CREATIVITY
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The
Creativity Workshop in New York takes place in Manhattan at the Meta Center
in the Chelsea district. Chelsea is famous for its art
galleries, small boutiques and cafes. The Meta Center is located at 214
West 29th St., about 10 blocks from Penn Station, Madison Square Garden
and Macy's. We will meet for 3 hours and 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:
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
1:
Introduction
to the hows and whys of the Creativity 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.
Day
2:
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.
Day 3:
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.
Day 4:
Today's visualization is The Myth of the Other: imagining ourselves living
a parallel life. The 
lesson of the sand painting: How process can also be a product. Automatic
drawing and writing exercises continue with a concentration on collaborative
work. Instructor talk: Giving ourselves the time, permission, and nourishment
to do creative work. How a team can recognize and use their creative instincts
together. Life after Workshop: Ways to keep using these techniques to
keep our imaginations alive and flourishing.
College
Credit Availability for
our Workshops in New York
Through an agreement with The University of Arizona participants
taking the Creativity Workshop in New York can obtain graduate or undergraduate
credit hours. Contact us for details.
Any Questions?
Call us at: 1 (212) 767-9815
Creativity
Workshop
We can help you learn to be more creative.
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New
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June 6-9, 2008
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