Unravelling
May. 7th, 2011 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phoenixI'd like to take Susannah Conway's Unravelling course this time round. I'm hmming and hawing, just like the last two times it came up - mostly wondering, will I fit in? And will I do the assignments?
Registration begins in 15 minutes and will go on until there are at least 100 signups, iirc. Susannah has run the courses for several years, so it's not a case of "miss it, miss out forever" but every time it comes up I /want/ to take it, and summer when I've had a break from college for months sounds like the best time for it.
Why do I want to take it? Maybe less for the self-analysis (I am good at that, almost growing past it these days) than for the sense of community it promises. Dozens of others attending to who they are, what they desire, where they're going, and sharing how they're finding the journey, and in a time-compressed situation which intensifies connection. I have this idea that I'd finish the course with a couple of new friends who'd eagerly and thoughtfully encourage me to run out and photograph or write, and vice-versa: supporting each other's creative and emotional lives.
(Also wondering about the 'for women only' bit. I do wonder how she'd respond to transgender people participating. If it was a case of "yeah, you have to be born with specific parts" - while it wouldn't affect my eligibility, it'd mean I didn't want to join. I don't like clubs that reject my friends. See edit! It's weird going from my very LGBT and identity-considering corner of the journalling world (DW/LJ, my parts of Tumblr, certain blogs) to this... undefinably different blogging country. Not exactly mainstream, but with firmer gender roles than I expect.)
Edit: YAY. Emailed Susannah and women-only is inclusive of trans women. Now I feel entirely comfortable taking the course, and I've signed up. :) Susannah posted her reply to me in comments here.
Registration begins in 15 minutes and will go on until there are at least 100 signups, iirc. Susannah has run the courses for several years, so it's not a case of "miss it, miss out forever" but every time it comes up I /want/ to take it, and summer when I've had a break from college for months sounds like the best time for it.
Why do I want to take it? Maybe less for the self-analysis (I am good at that, almost growing past it these days) than for the sense of community it promises. Dozens of others attending to who they are, what they desire, where they're going, and sharing how they're finding the journey, and in a time-compressed situation which intensifies connection. I have this idea that I'd finish the course with a couple of new friends who'd eagerly and thoughtfully encourage me to run out and photograph or write, and vice-versa: supporting each other's creative and emotional lives.
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Edit: YAY. Emailed Susannah and women-only is inclusive of trans women. Now I feel entirely comfortable taking the course, and I've signed up. :) Susannah posted her reply to me in comments here.
