Creative Mornings ATL | Monumental w/Ash Nash

This month’s theme is MONUMENTAL, featuring speaker and founder of Powerhaus Creative, Ash Nash plus a performance by spoken word poet and musician, Abyss.

When we call something monumental, we mean it as a matter of scale. Societies erect statues and build squares and dedicate memorials to prevent the past from being buried. These structures loom large and cast long shadows. They are meant to endure, to keep our ancestors alive in our memories, but sometimes they dwarf the living and engulf life itself.

What does it mean to think on a monumental timescale? To honor the past in such a way that it paves a path for the unfolding of the present? We have no way of knowing if our memories will outlive us, if they will manage to travel the vastness of space and time. But there are people in the future who will need our stories, stories capacious enough to hold all of our humanity. So what will you bear witness to? What will you leave behind when you’re gone?

Our Richmond chapter chose this month’s exploration of Monumental and Mending Walls to illustrate the theme: https://creativemornings.com/blog/meet-our-monumental-illustrator-mending-walls