After you have all had a chance in your groups to share your responses to the questions about the painting, you will go into a three-minute free-write in response to the prompt below.

As always, please only discuss or produce material that is appropriate and comfortable to share in a class setting--in regard to your own disclosures, appropriate expectations of the reader, and protection of anyone discussed in the narrative.

Someone in the group can self-select to be the time keeper. At the end of the time writing together, you are free to decide whether or not you'd like to share what you've written.

Try not to read the prompt at the end of this page until you are ready to begin.

Other important information:

1. This is a completely open writing task. Write whatever comes to mind as you think about the prompt. Don't worry about grammar or spelling or how the language comes out. [You will not have to share what you've written during this free write with your instructor. It will remain confidential in your group.]
2. When the three minutes is up, anyone who would like to share what they have written may take turns doing so. Anyone who is listening, tap into your radical listening skills. Listen very closely and carefully to what our classmate has shared.  
3. After a classmate has shared, then the others in the group will share back what they have heard, in the same way we did when looking at the painting. Share back what you noticed, details in your classmate's reflection that stood out to you. Don't comment on what was good or not good; focus instead on the details you observed and how they worked.

The important thing about this exchange is that you may offer insight or a perspective to your classmates about their writing that they may not have thought of themselves or that will be valuable to them as they think about their experiences.

After you have completed the Zoom session with your group (the combined "close viewing" and response to the writing prompt, write a few lines in the text box to describe the experience and what you thought about it.

Try not to read the prompt below until you are ready to begin:

Here is the writing prompt:

➡ Write about hope in brokenness: