TimeSlips Creative Storytelling

“TimeSlips Creative Storytelling” is one of our favorite ways to encourage and allow our clients to express themselves in words. This activity was developed by Prof. Anne Basting, a winner of the “MacArthur Genius Grant”.  It opens storytelling and creative writing to everyone by replacing the pressure to remember with the freedom to imagine. Here’s a recent example of a poem created by one of our clients, after enjoying the sensory stimulation of a magnificent rose, and talking with our activity specialist about a vintage photo of a girl holding a rose:

When asked what he would like to call the poem, he replied, “Happiness”.

What story or poem would YOU make up about this photo? There are no wrong answers!