Navigating Grief and Loss through Creativity
Navigating Grief and Loss through Creativity
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
Drawing on his occupational therapy perspective and experience as an author and creator, Zander has created an interactive workshop in which he guides participants to reconnect with loved ones they have lost, and experience catharsis through collecting and sharing their stories. Zander breaks down his creative process into concrete steps, provides examples of each step from his own work, and guides participants to do the same with their own story. While Zander ultimately created his book, each workshop participant creates something different, reflecting their own experience, interests and skills. The workshop comes with a workbook, involves plenty of writing, and at the end of it, participants can hold in their hands a tailored guide for changing they way they understand and live with grief.
Syllabus
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Your grief process The grief process is complex and looks different for every individual. 2m
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What can this do for you? Those who grieve typically sit with the memories they have, and they settle with those memories. 2m
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Practicing visualization Visualization is an activity and a practice which can be guided or self-guided in which you engage and activate a specific memory. 3m
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Uncovering your expectations The first step in making meaning in grief is outlining your hopes, expectations, and fears for the process. 3m
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Realizing your intentions Understanding the "why" of memorializing your person is an important step to work through before beginning your memorial project. 2m
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Creating a collective experience Connecting with people who knew your person is the first step in creating a collective experience, even if it is a highly personal story. 2m
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Five questions Having a variety of questions to ask your person's connections helps you think about the ways in which you want to learn about/get to know your person. 2m
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Three objects Think about what your person's interests were, and what objects they left behind that are meaningful to you and/or them. 2m
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Stories only you can tell There are stories can't be told by anyone else, they can only be told by you. 2m
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Discovering the bigger picture Did your person belong to a particular group, community and/or culture? 2m
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Describing your project How does the form of your project actually relate to your person? 2m
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Sharing your project Sharing is a really important part of the process. 2m
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Reflecting As you go through the process, there are several questions you should continue to ask yourself. 3m
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Living with your grief While completing the Unburying process doesn't mean you're done grieving, there are many concrete benefits to consider. 3m
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Write a note The final activity is to write a note to your person. 2m
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Diving in Thank you for watching this course! 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Zander Masser
Zander Masser is an occupational therapist, husband, father, musician, and author of the recently released narrative photography book, Unburying My Father. Zander's father, Randy, contracted HIV from contaminated blood products used to treat his hemophilia. He died in 2000 from AIDS-related illnesses. Twenty years later, Zander unburied ten thousand slides from Randy's career as a professional photographer, which prompted him to dig deeper into his father's life. What started as a photography project evolved into a transformative exploration of living with, and healing from, grief.
Zander Masser
Keynote Speaker and Author
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