This heart. I sketched this heart while I was sitting in a session nearing the end of the Humber School for Writers Summer Workshop almost to the day - one year ago. My heart is full thinking of the tremendous week I experienced. Still - one year later - my heart is full. I… Continue reading Humber Summer Workshop Reflections: One Year Later
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Post-Humber Summer Workshop: Culture Shock & The Gift of Reflection
One week ago, I was gathering around a table with my fellow classmates and teacher in the 'E' building on the Humber College Lakeshore campus for our final workshop. Time is doing that thing it does - you know, playing with your mind? Tricking you into feeling like weeks have gone by instead of only… Continue reading Post-Humber Summer Workshop: Culture Shock & The Gift of Reflection
Humber School of Writing Summer Workshops – Pictures & Words
You know it's real when you get a lanyard. I got a reusable bag too. You know it. So, it's nearing the late evening of day four at the Humber School of Writers Summer Workshop...Physically, I'm pretty tired, and my tummy and guts are doing that thing they can do when they're away from home...you… Continue reading Humber School of Writing Summer Workshops – Pictures & Words
Notes & Quotes from the Humber School for Writers
My brain is mushy but I feel the need to share some of the quotes and notes I've made as I near the end of day two at the Humber School for Writers Summer Workshop. These notes and quotes are scrawled messily in my notebook...and I've done my best to be verbatim with the quotes...… Continue reading Notes & Quotes from the Humber School for Writers
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 