Conference presentation
To become a butterfly, a caterpillar first digests itself: writing for repossession and transformation
Australian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) Conference, 21st (Canberra, Australia, 28-Nov-2016–30-Nov-2016)
Australasian Association of Writing Programs
2016
Abstract
It is said stories support growth and transformation-personally and collectively, socially, culturally and spiritually. We can see this truth on ancient walls and history books, we can hear it in the words of elders passed down through the ages. In this space, I reflect and story my personal experience. Messages contained in the interpersonal of my everyday life (dis)connect with those of contemporary culture. In my dark cocoon-like experience of the everyday-depression, death, grief, loss, invisibility-the butterfly does not come. And so I (re)present to repossess using multi-layered, arts-based forms of narrative, image, poetry and creative writing-forms that embody and represent how change can happen, and the time it takes. These forms respond to deep desires to know and understand change and transition, to make meaning of experience-to make repossession visible. In this piece, contemplative storying creates sparks in the darkness, offering catalysts for dialogue and thinking, and possible frames for re/emergence.
Details
- Title
- To become a butterfly, a caterpillar first digests itself: writing for repossession and transformation
- Authors
- Alison L Black (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Conference details
- Australian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) Conference, 21st (Canberra, Australia, 28-Nov-2016–30-Nov-2016)
- Publisher
- Australasian Association of Writing Programs
- Date published
- 2016
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450788602621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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