Awakening the Creative Spirit

 

Learn and practice strategies to jumpstart your creative process, whether you are just starting out with artistic expression, experiencing art block, or want to rejuvenate your journey of self-development.

In CCC’s art studio, we will create mandalas, journey circles, and ensos as methods of calming, reflection, creative meditation, and self-definition. You will also learn techniques for centering and focusing to find and harness the flow in your creative process.

Register for $55

Every Wed from Jul 12 - 26th, 2023 

3:45 - 5:45 pm

@ Lone Tree Campus

Dr. Michelle Gray has over 40 years of experience in Expressive Arts and Coaching. She has used Depth Psychology and Mindful Living practices, both professionally and personally in her adult life. She has recently retired from her Psychology and Marriage and Family practices and is now focusing on bringing health and well-being coaching practices to those making transitions (retirement, kids launching, divorce, new career, new environs). Michelle is a member of the International Coaching Federation, which is the Gold Standard for Coaches.

Flagstaff Writers Connection is a big fan of NaNoWriMo. We host multiple write-ins in the month of November and encourage everyone to write their novel in the 30 days of November.

Now Flagstaff Writers Connection wants to introduce a new October tradition: 

Ready, Set, Write

Everyday in the month of October we will host a Zoom with 1-3 writing exercises to get you ready to write a whole novel in November. You do NOT have to be a contestant in NaNoWriMo to join the fun. Exercises will be geared to all kinds of story development at all speeds.

We will cover:

• Brainstorming an Idea
• Filling in the Plot Points
• Character Development
• Setting and Worldbuilding
• Terrible Endings
• Twists and Reversals
• Important Scenes
• Problem Solving/Getting Stuck

Sessions will be everyday at 12:15-12:55 on this Zoom Link. 

Meeting ID: 975 7936 9345

Passcode: 5WS8M3

Bring paper and pen or a computer for writing. If you miss a session the sessions will be posted HERE.

Companion Workbook

Get ready to smoke the competition!

A Path to Creativity Workshop with Sandra Marinella

Your Story Matters

Ignite you passion for writing down the self in ways that will tap into your personal creativity. This 5 hour workshop will help you find the stories you need to tell while giving you the chance to explore a path to your personal creativity. There will be opportunities to share your writing in a nurturing environment. This workshop will engage writers of all levels, novice to advanced.

After the workshop there will be a book signing and Meet and Greet at Oakwood Restaurant.

Sandra Marinella is an award-winning writing instructor and author of The Story You Need to Tell, an inspirational guide to transformational storytelling. The book is the result of Marinella’s pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties. Riveting true stories illustrate Marinella’s methods for understanding, telling, and editing personal stories in ways that foster resilience and renewal. She also shares her own experience of using journaling and expressive writing to navigate challenges including breast cancer and postpartum depression. Each of the techniques, prompts, and exercises she presents helps us “to unravel the knot inside and to make sense of loss.

Profits from her work support cancer research. 

Find out more at www.storyyoutell.com.

Book Signing

Sandra Marinella will be signing her book, The Story You Need to Tell.
There will be gifts & treats & a talk by the author.

Saturday, August 11
5:30 – 7:30pm
Bright Side Bookshop
18 N San Francisco St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Workshop

Saturday, Oct 13th, 2018

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Continental Country Club

Continental Rm., 2nd Floor

2380 N. Oakmont Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Price $55

Lunch on you own at Oakwood Restaurant

Register with Nancy Brehm:
nbrehm@aol.com

928-527-3188

Or Send Registration Form and Check to:

925 N. Sinaqua Hts. Dr.

Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Sponsored by the Flagstaff Writers Connection