Stories - Breaking Blueprints

“When the fellowship opportunity came up, I thought if I'm going to bring this content anywhere it will be safe, and I will be safe, at the Centre."

“If I'm just telling my story, and offering this up with an openness, then I would hope that other people would receive that with the same kind of openness."

“Not that long ago even finishing a story was a big deal, I wouldn't have felt confident to write a book. But then this fellowship opportunity came up."

"I worry sometimes that my stories might not be interesting, that they may be too personal. At the same time, I feel like they are not just my stories, you know, the things that form who I was and who I am."

"Without a group, you’re out to sea, aren’t you? You’re doing something separate from everything else that's going on. Whereas this gives us a bit of a connection to each other, and having a base is a different way to write."