Let Me Take You There: Observational Poetry Walk with Sheniz Janmohamed

Let Me Take You There: Observational Poetry Walk with Sheniz Janmohamed

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Nature walk in the Highland Creek Valley, writing with the imagined presence of an ancestor and creating nature altars

Sat, Jul 22, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Highland Creek Valley Land Trail 1265 Military Trail Toronto, ON M1C 1A4
Inspired by the Doris McCarthy Gallery exhibition Let me take you there, poet, educator, and nature artist Sheniz Janmohamed will lead an observational poetry walk through the Highland Creek Valley at the U of T Scarborough campus.

Participants will be asked to walk with the imagined presence of a biological or cultural ancestor. They will be given gentle prompts to write about their own creation myths, stories, and folk tales. Where does magic unfold in our daily lives? Where do we witness ancestral signs? What can the outside world tell us about ourselves? At the end of the walk, participants will create their own nature altars as offerings to their ancestors.