Sand & Story: Capturing Desert Symbolism in Your Writing (Virtual Class)

Infuse the power of desert symbols into your writing! This generative virtual writing workshop starts with an introduction to landscape symbolism in the desert. Then, take writing prompts out into your nearest outdoor space. This beginner-friendly class focuses on putting words on the page rather than critiquing to help jumpstart your personal writing practice.

• This workshop is held via Zoom and offers closed captions. 

• This beginner-friendly workshop is suitable for ages 12 and older.

• Anyone may attend! No writing experience is required.

• Registered participants will receive the slides following the class. The class will not be recorded.

Activity level: This is an introductory-level online course.

Required items for participants: 

• Notepad or journal for writing

• Pen or pencil

• Must have access to Zoom

We will provide the Zoom link one week before the class start date.

Your instructor: Cindi Anderson is a producer, professor, and Ph.D. in Mythology and Archetypal Psychology, offering a unique perspective on how storytelling shapes personal and collective experiences. She has taught courses in Story, Creative Writing, American Cinema, Entrepreneurship, and Landscape Symbolism. Her research explores human engagement with nature from Classical Greece to today, linking these patterns to the global economy, environmental activism, and political divides. Cindi has held executive and production roles at major companies like HBO and Guthy-Renker, producing content aired worldwide and helping launch successful brands. She was an inaugural instructor at the Joseph Campbell Writers’ Room and contributes to the Joseph Campbell Foundation. Currently, she is Executive Producer at The Mythology Channel and collaborates with Mythouse and Story Atlas. She is also an instructor and volunteers on her second season with Desert Institute!

Photo credit: Desert Institute