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roots
of creativity
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”Feeling
and longing are the motive forces behind all human
endeavor and human creations.”
-Albert Einstein
As
human beings, from the beginning of life, we
each have unique perceptions and various modes
of expression. At the roots of our nature is
a creative reservoir. In culture and society,
through age and upbringing, we often learn that
there are firm rules and finite options to our
expression. We then grow away from the ability
to access the most resourceful parts of ourselves.
Everyone has the capacity to be creative. Reacquainting
ourselves with this spring of aliveness replenishes
our imaginative roots.
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creative
goals
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“Emptiness
is a symptom that you are not living creatively.
You either have no goal that is important enough
to you, or you are not using your talents and
efforts in a striving toward an important goal.”
-Maxwell Maltz
you may
be:
* Gearing
up to write your first novel.
* Striving
to improve communication and intimacy with you
life- partner.
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Reorganizing your personal and professional
life.
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Creative
Witness will:
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Provoke the discovery of new ways in which to perceive
oneself
as a creative person.
* Reawaken an imaginative and joyful spirit.
* Refocus and inspire individual goals.
* Extend support and sharing in a community.
* Provide a fun and dynamic environment in which
to explore.
* Engage participants
in a fulfilling and meaningful experience.
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blocked creativity and detachment
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“If
we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and
without soul, life ceases to have meaning. The
creative process shrivels in the absence of continual
dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what
makes life worth living.”
-Marion Woodman
Here in New York City, in the
new millennium, stress has soared. Everyone is
stretched to his or her limits with responsibilities.
Overwhelm is a constant state of being. Keeping
connected with creativity, our most useful and
inherent gift, is extremely difficult. We become
detached from the richest part of our inner world
and ourselves. As a result, creative blocks, a
feeling of stagnancy, and even depression emerge.
These feelings and experiences may be used as
motivation to rekindle playfulness and reassert
the pursuit of dreams.
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purposeful
playfulness
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“The
creation of something new is not accomplished
by the intellect but by the play instinct acting
from inner necessity. The creative mind plays
with the objects it
loves. “
-Carl Jung
Purposeful playfulness
is intentional engagement in creative play to
nourish idea development, energize and enhance
our abilities to problem solve, enliven ambition,
and even reactivate the balance of our holistic
health.
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witnessing
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sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic,
or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers
which can be the basis for understanding much
of what is not shared between them, and lessens
the threat of their difference.”
-Audre Lorde
“Witnessing” another, affirms that
which there is to share and celebrate of their
individuality. Self-nourishing is also achieved
by seeing and appreciating another. Sustaining
and nurturing relationships is the foundation
block of participating in the process of life
and growth. Baring witness and being witnessed
is one of the most important aspects of the human
experience.
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