Walking with the River

Within The World Is for Everyone, we began with an invitation: to walk together, to listen deeply and to let the river guide our way. Creative facilitators Anna Ball and Margaret Ravenscroft led participants on a river-walking workshop that slowed the pace of our everyday lives. Along the banks, we recorded voices, ambient sounds, reflections—responding to gentle prompts designed to open space for noticing, remembering.

Taking these fragments of conversation, water, wind and footsteps Anna Ball collaborated with Dr Andrew Brown, shaped them into a collective sound poem that holds the currents of many lives and ways of belonging. Shared through public readings by the Pamoja Women Together group, the work further flowed outward.

Listen to the sound poem: River Walk.

2019

Socially-engaged practice

Collective members: Anna Ball, Margaret Ravenscroft

Women walking on a wooden bridge in a park near a body of water, surrounded by trees and greenery.
A group of women, some wearing headscarves and winter coats, are gathered outdoors. One woman is speaking into a microphone held by a person with curly blonde hair.
Five women stand outdoors in a park, wearing warm jackets with hoods. They appear to be engaged in a conversation, with three of them holding papers or notebooks. Birds are visible on the ground near their feet, and the background features leafless t
Two women walking together, one with a gray backpack, holding hands on an outdoor path with a group of people in the background during daytime.
A group of people gathered outdoors near a river, listening to a woman with a microphone. Many are wearing winter coats, some with headscarves, and they are standing on a grassy area with rocks and trees in the background.
A river with brownish water, surrounded by dry tall grasses in the foreground and leafless trees in the background under a clear sky.