I had a lovely experience with Nick at the Istanbul AoM conference:
Having never met previously, but after a brief chat during the morning
session and acting on intuition, I invited him to co-lead my expressive
arts workshop for that afternoon. He was scheduled to lead his
workshop after mine and we both were scheduled for a shorter session
than we would have liked, so this would allow us to combine our time.
I led the participants in a visual art component, he led a musical
component and then we moved it all into poetry which was then sung.
It was a beautiful experience and demonstration of trusting the arts
process and the power of improvisation.
I had just assumed Nick was a part of our group.
I'm delighted he is now.
Warm new year's greetings to all,
Ellen
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the California Center for Creative Renewal
www.artRETREATS.com
"sowing the seeds of creativity since 1980"
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