Creativity & Navigating Uncertainty
A 16 week practice-based intensive for re-wilding your creative spirit
2nd November 2021 to 8th March 2022 (with a break for Christmas)
16 weeks of experience-based learning, exploring how we can integrate the creative principle into all elements of our living.
“Magic doesn't sweep you away; it gathers you up into the body of the present moment so thoroughly that all your explanations fall away: the ordinary, in all its plain and simple outrageousness, begins to shine -- to become luminously, impossibly so. Every facet of the world is awake, and you within it.” ― David Abram, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
"You cannot use up creativity.
The more you use it, the more you have".
- Maya Angelou
Hugh is an award-winning British photographer. He has worked commercially for over ten years, shooting portraits and documentary projects. He is also a practicing artist and resident of The Phoenix Studios in Brighton.
In 2012 Hugh completed his MA at Brighton University, during this time he worked with his chosen medium of photography, incorporating sound, moving image and sculpture, all of which helped to enrich his practice as a commercial and fine art photographer. The main focus of Hugh’s work is spaces; physical, metaphysical and virtual, how we react and interact within these spaces - what they mean to us, as the lines between these spaces become more and more blurred.
What you are really into at the moment, Hugh?
Learning about the neurodiverse brain.
Images by Hugh Fox
Born in North London, producer, performer and sound artist; S.A.A.R.A, began her career in music as a bass player. Through her involvement in a diverse range of projects she has developed her own unique sound – described as “orchestral funk” (Ollie Winiberg, BBC Essex Introducing).
S.A.A.R.A also experiments with the creation of immersive, interactive multimedia environments that use sound and video to explore the roles of composer and audience, reality and hyperreality. She has led Master Classes in Digital Performance for Brunel University where she recently completed an MA in Experimental Music.
A passionate believer in the power of creativity, she founded CTRL+ALT NOW, a platform to encourage others to take the leap and follow their creative calling.
What are you really into at the moment, Saara?
Ohh toughie... I'm really into galleries being back open - as a space to go and get inspiration, just be quiet or spend time alone. I'm really looking forward to seeing Shilpa Gupta, Sun at Night at the Barbican, 1.54 African Art Fair at Somerset House, and loved Mixing It Up: Painting Today at the Hayward Gallery.
Images of S.A.A.R.A by Dee Haughney.
Image of Monica by Amar Chundavadra
As seen, heard, staged and featured on BBC Three, BBC News, BBC Click, ITVBe, London Live, BBC History, BBC Radio London, Talk Radio, Global Pillage, The Comedy Store, Hoopla Impro, Omnibus Theatre, Boulevard Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, Bristol Improv Theatre,The Guardian, Timeout and more...
Monica Gaga is a British-born black African queer improviser, facilitator, host and scripted actor and performer.
She trained in Community Theatre at East 15 Acting School, and her boundless love for improv stems from time spent at Second City in Chicago.
When she is not performing, hosting or teaching, Monica is championing diversity, inclusion and equity in improv and trying to get as many people, particularly POC, involved as possible.
Monica is based in London, UK.
What are you really into at the moment, Monica?
I am loving time just for me at the moment. In the past if my calendar was empty and people asked if I'm available I'd always say yes. Now I'm like sorry, I'm busy that day with me.
Image of Monica by Unai Garcia Ramos
Theatre & Feeling Ridiculous | Embodiment & Somatic Re-Education
how do I know if this course is for me?
'The most interesting moment of a person's life is what happens to them when all their certainties go away. Then who do you become? And then what do you look for? That's the moment when the universe is offering up an invitation saying, 'come find me.' - Elizabeth Gilbert
11 x live workshops, sessions with visiting artists, reflection weeks, practice weeks, optional weekly Maker's Exchange drop ins, creative provocations, home enquiries, Creative Ally support teams, community - and more...
*Please note that dates/order of sessions are subject to change*
What it's All About Really...?
Welcome Video and Orientation
Week One: Attention As A Creative Resource
Noticing Where We Are Placing Our Attention - Creative Task
Focusing tools - Asking the body for creative idea generation - Live Zoom class - 2nd November 2021
Recording of Week 1 Session
Recording of the Week 1 session - Audio Only
Body Listening for Creative Practice
First Creative Ally meet up.
Week 2: Vulnerability and Discomfort
Neurosis Cocktail Party: All The Reasons Why You Can't, Daren't, or Probably Shouldn't - PRE WORK
Creative Ally Meet Ups
Feeling Like An Idiot Practice / Failing at Something that Matters - Live Zoom class - 9th November 2021
Recording of Week 2 Session
Week 2 - recording of the live class - audio only
Beginning a Habit Breaking Habit Practice - daily practice
Intro to Week 3 - Video
Different forms of Conscious Attention - Pre session reflections & Writing exercise
Ways In And Down - Not Knowing As Creative Opportunity - Live Zoom Session - 16th November 2021
Recording of the Live Class - Week 3 Session
Week 3 - recording of the live class - audio only
Home Enquiry: Go to Sacred Space and use it as a starting point to generate some creative material
Creative Ally Meet Ups
Week 4 - Practice Week set up
Photographing what pleases, intrigues or fascinates you
Date with the artist's work prep video
Practice Week 1 - Creative Ally Suggestions
Week 5 - Pre work for Live Session with Hugh Fox
Week 3 - What An Artist Knows - Live Zoom Session with Hugh Fox - 30th November 2021
Intro to Week 5 with Hugh Fox
Recording of Week 5 Session
Week 5 - Home Enquiry - Take Your Wonder for a Wander Date
Home Enquiry - Taking Your Wonder For A Wander
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Time, Money and Process...
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