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The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

...creative writing is describing in a way that allows a reader to ‘see’ (in their mind’s eye) what we see (whether in reality or in the imagination). The ability to render something vivid depends on heightening our awareness and establishing a connection – both with the objects we focus on, such as a fallen leaf, and with ourselves. I would suggest that writing...
Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course

...writing psychology courses is part of the job. But what happened when he found himself having to create a crime drama?...[A person types on a typewriter] (Actually, we don't make our academics use typewriters, but we've burned through our collection of stock photos of people typing on laptops for our cybersecurity course...) "The city awoke to clouds, dank with a sense of...
Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...creative writing. I’m constantly engaged in a dialogue with people about what they’d find most useful, and what formats would be most accessible to diverse audiences, hence my experimentations with different kinds of books, blogs, podcasts, videos, comics, and various other media. There’s a lot of joy, for me, in the dance between the five related sub-projects...
How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...creative writing, music, and dance, have been helpful for reducing stress in a range of populations, such as refugees, survivors of abuse, and children who have experienced trauma or crisis (Carey, 2006; Malchiodi, 2020; King, 2022). Participation in the arts can also have a positive effect on people with anxiety or depression, as well as conditions such as schizophrenia,...
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...creative writing in the twentieth century - and beyond?...[Irish Yews and part of the extensive graveyard, Holme upon Spalding Moor]Irish Yews and part of the extensive graveyard, Holme upon Spalding Moor - Wikimedia Commons This article will explore the Gothic tradition on the island of Ireland in the form of the twentieth-century narrative. Building on the significant...
Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage

...Creative Writing at the OU, and Chair of Y031, the Arts and Languages Access module. I’m researching the work of suffragette medics at the moment, so it’s a real pleasure to be able to focus my thoughts on a suffrage banner today as I talk about popular protest in history. When I hear the word ‘suffragette’, or come across it in print somewhere, I see visual...
The importance of education for students in secure environments
Education & Development

The importance of education for students in secure environments

...creative writing, GCSEs and A-levels, and Open University Access modules. I learnt about graffiti, poetry, and activism. I started to dream of a life where I could be free to do all those things. My life had been small, and the prison was smaller but in the folds of the textbooks I was reading, I saw the world (Dalton Harrison, Prisoners’ Education Trust alumnus) James...
A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...Creative Writing (screenwriting) – Distinction. Leesa has written and produced multiple plays, which have been produced in the UK, Ireland and Australia. She has written a radio comedy pilot, which was produced by BBC Northern Ireland and she has written comedy sketches for Soft Border Patrol, which was also produced by BBC Northern Ireland. Leesa worked as a Trainee...