SENSING CONNECTION: a creative ecology workshop
A 3-day Creative Ecology workshop in Berwick-Upon-Tweed themed around Sensing Connection, working with mindful movement & contemplative writing. A collaboration between STUDIO SOMA x Berwick Contemplative Arts, led by artists Kate Sagovsky & Anna Selby. made possible by funding from Create Berwick. Film by Alexander Williamson with Kate Sagovsky.
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“In July 2025, a group gathered in the historic environment of renowned border town, Berwick-Upon-Tweed for a 3-day creative ecology workshop led by Kate Sagovsky & Anna Selby. Structured around the theme of ‘Sensing Connection’, this workshop offered the opportunity to gather together & explore how we can cultivate ecological awareness through mindful movement & contemplative writing.
During both indoor & outdoor sessions, the group played with different creative explorations responding to both internal sensations & the surrounding environment, working with breathing, witnessing, movement & stillness followed by reflecting, responding & creating through words & images. Through this embodied play we discovered how slowing down & bringing awareness to sensory experiences can help us find new ways of connecting to ourself, others, & the world.
The collaborative practice offered through the workshop, along with the public sharing of eco-poetry which followed, asked the urgent question: what might our role be in witnessing, celebrating, & protecting the interwoven ecological tapestry in which we play a key part? By noticing our sensory experiences, we allow ourselves to enter into a receptive state of deep listening & connecting, through which we can imagine, rediscover, & begin to work towards new ways of being in - & creating - our world.”
