HeyJaredTruth & Dare: Writing and Artistic Gesture in the World
Truth & Dare offers one truth (a writing prompt) and one dare (an artistic action) each month, as well as observations about how to stay steady in unsteady times
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Let's Write a New Ending (opens the original)
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Workshops are up! Beginning the week of September 21st, I’ll offer 2 Memoir classes (Mondays in person, 10-11:30 and Tuesdays online, 5:30-7), plus a section of Reclaiming Attention, which is a class that focuses on cultivating a writing/thinking practice away from screens, (Wednesdays online, 10-11:30). I’m also running a Nonfiction Workshop (12-1:30) so bring your works-in-progress to get supportive feedback and camaraderie from fellow writers. Check out course descriptions (link in the footno
Dale Says We Can't Forget Our History (opens the original)
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Welcome. Truth & Dare is a monthly post that offers one Truth (a writing prompt) and one Dare (an artistic gesture in the world). You might also find: thoughts on writing, art, books and paying attention. You won’t find: a paywall or a thicket of hyperlinks taking you someplace else. Just a clean read, a cup of herbal tea poured over your frontal lobe. No noise. No distraction. Plus I will never use AI to compose these words. Thanks for being here.Ben and I were having a nerdy bird debate.<div c
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