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PEEP·HOLE
A three session workshop
Haunted Texts VII
UNDERWORLDS
Aug 9, 16, 23
caves · tunnels · shelters · graves · wombs · basements · archives · dreams
Haunted Texts returns for its seventh summer.
We will read, watch, discuss & write our way through literary & artistic underworlds:
For writers, artists & thinkers working with material that feels difficult to approach directly.
HAUNTED TEXTS VII:
UNDERWORLDS
In this three session workshop,
we will read, watch, discuss & write our way
through literary and artistic underworlds.
We will explore descent, enclosure,
darkness & disorientation
as creative methods,
ways of thinking & writing under pressure,
inside uncertainty,
inside what cannot yet be fully seen.
What does it mean
to write from underground?
What becomes visible there?
How do we navigate the passages
between worlds?
What do we bring back with us when we return?
We will work with fragments
of text, film, testimony, myth & contemporary writing,
alongside guided writing experiments.
This workshop is for you
if you
✵ are drawn to themes of memory, body, obsession or the uncanny
✵ are writing toward material that resists direct approach
✵ are intellectually & creatively hungry
& want a space to think deeply & try new things
✵ are interested in experimental or hybrid writing
✵ are looking for a focused, intimate writing group
✵ long for company that allows complexity & unfinishedness
✵ want permission to experiment, make mistakes, follow strange associations & discover what emerges
✵ are a writer, creator, human of any genre
IS YOUR
WRITING HAUNTED?
haunt·ed
/ˈhôn(t)əd/
adjective
preoccupied,
as with an emotion, memory, or idea;
obsessed; disturbed; distressed;
inhabited or frequented by ghosts
Details
✵ 3 sessions on Sundays
✵ Aug 9, 16, 23
✵ 7-9 PM Israel time
✵ Online
✵ Price: 789 ILS.
Spots are limited.
To Join
To register or ask questions,
please contact me directly.
What is Haunted Texts?
Haunted Texts is an ongoing series
of intimate writing laboratories
exploring literature, film, memory,
obsession, the uncanny
& the creative process.
Some of us have been meeting
for over seven years!
People come for many reasons:
some because they miss intellectual & creative companionship,
others are returning to writing after years away,
or carrying material
that feels difficult to approach directly.
Together, we follow images, fragments,
obsessions & unexpected associations.
We form small, recurring communities
with participants joining from different countries,
backgrounds & stages of life,
who share a curiosity
about the things that haunt us
& a desire to write the thing that won't leave us alone.
Participants have returned to poetry,
completed stories, published books,
or rediscovered forms of attention
& creative vitality
they worried they had lost.
To help make the workshop more accessible,
I offer two partial scholarships
for those with financial need.
These are intended to support individuals
who feel deeply called to the work
but may not otherwise be able to participate.
If this resonates with you,
please don’t hesitate to reach out to me
HERE for info.
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About Amital
I write film, theater & other texts.
I teach experimental writing workshops
& love to help writers surprise themselves.
Here are some things writers
have said about working with me:
“Amital’s conception of what we were doing together
was transformational”
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“I’m inspired by Amital’s sense of urgency about reading and writing”
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“Amital gives feedback in a perceptive, unusual way that’s easy to hear and understand”
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"I found myself completely transfixed and transformed by my work with her"
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"By approaching writing as a vehicle for self-investigation rather than focusing on the end product,
I found myself writing with a freedom I hadn't experienced in a long time"
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“No subject is off-limits”
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You can get to know me better by reading MIFLEZET - my newsnote.