“When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think.” ― Bertrand Russell
Shope World invites you to enter the world of Writing as Performance, to use the power of words, written, spoken, and enacted– to think!
To invoke change, to energize advocacy, and motivate action!
To heal ourselves and our world resiliently from trauma!
To better understand ourselves as we navigate through life!
Shope World has devised a suite of Creative Inquiry Enterprises, writing courses designed to inspire and guide your CURIOSITY about the World Around Us! Activate YOUR curiosity NOW!
Writing as Performance is organized into four Creative Inquiry pathways:
EcoVoices, an environmental science education program of activities focused on water conservation and ecosystem change.
Euphêmêdia, a nonprofit effort to engage youth in Workshops for Young Writers, to invoke change from hope to action.
MimeLight, a dynamic program of mime performances and theatrical workshops for intergenerational resilience.
Shope World Press, featuring the published academic and literary works of Dr. Shope and selected student writings.
AI Policy on this website: Shope World does NOT use artificial intelligence to generate images or text. All artwork and writing is ORIGINAL.
This website has been created and written by Dr. Richard Shope. All other artists, educators, and writers are credited, as noted, for their intellectual work.