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In this short creative writing workshop Finley will create prompts to reflect and process loss, grief and remembrance. Remembering those we loved and lost, reflecting with humor and poetic grace. Sometimes there is a moment of connection, correction, or to be kept at a distance, ambiguity or goodbye to a forgotten self. Ancestors, occasions, and our body embrace emotions and scars of events as fossils. Writing will be a safe space, a sacred bay to process, transform, and reimagine possibility. There can be joy and hope in what we discover to cherish with insight, while awakening our creative practice. This is not a therapeutic model but rather a hallowed tradition, encircling the ancient ways of artists as magicians, consecrating living truths, mysteries, circumstance and celebration. Join our collective. Please be prepared to write in a room gathered together. Introverts encouraged. New and returning creatives welcome.

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About Karen Finley (according to wikipedia)

Karen Finley (born 1956) is an American performance artist, musician and poet.^[1] Her performance art, recordings, and books are used as forms of activism.^[2][3] Her work frequently uses nudity and profanity.^[4]Finley incorporates depictions of sexuality, abuse, and disenfranchisement in her work.^[5] She is currently a professor^[6] at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Karen Finley has written various books that focus on controversial topics.^[7] She wrote Shock Treatment, Enough Is Enough: Weekly Meditations for Living Dysfunctionally, the Martha Stewart satire Living It Up: Humorous Adventures in Hyperdomesticity, Pooh Unplugged (detailing the eating and psychological disorders of Winnie the Pooh and his friends),^[8] and A Different Kind of Intimacy – a latter collection of her works. Her poem “The Black Sheep” is among her best-known works; it was displayed as public art in New York City for one month.^[9] Finley’s poetry is included in The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry.

Hallwalls presents COVID Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty Kaleidoscope Disco

Karen Finley’s visit to the University at Buffalo is in conjunction with three (3) performances of COVID Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty Kaleidoscope Disco at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (341 Delaware Avenue), Oct. 12, 13, and 14, 7:30pm. Tickets are on-sale now: $27 general, $25 students/seniors, and $20 members. Click here to buy tickets.