Words can be powerful in wooing lovers, in love letters and during erotic and sexual encounters. Words and poetry continue to play a role in love and relationships, to excite, entice, tease and penetrate minds and bodies. Have you ever become aroused by an word or a phrase uttered by someone? What kinds of words? What would you love a lover to whisper into your ear or breathe into your mouth?

In this workshop, we will explore playing with words with our minds and bodies, in creative and sexy ways. Where do we feel a certain phrase in our bodies? What words or tone of voice excite us? What do certain kinds of touch feel like when alongside certain words? How can we use language more in loving and erotic ways? Bring your imagination!

“Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have scored your name into my shoulders, referenced me with your mark. The pads of your fingers have become printing blocks, you tap a message on to my skin, tap meaning into my body.”

Jeanette Winterson