Mentor Meditation: H.D.’s Trilogy
Every other autumn Wednesday
September 16 - December 9
7-9pm/EST
Dates: September 16 & 30, October 14 & 28, November 11 & 25, December 9
$300-450 sliding scale
H.D. writes: “the rare intangible thread / that binds all humanity.”
In this course, we will explore (Hilda Doolittle) H.D.’s Trilogy including The Walls Do Not Fall, Tribute to the Angels, and The Flowering of the Rod via obsessive reading, re-reading, imitating, resisting, meditating, and discussing. While discussion will of course center around H.D.’s craft and content, it will also allow us to track our relationship to a single text as it deepens, shifts, and inspires. The reading practices undertaken here aim to challenge and provoke our creative practices. To that end, we’ll spend class time generating original poems that grow out of our shared reading and meditation on H.D.’s work.
How does this text, written in response to World War II read in our present catastrophic socio-political climate? And how does an intentional practice of re-examining its various parts and their methodologies contribute to our understanding of the whole, and by extension, our understanding of our own creative practice?
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In the first six sessions, we will read aloud together, engage in meditative reading and discussion experiments, write in response to prompts, and optionally share. The final session will be for a culminating discussion and sharing.
Sessions 1 & 2 focus on The Walls Do Not Fall (the first book of Trilogy).
Sessions 3 & 4 focus on Tribute to the Angels.
Session 5 & 6 focus on The Flowering of the Rod.
Session 7 is the culminating discussion.
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suggested:
$300=pressured resources $375=balanced resources $450=abundant resources
If MENTOR MEDITATION sounds like what you need and you want to join but can’t pay in full, or at all, please include a brief message when you register. I offer payment plans by request, accommodated prices and occasional comps to those facing financial hardship, especially returning participants, and those experiencing lived racism, transphobia, and other forms of systemic discrimination.
*It’s up to you to determine where you fit on the sliding scale, given the uniqueness of your context. Some general guidelines:
Pressured can mean that employment is uncertain and/or paying monthly bills is challenging.
Balanced can mean that employment is fairly secure, monthly bills get reliably paid, and occasional small luxuries are possible.
Abundant can mean that employment and/or finances are secure, savings and/or assets exist, and/or property is owned.
These are not strict guidelines, and you best know your circumstances. Please pay what you can.
Please also note that paying at the top of the sliding scale makes it easier for me to offer more accommodated and comped slots to those who need.