Program OverviewThe Creativity Workshop in New York City will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life; the creativity classes we provide use the tools of creative writing, memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, and guided visualization.Participants come from many different countries and professional fields, including business, education, psychology, the sciences, and the arts.Many people who have taken the Workshop say that our creativity classes were a transformative experience, helping them to write their books, start new companies, complete long overdue projects.Daily Schedule(Order and kinds of exercises and instructors' talks may vary. Some exercises are done individually while others are collaborative.)Day 1Introduction to the hows and whys of TheCreativity Workshop.Relaxation: Exercises in relaxation techniques to help your imagination flow.Guided Visualization: Calling forth the vocabulary of your imagination using the myth of the hero's journey as a framework.Automatic Drawing: Finding our hidden imagery.Show and Tell: Retrieving and sharing childhood memories to spark new ideas. This exercise will sharpen your storytelling skills.Instructors' talk: How some famous writers, scientists, and artists found their inspiration, and how you can use some of their methods to find yours.Day 2Guided Visualization: Mapmaking as a way to find, chart, and communicate your creative process and projects.Automatic Writing: How automatic writing (also known as “free writing”) can help you create in new and surprising ways. How you can use automatic writing to outrun your inner judge, get over creative blocks, and discover new ways of developing and editing written work. How alternating between writing and drawing can help you develop creative flexibility and mental dexterity.The Interview: Listening to and experiencing a life outside your own. How listening is as important as doing in creative work.Writing in Cafes: an exercise that will continue to take place on Day 2.Instructors' talks may include:How to do ongoing creative work in short modules of time.How to use luck and coincidence to jump-start creative projects.Day 3Guided Visualization: Letter writing as a way to express voice, character, and audience.Miniature Theatre: Storytelling with found objects.Automatic Writing: Writing in Groups. How writing and/or drawing with others can stimulate your imagination and expand your point of view.Instructors' talks may include:The importance of play in creative work.Valuing creative process over product.Guided Visualization: The Myth of the Other.Imagining yourself living a parallel life. What would you do that you aren't doing now?The Sand Mandala: Making an Illuminated Manuscript.Final Group Exercise.