CREATIVITY
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The
Creativity Workshop will take place in the
historic village of Carmel-by-the Sea. This jewel-like town
on the Californian Central Coast is home to beautiful sandy
beaches, quaint cottages, lovely restaurants, and fine art
galleries. There is frequent bus service to the city of Monterey
(8 miles distant) which has one of the best aquariums in the
US as well as some fine 18th and 19th century architecture.
You can also rent a car or take a bus tour to many nearby locations,
such as the towering cliffs and crashing waves of Big Sur.
The Workshop will take place at Il Fornaio in the Pine Inn,
Carmel's oldest hotel.
Each
day the Creativity Workshop in Carmel-by-the-Sea will meet
for 3 1/2 hours. We will explore ways to expand our creativity
through
a series of exercises including guided visualization technique, automatic
drawing and writing, map making, memoir, and storytelling. Throughout
the workshop, the exercises and talks by the instructors will focus
on ways to:
Believe
in your creativity
Stimulate
your perceptive abilities
Find
inspiration in the world around you
Discover
and use images from the unconscious
Get
over creative blocks and the fear of failure
Engage
your curiosity
Recognize
and use your creative instincts
Give
yourself the time, permission, and nourishment to do creative work
Develop
a daily practice to accomplish these goals
Work
collaboratively
Use
your memories to engage the imagination
(Order and kinds of exercises and instructors' talks may vary. Some exercises are done individually while others are collaborative.)
Day
by Day in Carmel-by-the-Sea:
Monday,
July 27, 2009:
Introduction
to the hows and whys of theCreativity
Workshop. Exercises in relaxation technique and guided visualization. Visualization:
writing and drawing using the myth of the hero’s journey as our framework.
Automatic Drawing exercise: Finding our hidden imagery. Exercise in ‘show
and tell’ as a means of honing our natural storytelling styles and
retrieving childhood memories to spark ideas. Instructor talks about famous
writers, scientists, artists and their sources of inspiration, and how
we can use some of those same sources.
Tuesday,
July 28:
Relaxation
exercise followed by a visualization using map making. Map making
as a way to find, chart, and tell fictional stories and true life
experiences. Exercise in Automatic Writing. How automatic writing
allows you to brainstorm and create in new and surprising ways.
How we can use automatic writing to get over creative blocks and
discover new ways of developing and editing work, while avoiding
self-censorship. Why alternating between writing and drawing aids
us in developing creative flexibility. The Interview: Listening
and experiencing a life outside our own. How listening is as important
as doing in creative work.
Wednesday,
July 29:
Today's
visualization exercise uses letter writing as a way to explore
voice in writing. Miniature Theatre: an exercise in storytelling
with found objects. Automatic Writing continues with Writing in
Groups. How writing and/or drawing with others can stimulate our
imaginations and expand our points of view. Topics of instructors'
talks may include: the importance of play and the need to value
the creative process over product. Enforced Cafe-Sitting: the
art of relaxed observation. How to carve out time for creativity
in a busy schedule. How to do on-going creative work in a short
modules of time? How we can use luck and coincidence to jump start
creative projects. Creative freedom requires discipline: Developing
daily practice.
Thursday,
July 30:
Today's visualization is The Myth of the Other: imagining ourselves living a
parallel life. The imagination's magic phrase: What If. The Graphic Novel: Hw
a team can recognize and use their creative instincts together. Doors and Windows:
exploring how to focus on the details of your environment using photography,
writing and drawing. Importance of detail in making creative work come alive.
Finding inspiration in the world around us. Topics of instructors talks may include:
honoring our innate creativity; how to rekindle fearless imagination.
Friday,
July 31:
Visualization exercise using maps and legends to tell our stories. Automatic
drawing and writing exercises continue. How to be our own trickster and transform
ourselves and our creative ventures. Exercise using postcards. Cafe exercise:
Writing, drawing or photography to search for characters. Exercise in stimulating
our perceptive abilities and discover and use images from the unconscious. The
Lesson of the Sand mandala: How process can also be product. Instructor talk:
How to get over creative blocks and the fear of failure. Making our home and
work environments inspiring for the imagination. Life after the Workshop: Ways
to keep using these techniques to keep our imaginations alive and flourishing.
How to give yourselves the daily time, permission and nourishment to do creative
work.
Any Questions?
Call us at: 1 (831) 915-5209
Creativity
Workshop
We can help you learn to be more creative.
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