How can we look for signs in our everyday lives to guide us to a creative response that embraces chaos and confusion, to generate new work?
World events and events in our personal lives can feel overwhelming at times. Noisy environments, information overload, social media and political realities often lead to a feeling of trying to navigate a chaotic and seemingly meaningless landscape.
In this session, we will look at different approaches to make meaning out of complexity by looking at how signs, symbols and structure can offer creative outlets. We will explore how syzygy (the yoking together opposites); lists; visual prompts and looking at the page as a space to play, unleashes a spirit of adventure, allowing us to take control of the chaos and create exciting new work.
Read your work at the sharing spot
There are five sharing spot slots available at the salon. If you’d like to share your work please complete the following form by 11am on Friday 4 July 2025: https://forms.gle/vZ4fa3H6HbqJiA266
You’ll be asked to provide your contact details, a short bio and the reading you will be doing which should be no longer than 5 minutes. This is so we can send the work to our BSL interpreters in advance of the session. You can submit these in written English, video or audio file format.
About Lisa
Lisa Kelly is a poet living in London. She has single-sided deafness and is half Danish. Her collections A Map Towards Fluency and The House of the Interpreter are published by Carcanet. She co-edited the anthology, What Meets the Eye?: The Deaf Perspective (Arachne Press). She is Chair of Magma Poetry and is learning BSL.
Access Information
- Auto-captions
- Self Descriptions
- BSL Interpretation
- Comfort Breaks
About CRIPtic Arts
CRIPtic Arts exists to ignite disabled excellence across the arts. We provide active disabled leadership which advances world-class arts work with disabled creatives. From high-quality community activities to showcasing breakthrough performers; we’re blazing a revolution in accessibility.
About Spread the Word
Spread the Word is London’s literature development agency. We have have a national and international reputation for change-making research and developing programmes for writers that have equity and social justice at their heart.
With thanks to the City Bridge Foundation for supporting the CRIPtic x Spread the Word Salon and Connect through Connectivity.