Confabulations

A Writing Group
Facilitated by Sima Qunsol

Confabulations is a generative writing group that takes its name from a collection of essays by the late art critic, writer, and artist John Berger. A confabulation is a casual conversation, a kind of chitter-chatter. For Berger, writing is a perpetual act of confabulation—a playful yet profound dialogue between words. This concept also carries with it a second meaning: the involuntary creation of false memories to bridge the gaps in our understanding.

In a series of gatherings, participants will be invited to embark on their own confabulations, to sit with art, allowing themselves to wander, to cultivate a dialogue, and to expand the universe that exists in the spaces between thoughts, experiences, and language. These sessions offer a space to explore the ways in which writing, much like memory, is an active process of reconstruction and interpretation.

The group will convene in person over four Saturdays in April, with sessions conducted in both Arabic and English.

To apply, please fill out the form before Saturday, March 22nd.

Image credit: a Drawing by John Berger

Sima Qunsol is a writer based in Amman, Jordan. She studied English literature, media communication studies and creative writing at the American University of Beirut. She spends half her time working in the costume department on film productions and the other half sorting books at her family’s library, Dar El Qunsol, in Madaba. In 2022, she was selected as a Mophradat Writing Sabbatical recipient. Her work can be found in Poetry Ireland Review.