We will ask participants to take close ups of Florence's natural environment for a later project. We visit Florence's Duomo and use the town's architecture as a leaping off point for our explorations of sound and color in writing and art. Free day to explore Tuscany or the seaside villages near the famous resort town of Viareggio. Workshop continues with an exercise in creating and writing about miniature worlds made of natural objects found during participants' walks around the city and its parks. Writing and drawing exercises continue.
Participants do an exercise in writing and story telling that involves interviewing each other.
Workshop continues with writing and drawing exercises. We go around Florence, using present day sites there to take autobiographical 'trips to the past'. Individual and group collaborative collage projects. Writing and drawing with live music. An exploration of how music affects our creative processes and ideas.