Looking at the senses, the imaginary, and different vocabularies around the creative process. We examine the bodily self in the process of making, through which we unveil the "personal knowledge" from within.
My goal is to try to enhance the expressive ability of each participant. We will be working on the ability to present ideas, to make decisions, accept errors and dive into the unpredictable.
How can we fuel our imagination? We will be sharing working sessions during which we will listen to and observe the others. Participants will experiment with some given task, then slowly will have to make choices, to show their own concise propositions and become an involved audience to each other’s practice.
From my personal experience in the field and without any pretension to give answers neither methods, I will share thoughts, words, some of my wonders, inspiration, video material, games that will help us to create the convenient ambiance and the generosity necessary to dare to do, to show and tell, to communicate and think about the creative process.
I can’t deny the fact of having a short period of time for such a broad matter. This workshop proposal could have a special tempo and dynamic as we will be in a group, at times working alone, so expect to gain knowledge from observing others and from sharing talks rather than just "only" be working physically all the time.
The Courage to Create is a title taken from a book by Rollo May, an American humanistic and existential psychologist, and author of many influential books.
"Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtue and personal values." – Rollo May
