WOVEN: Telling the Heroine's Journey
First Edition Newsletter: December 10, 2023
Welcome to the First Edition of the Woven Newsletter, December 10, 2023!
This is a FREE monthly newsletter of a venture founded by Kate Farrell, Woven: Telling the Heroine’s Journey.
Its goal is to explore the hidden terrain of the heroine’s unique quest found in the pre-literate, oral traditions—and how the age-old, foundational fairy tales, folktales, and myths can empower us, reframe our life stories, and inspire new creative works.
First Weavings
The idea for WOVEN grew from Kate’s memoir, as she blended motifs and archetypes of the heroine’s journey with events of her first forty-two years. Kate became aware of the power of the heroine archetype, but also realized that it was hiding in plain sight. She began teaching classes on the heroine's journey, finding a rapt audience in translating its ancient motifs to modern women and to one’s life story. Encouraged by partners and co-presenters, Kate established Woven to more effectively share the wisdom of feminine quest tales.
Website Launched
Visit woventales.net and be transported to another world that blends ancient and modern in a richly textured and brightly colored journey of its own. This magic was created by Kate with the help of a brilliant graphic designer, Nichola Americanos: elationbydesign.com
Peruse the variety of WOVEN courses offered in the first quarter of 2024: an online class, in person workshop series, an enticing retreat, a seminar, and a lunch talk for writers. Meet the fabulous, highly qualified WOVEN co-presenters.
Featured Courses 2024
Begin the New Year—take a first step on your feminine quest with an online class that starts January 9, 2024. Taught by Kate Farrell, Journaling the Heroine’s Journey and sponsored by Story Circle Network, “Where Women Become the Authors of Their Own Lives.” It is a four-week class, two hour sessions: We’ll tap into the age-old, foundational myths and fairy tales of the heroine’s journey to explore their current meanings. Discover how their benchmarks relate to your life story through journaling. More HERE.
Enjoy a free, community Storytelling Workshop Series with San Francisco Public Library, West Portal Branch that begins January 6, for six-sessions that span five months. Storytelling was always part of the feminine cultural role that in time became the belittled “old wives’ tales.” Reclaim your creative storytelling voice and share it. More HERE.
Reserve your place for the Woven Winter Retreat, February 23-25, and join us in the historic delta town of Suisun City for three days of sharing ancient stories of the heroine’s journey and relating them to our own life stories, hosted by the dynamic storyteller, Cyndera Quackenbush, in her cozy Victorian home. Registration Limited. Learn more HERE.
March is Women’s History Month. Woven will celebrate with two fantastic heroine events: a multi-generational seminar co-presented and hosted by the amazing Mary Mackey and a virtual lunch presentation for Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter. More HERE.
We hope you’ll subscribe to our monthly newsletter and join in our events, online and in person. Consider contacting us to book a talk or workshop tailored to your group’s needs.
Women live in challenging times. Digging deep, hitting the bedrock of our shared journey through the mythic language that Joseph Campbell gave to the modern hero, we will explore our own heroic path through the suppressed and almost destroyed archetypes of the feminine quest.
As the old year ends and the new year begins, we wish you all the joys of the season!
Congratulations, Kate! It all sounds so enticing and wonderful!
Congratulations and best wishes on the launch of this exciting new teaching/learning adventure, Kate! Love the way you've put it all together.