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Materials from Timing: the writing workshop I hosted in Amsterdam

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Valerie
Mar 31, 2026
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Last Sunday, I ran a writing workshop on Timing at post-office in Amsterdam.

We explored the nature and passage of time using some of my favorite philosophical & cultural frameworks and theories. The workshop was aimed at understanding the particular relationship each of us has with time — with our past, present, and future, because that relationship shapes everything: how we create things, how we love, grieve, process, build our world, how we decide what matters, and how we move forward.

My writing workshops are intimate and in-person by design, but I wanted to give you the materials in full. These exercises are great to dive into alone, or with your lover, family, or friends. Allow about two hours in total. A glimpse of what we worked with:

The full materials, along with the exercises and sources, are in the deck I made for the workshop. Find it below — available for paid subscribers.

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