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Angry Letters to God
‘Angry Letters to God’ is a therapeutic writing workshop where attendees are encouraged to express their ‘ugliest’ feelings in their rawest form. It was conceived of as an antidote to the current climate of repression, confinement and powerlessness we experience in society today.
Our social norms dictate that to express rage is to put on a display of barbarism. That to be upset, enraged or uncomfortable is a state of being that warrants shame, guilt and apology. We have cut ourselves off at the knees, not allowing any injustice to be met with righteous anger, allowing those in power to enslave us, destroy our planet, commit atrocities and terrify us to the point that we feel we have no power whatsoever. But whether we like it or not, we each possess great power, and in a world that wants us to play quietly, expression is a revolutionary act.
This workshop aims to begin with the individual to address the gap between what we are told we must be, and who we actually are. ‘Angry Letters to God’ is an hour in which rage is not shamed, but in fact encouraged.
Our social norms dictate that to express rage is to put on a display of barbarism. That to be upset, enraged or uncomfortable is a state of being that warrants shame, guilt and apology. We have cut ourselves off at the knees, not allowing any injustice to be met with righteous anger, allowing those in power to enslave us, destroy our planet, commit atrocities and terrify us to the point that we feel we have no power whatsoever. But whether we like it or not, we each possess great power, and in a world that wants us to play quietly, expression is a revolutionary act.
This workshop aims to begin with the individual to address the gap between what we are told we must be, and who we actually are. ‘Angry Letters to God’ is an hour in which rage is not shamed, but in fact encouraged.
Friday 22 May
Peoples Park Tavern, 360 Victoria Park Rd, London , United Kingdom E9 7BT
Free, 5-10 pm
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