"Rewriting Your Reality" writing workshop with Matthew Lessner

The stories we tell ourselves influence the reality we experience, and our imagination serves as a powerful tool in this process.

Led by filmmaker, artist and writer Matthew Lessner, "Rewriting Your Reality" is a two-hour workshop designed to encourage participants to explore how the narratives we tell ourselves about our lives actively shape our reality — often in extremely limiting ways.

Through creative writing exercises and group sharing, participants will examine limiting personal narratives and practice crafting more empowering and creative alternatives, ultimately developing greater agency over their life narratives and perception of reality.

$40 suggested donation.

Welcome!

About Matthew

Matthew Lessner is a filmmaker, artist, and writer whose work explores the intersection of narrative and reality.

His films have premiered and been awarded at the Sundance Film Festival (The Woods, Chapel Perilous) and South by Southwest (The Position, By Modern Measure). His work has been funded by the San Francisco Film Society and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee Konstnärsnämnden.

He has created interactive exhibitions and immersive experiences in galleries across Europe and has collaborated on projects ranging from promotional films for Dirty Projectors + Björk (Mount Wittenberg Orca) to book trailers for acclaimed novelist Ottessa Moshfegh (Lapvona).

Recently relocated from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to Big Sur, California, Lessner brings a multidisciplinary approach to exploring how stories shape our understanding of reality.

Host or Publisher Henry Miller Memorial Library