Building Blocks of Creativity

The question is not whether someone is creative, but rather what areas bring out
their creativity. Together, participants and faculty will form a “creative community”
and in highly interactive sessions will participate in exercises designed to increase sensory aware-ness and experiment with different ways to tap intuitive capabilities.

Participants will learn about their creative process and those of others, reflect on
where in life they express creative energy, and discover the conditions that nurture
it. Addition-ally, participants will explore their resistance to creative pursuits, what
blocks them, and strategies for overcoming blocks and building creative energy and commitment.

The workshop will include theory but will primarily be experience based.
Participants should come prepared to experiment, share, and have fun.

Benefits

Participants will:

• Use their senses and other exercises to increase awareness.
  
• Get a clearer understanding of their personal creative process
  and what supports it.
  
• Increase and channel their creative energy.
  
• Articulate specific intentions as to what type of experiences or
  outcomes they want to create as a result of harnessing creative
  energy more effectively.
  
• Explore how to establish a “creative space and habit” in daily life.
  
• Have an opportunity for extensive practice.

Participants

This workshop is intended for people of all backgrounds and disciplines who are interested in exploring their creative process.

Dates and Fees:

“This past summer I attended my first workshop at GISC, Building Blocks of Creativity. The
workshop leaders led an exercise looking into
a creative endeavor we considered a failure.
I explored a disappointing experience from a few years earlier when an agent I wanted to rep-resent my work had turned me down after asking for an exclusive contract while reviewing my manuscript. During this brief coaching session I realized I didn't want to leave my book in the failure pile. When I came home from the work shop I saw my last dated edits were 2008. I'd let my disappointment keep me down for three years. Two weeks ago I self-designed a week-long writers retreat. Holed up in a secluded cabin I wrote all day everyday. Staying up past midnight on my last night I met my goal of edit-ing all seven chapters. I've never known myself to be so disciplined. This ability to prod-uce and stay alive with this process was a direct result of the workshop. It's amazing what you get done once you get started. I love the workshop space, the leadership and the students who together formed the Gestalt.”

Nanci Adair
Therapist and Life Coach