Writing the Landscape

The landscape is shaped by meanings reflected in colors, images, text, sounds, and signs that make up the natural and built environments surrounding us. Language and image are central to these meanings, and together they create a “languagescape” that make a place recognizable and identifiable. Workshop attendees will apply participant observation methods and mindful writing practices to describe the landscape surrounding Ox-Bow and analyze reflected meanings. Optionally, participants may incorporate collage, illustration, and/or found objects to their writing.