
that I hope are of inspiration and solace
and service.

with gratitude and hope
- Shebana

...inspired by words and songs from different cultures, and interweaving present moment awareness, visualizations, writing prompts, and playful exercises to boost emotional resilience...
A free
Guided
Creativity
Session

(on Zoom,
participate via phone or computer)

Wednesday
March 24
12pm MST/ 2 pm ET
WRITE WHERE YOU ARE: a 10 day virtual writing encounter/retreat that balances group sessions with the freedom of writing where you are, when you want.

Receive a daily audio guided writing meditation; you write at your own pace and upload excerpts to a private folder.
+ three online group sessions (you can also call in via phone) at the start, middle and end of the retreat.

Memoir/fiction/poetry/hybrid forms + all levels of writing welcomed.

The hope is to create together a bower of solace and creativity, to put pen to paper and write what matters, to nurture equilibrium and connection.

We enter NATIONAL POETRY MONTH with our writing
and we end on WORLD HEALTH DAY as a symbolic and hopeful stance.
WRITE
WHERE
YOU
ARE

a 10 day
virtual
writing
encounter

from
Sunday
March 29,
2020
to
Tuesday
April 7,
2020