Echoing the Land's Language: Writing into Kinship with Place: A 3-Session Writing Lab Rowen White

$165.00

Join Indigenous writer, seed keeper, and land steward Rowen White for an immersive writing journey into reciprocal relationship with the living world. Drawing from her Mohawk ancestors' practice of Ohénton Kariwatékwen (the Thanksgiving Address) and her daily practice of pairing photography with sense-evocative prose, this lab invites us to stretch past the linear, static bounds of the English language and embrace a grammar of animacy rooted in Indigenous worldview. Through a blend of readings, prompts, conversation, and field practice, we will cultivate what Rowen calls "reverent curiosity," an embodied way of listening and responding to the more-than-human world that co-regulates our nervous systems with the beloved Earth all around us.

Over three sessions, we will awaken our sensory intelligences, practice writing love letters to place, and begin crafting our own spiritual naturalist notebooks. This is writing as resistance, as medicine, as ceremony; daily love poems in words and imagery offered as an antidote to the insanity of the modern world. Come ready to reseed your imagination through rhizomatic writing; prose that moves like mycelium, spreading in all directions, making connections beneath the surface, entangling us once again in the root systems of belonging.

Wednesdays, January 14, 21, and 28
11:00-12:30 PM Central Time
Live online

Join Indigenous writer, seed keeper, and land steward Rowen White for an immersive writing journey into reciprocal relationship with the living world. Drawing from her Mohawk ancestors' practice of Ohénton Kariwatékwen (the Thanksgiving Address) and her daily practice of pairing photography with sense-evocative prose, this lab invites us to stretch past the linear, static bounds of the English language and embrace a grammar of animacy rooted in Indigenous worldview. Through a blend of readings, prompts, conversation, and field practice, we will cultivate what Rowen calls "reverent curiosity," an embodied way of listening and responding to the more-than-human world that co-regulates our nervous systems with the beloved Earth all around us.

Over three sessions, we will awaken our sensory intelligences, practice writing love letters to place, and begin crafting our own spiritual naturalist notebooks. This is writing as resistance, as medicine, as ceremony; daily love poems in words and imagery offered as an antidote to the insanity of the modern world. Come ready to reseed your imagination through rhizomatic writing; prose that moves like mycelium, spreading in all directions, making connections beneath the surface, entangling us once again in the root systems of belonging.

Wednesdays, January 14, 21, and 28
11:00-12:30 PM Central Time
Live online

This is a live, participatory lab and it will not be recorded. A meeting link will be emailed a few days prior to the lab. Cancellations must be made 48 hours prior to the lab and will be charged a $10 cancellation fee. Partial scholarships may be available. Apply here by 12/22/2025.

Rowen White is a Seed Keeper/farmer and author from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and a passionate activist for Indigenous seed and food sovereignty. She is the Creative Director of Sierra Seeds, an innovative Indigenous seed bank and land-based educational organization located in North San Juan, CA. Rowen is the founder of the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network, which is committed to restoring the Indigenous Seed Commons, and currently serves as a Cooperative Seed Hub Coordinator. She facilitates creative hands-on workshops and strategic conversations in community around seed/food security around the country within tribal and small farming communities. She believes that by cultivating creative supportive learning spaces, reclaiming narratives, and practicing radical imagination, we can work together to seed the change for a more equitable and beautiful relational, kincentric food system that centers around a deep sense of belonging and connection. She weaves stories of seeds, food, culture, and sacred Earth stewardship on her blog, Seed Songs, and other distinguished publications. Follow her journeys at www.sierraseeds.org.