SPELLS, SPIRITS + SCRIBES
a generative creative writing + tarot workshop
FRIDAY 11/15 | 6pm - 8.30pm
Full workshop description:
As we enter the fall season, it’s time to turn within and connect with the magic of the dark. What are you ready to harvest? What are you ready to shed as you plant new seeds for the next chapter? Let your creative fire lead the way with this writing + tarot workshop at Dearly Studio.
Bridging the power of tarot and creative writing, this generative workshop will help you embrace your intuition and channel your own poetic messages from the other side. With Death, the Queen of Wands, and the Ace of Pentacles as our guides for the evening, we will dive deep into the lessons they each have to share. Your instructors Zinnia and Lauren will prompt you to write and reflect from the heart, with inspiration from a live group tarot reading, poetry, and writing prompts to evoke the spirit of the season. Whatever wisdom comes through, you are invited to alchemize it on the page to help you feel energized, uplifted, and empowered.
By the end of the class, you’ll leave with a triptych in your pocket and a deeper knowledge of tarot. Each ticket comes with a drink from Dearly Studio’s bar, and we’ll take a 20 minute break to stretch our legs and refresh. Bring pen + paper. Writers are welcome to bring a small object to offer to an autumnal altar to help shape the space.
Meet your hosts:
Zinnia Smith is a writer and educator from Somerville. She's published with TSR: The Southampton Review, Voicemail Poems, and Peach Mag, among others, and was long listed for the Ralph Angel Poetry Prize by Foundlings Press in 2022. She’s taught writing and literature for years, and most recently was a 2024 Mass Cultural Council Grant for Creative Individuals recipient.
Lauren Trombino-Walleser is a queer witch, tarot reader, astrologer, reiki master, and writer. She created Heronkind Stories & Healing after more than a decade of personal devotion to energy healing and a lifelong passion for magic. Lauren is deeply honored to share these gifts through one-on-one sessions and community events centered on connecting people with their most authentic selves so we can co-create a more loving, just and pleasurable future together.