I feel a real aliveness and purposefulness in this move and am called to follow that...and, will still be working in the DC area so it is a juicy both/and! Found some great retreat centers there, and am looking forward to new offerings in the stunning blue ridge mountains. :-)

I also now do almost all my coaching sessions via Skype so distance is not a factor if you are interested in creative emergence coaching - for structuring your purpose, passion and aliveness into an income-generating business/work...and accessing your creative source. My approach: meaning + your unique creativity + making money + serving something greater = holistically generative (and fully alive!) work. 

     

1.  Creators think in questions.
2.  A paradox is we're all completely similar & totally unique...we bond
     & connect through similarity, delight & create through difference.
3.  When you're called to something, & say yes doing what's yours to
     do, all the energies gather and open to support that.
4.  Creativity comes to life where the known meets the unknown, where the familiar meets
     the unfamiliar.
5.  Creativity thrives when we let it lead...when we engage & cultivate it, not so much
     when we try to "manage" it.
6.  Being a discoverer opens up a lot more possibilities than being the one with all the
     answers.
7.  Emotions contain energy. Instead of trying to deaden them in the workplace we can
     use them for catalyzing creativity.
8.  Often it's not the problem but the framework that needs changing...then the
     problem transforms and solves itself.
9.  Old paradigm: teach people what to think. New: teach them how to think - or
     support their innate creative thinking.
10. Living the creative life means the integration of all aspects of ourselves, not
      keeping them siloed.
11. Applied improv isn't about being funny or clever. It's about being present, spontaneous,
      adaptive & having options (& fun!).
12. Creativity needs space for the unexpected.

13. In every situation, we have a choice - we can engage it from only what we know,
      or evolve it by valuing what we don't know.
14. IF it can be done give 2 static options - yes or no. HOW can we do it gives infinite
      options and opens to emergence.
15. Improv --> presence --> new discoveries, possibilities, awareness, empathy, truth.
16. Creativity generates life...it just asks for our commitment, focus, attention, presence
      & openness of mind & heart as we engage the dance.
17. Imagine the transformational power that can be unleashed individually and collectively
      by harnessing the energy of the creative unconscious.
18. Creativity's the life trajectory that compels us to manifest and evolve our deeper natures
      out into the world...and meet each other there.
19. We don't all have same gifts, skills and talents, but we all have access to creative
      unconscious and the power to create.
20. Inside us is an ever-evolving party where we can experience the creative rhythm of life
      and what it means to be deeply human.
21. Creative energy ignites the dynamic communication bet the unformed and the forming -
      the shaping of the unknown into something known and experienced.
22. Creativity brings people and the systems we inhabit to life.
23. Creativity will not thrive if people try to assess creativity through old paradigm
      assessment methods.
24. Better to fail going for what is really alive in you, then succeed in the safety of
      what's lifeless.
25. We don't need anyone to give us permission to discover and live into what is in our
      creative uniqueness to do. That comes from within.
26. In the fertile unknown flow, imagination and the creative unexpected reside...and
      expanded possibilities and new directions can emerge.
27. The dynamic balance of chaos/flow and order/structure generates full-on aliveness.
28. "I don't know" is a juicy place to be. It does not shut down creativity - it invites it
      through discovery.
29. Staying true to our work/calling sometimes asks a lot of us...but so worth it.
      Ongoing internal shifts happen with it!
30. Inner authority can be confused w arrogance...but arrogance comes from self distrust
      & inner authority comes from self trust.

Due to our upcoming move, I say a bittersweet goodbye to the Capitol Creativity Network...at least for now. It is possible we will still have an occasional CCN gathering in DC - and we will definitely still be hosting events here! - but there is nothing planned by way of a regular CCN gathering anytime soon. I have so enjoyed curating CCN every month from 2003 to 2012, and am beyond grateful