In the third episode of Writer in the World Podcast, author and Goddard faculty Sherri L Smith talks about why writers should take time to express gratitude to trees and be prepared to listen.
Smith teaches fiction, graphic novel, non-fiction, screenplays, and fantasy at the MFA in Writing program at Goddard College. Fellow faculty Rahna Reiko Rizzuto interviews.
Smith recently taught a workshop on Enchantivism, designed to deepen themes of social justice in writing through deep storytelling, mythology, and dreamwork. She speaks about “forest bathing,” a therapeutic practice that began in Japan.
What is your “path” through the forest as a writer, and how do you encourage your seedlings?
Find out what the trees have to say in response in this enchanted episode of The Writer in the World Podcast.
Music Credits:
- “Basketliner” by Blue Dot Sessions, Album: Bitters
- “Simple Vale” by Blue Dot Sessions, Album: Cauldron
- “The Poplar Grove” by Blue Dot Sessions, Album: Bitters
- “Scalloped” by Blue Dot Sessions, Album: Crab Shack
Find out more about Goddard’s low-residency Creative Writing program here.
Read more from Sherri, as well as other faculty, alumni and students from the Goddard MFA in Creative Writing community, at the blog The Writer in the World.
