Creativity Workshop Crete 2011

The workshop in Crete will take place near the harbor in the charming Old Town district of Hania, Crete's most picturesque city. We will meet 3 1/2 hours per day and the rest of the time is yours to explore this magical Greek town whose architecture has Venetian and Ottoman influences. There are beautiful, sandy beaches only a fifteen minute walk away. The fascinating Minoan Palace of Knossos, the mythical home of the Minotaur of the Labyrinth and matriarchal culture, is only 2 hours drive away.

Each day the Creativity Workshop in Crete will meet for 3 1/2 hours. We will explore ways to expand our creativity through a series of exercises including guided visualization technique, automatic drawing and writing, map making, memoir, and storytelling. Throughout the workshop, the exercises and talks by the instructors will focus on ways to:

arrow Believe in your creativity

Stimulate your perceptive abilities

Find inspiration in the world around you

Discover and use images from the unconscious

Get over creative blocks and the fear of failure

Engage your curiosity

Recognize and use your creative instincts

Give yourself the time, permission, and nourishment to do creative work

Develop a daily practice to accomplish these goals

Work collaboratively

Use your memories to engage the imagination