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Writing The Body In Memoir: How To Work With What Our Bodies Know
Ping Practice: A different type of journaling practice
This event is over, it happened on
September 30, 2026 at Local Economy in Oakland, CA
Sometimes a word, phrase, or quote hits us. It resonates in our bodies, touching some invisible place within.
Maybe you capture this sort of thing in the notes app. Maybe you add them to a paper journal or scrawl them on whatever is within reach.
This event offers an opportunity to revisit these captures, reflect on them together, and talk about how they can grow into meaningful creative work.
What to bring
The place where you capture these fleeting bits of resonance
A pen/pencil you enjoy writing with
About the facilitator
Peter Pelberg is interested in memory, invention, and the technologies that support people in developing both.
He is the founder of Ping Practice: a non-profit journaling method and app.
Outside of Ping Practice, he works at the Wikimedia Foundation. There he is responsible for the software volunteers in 300+ languages use to edit Wikipedia.
Date:
September 30, 2026
Time:
6:00 PM
7:30 PM
Event website: https://luma.com/zuvrt0z7
Event type:
Science and Technology
Originally posted to:
Rockridge District Association Events Calendar
Local Economy is a small, flexible community space on the College Avenue stretch of Rockridge, a few doors from East Bay Booksellers. It looks and feels like a bright neighborhood storefront set up for people to gather rather than a traditional venue. Inside, most things are organized around a long central table where talks, workshops, book clubs and game sessions all happen in close quarters. more...
