Write On #12 | The Body as an Altar
Today’s prompt explores the body as an altar.
A writing prompt to start your day. Today’s prompt explores the body as an altar. Embrace the wilderness in your imagination and write on.
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One of my favorite things to show writers in writing workshops is that nonfiction and journaling does not have to be limited to what we see in front of us. Our imaginations are infinite portals into how we can write about ourselves and our lived experiences.
Take dreamscapes for example: when we are dreaming, there are new worlds inside these spaces, there are impossible situations, the ridiculous, the strange, the lush, the weird, all of this exists in our dreams naturally.
These dream-like qualities can be applied to our body stories. Like our dreamscapes, our bodies are infinite maps of portals. Our bodies can be metaphors and myths. We can reimagine new ways to tell our life stories.
Rios de la Luz is the author of the novella, Itzá, and the short story collection, An Altar of Stories to Liminal Saints (Broken River Books). She offers generative writing workshops throughout the year which focus on body stories, lived histories, and magic. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her son and partner.
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Set aside 15 to 30 minutes for yourself to journal and explore sensory details for this prompt. Have fun finding the path to this altar!
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