BLOSSOMS & BONES: dying into creativity
This class is about dying, as opposed to death. It is about creating, as opposed to producing.
What? // my Approach
The class explores creativity as a process of transformation as opposed to a process of production. It unfolds around the thesis that every genuinely creative act arises from surrendering to the uncertain and unpredictable. Creating means embracing the unknown Unknown.
Therefore, creating means internalizing an attitude of radical acceptance, from which we can appease our tendency to fix, control and conceptualize and understand our creativity not only as a practice of accumulation and improvement, but also as a permanent process of dissolution, transformation or “dying”. To this end, the workshop is based on the model of plant growth and examines the creative process along the states of EARTH - SEED - SPROUT - BUD - FLOWER - FRUIT - DECAY.
How? // our Process
Dying into Creativity is a body-oriented experiential space. It includes scientific impulses, phases of self-reflection, as well as methods from the fields of bodywork, embodiment, personal development, and applied mindfulness. This results in an individual and collective process in which you can perceive the fullness of your mental, physical, and emotional resources and states. No prerequisites. All body types are welcome. My offer requires your willingness to engage in bodywork, movement, meditation, breathing exercises, and reflection.
WHY? // your Learnings and Competences
SELF-LITERACY means developing a stable and sovereign inner authority that can recognize and critically question the source of your own intervention in the present moment. To foster this competence, you will get to know a variety of techniques for self-centering, self-awareness & self-reflection.
SYSTEMIC COMPETENCE: body, mind, emotion, and energy. This is about a deeper understanding and conscious access to the different levels your system, their interdependencies, specific forms of expression and cognition, potentials and limits. You will gain more access to somatic knowledge, intuitive insights & emotional intelligence.