Tactile Notebooks & the Written Word is a five day workshop open to all levels and welcomes former students as well as new. The main objective of this workshop is to support students in establishing a dynamic, tactile notebook practice that is meaningful and rewarding. Students will use their notebook as a reflective space in which to document and give expression to their daily experiences. Motivated by haptic considerations, they will use their senses to stimulate and awaken perception, guide the making process, and enhance the way they communicate both visually and verbally. Throughout the workshop, students will create tactile pages, playing with materials, techniques, and words to make concrete the vital elements of their sensory experience. Each day there will be an introduction to the day's theme, a hands-on exercise, a period for writing and group conversation.