Why be limited by your view of reality? Alex Osborn
wrote on the first page of his pioneering creative
problem solving book Applied
Imagination that “The potential power of
creative
imagination is all but limitless.” When imagination is
applied with intention it can help us to transform
ourselves and our realities. The methodologies of
artists allow alternate perceptions of reality. By
learning a similar habit of experiencing things
differently, you will enhance your ability to
understand the essence of a situation so that you
can respond to it in new and better ways. In this
session you will strengthen the muscles of your
imagination and use the arts in creative opportunity
finding. You will make visual representations of
challenges from your life which you will then have the
opportunity to reframe with tools from the performing
arts.
Anthony Hyatt is a violinist and multimedia
performance artist whose interest is in the role and
use of improvisation
techniques in the creative process. He is a teacher
for the Arts for
the Aging, Inc. (AFTA) organization
under whose auspices he presents interactive
programs of music and movement at local senior
citizen centers and for whom he co-directs the
senior citizen improv dance company,
Quicksilver. His performance credits also include
multiple appearances as a member of the Naoko Maeshiba
Performance Collective. Anthony is a
leader at the annual conferences of the USA-based
Creative Education Foundation and of CREA, the
Creativity European Association. He does
additional creativity consulting and facilitation work
through his own organization, Moving
Beauty. Contact Anthony at ahytt@aol.com
or 301-
657-8484.
IMPORTANT: The CCN gathering is on a
Wednesday (Feb. 8) this month. We plan
to resume our usual Thursday night schedule in
March.
We are still looking for a new space to rent for our
monthly meetings. If you have a place to
recommend in DC suitable for creative process and
movement (i.e., not a restaurant or classroom),
please contact Michelle at
michelle@creativeemergence.com. For this
month's
location details, go to
www.stpaulslutherandc.org
Expressive Arts Image: found at www.ctexpressivearts.bizland.com
