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I
loved attending 4 of your Creativity Workshops back-to-back.
The Workshops strengthened the practice of using my imagination and
my confidence. I have you to thank, in large part, for putting me on
my present path.
Pamela Boll, Executive Producer of Oscar
Winning Documentary "Born in Brothels". Writer, Painter,
Filmmaker, Boston
Your
Workshop provides an environment that nurtures and supports the
creative process in safety and joyfulness. I found power in the "doing" and
a safe place to be in an atmosphere of deep respect and creative energy
with affection and warmth that circulated in the air.
Lee Anne Fahey, Award Winning Actress, New
York City
The
Workshop was exactly what I needed to
reclaim the writer in me. It isn't often that a trip or a workshop meets all of one's
expectations. But my sojourn to Crete to attend the Creativity Workshop
did, and then some. I immediately responded to the relaxed yet structured
workshop sessions, which lent themselves to connecting with other participants.
The three-and-a-half-hour sessions sped by.
Hanna Fox, Writer, Publisher, Red Hummingbird Press, Princeton, NJ
I
got a whole screenplay done with the help of your Workshop! It was
great for me and my students. I don't think I've ever seen them so happy.
Thank you for the great, great inspiration and fun of the Creativity
Workshop.
Doris Doerrie, Award winning Filmmaker, Germany
As
a practicing visual artist, I came to the workshop desiring to develop
my writing skills. I was looking for practical, but creative exercises
I could use outside of the idyllic conditions workshops offer. I was
not disappointed! The visualization exercises, and the daily observational
writings were creative, practical and transferable to any situation.
I left with many ideas for personal short stories and am happy to say
have made time to write everyday!
Robert Davis, Artist, Shanghai
The
experience of taking the Workshop in Prague two years ago feels like
yesterday -- it is that close to me. The Workshop has and continues
to have a huge impact on me and my work.
Paulette Laufer, Playwright and Theatre Manager, Kennedy Center for the
Arts, Washington, D.C.
As
a working poet who was in a bit of a dry spell, I found the exercises
very helpful and a lot of fun. The exercises were also easily adapted
to my creative writing classes. Your office in New York was very responsive
to my practical needs. I strongly recommend this experience to my colleagues.
Nancy Miller, Poet, Phillips Academy, North Reading, MA
Inspirational people, inspirational places and most of all inspirational
mentors!
This is my third workshop with Shelley and Alejandro. Every time it has
given me a fresh and invigorating approach to stimulating my perceptions
and kicking off those creative juices. The ideas and activities allow
you to throw off your inhibitions, and put your thoughts and feelings
into practice. As a teacher of drama for middle schoolers, it is the
development of the creative processes which interest me most as I search
for new ways to present drama activities. I have utilized, adapted and
integrated the workshop ideas to develop techniques in improvisation
and storytelling styles. I have also adapted the Workshop's wonderful
use of listening, retelling, retrieving memories, using prior knowledge
and the environment. Personally, developing ways to practice daily creative
habits has provided a greatly needed structure for my own creative processes
to flourish.
Kay Young, Award Winning Actress and Middle School Drama Teacher, ACS
International School, Surrey, UK
Working
together with others greatly enhanced my capacity to stop being worried about results and simply create. You showed me that process is
what counts, and we owe it to each other and the world to share our gifts.
Thank you again, Shelley and Alejandro!
Willemina van Eeghen, Visual Artist, Doha, Qatar
Shelley
and Alejandro are gentle sorcerers! As a repeater -- my first
time was 2 years ago in Provence -- I found the workshop in Prague wonderfully
freeing. This time I also went with my husband and sharing each other's
work was a lovely addition. I allowed myself to play unencumbered and
had a wonderful time. The city is impossibly beautiful and filled with
music and so well informs the work we did in the workshop.
Stephanie
Satie, Actress, Los Angeles, CA
The
Creativity Workshop helped our professional actors and writers expand
their creativity from a new and original perspective in a very nurturing
atmosphere.
Xavier Cifre, Productora Nacional de Teatro, San Juan, Puerto Rico
The
Creativity Workshop opened up new ways of thinking and creating for
me. I am a visual artist and I found the writing exercises very freeing.
This surprised me because I communicate through my paintings and drawings.
It excited me that I could create through words as well as images and
I am now contemplating ways to blend the 2 in new pieces of work. Thanks
to Shelley and Alejandro, they where very inspiring!
Christine Myshka, Artist, Plainfield, NJ
A
new self-awareness came to light for me during the Prague Workshop,
a realization that the creative and personal issues of my life were not
there by accident, that they were in fact central to my growth. I reached
this awareness due to the Workshop's special exercises focused on Prague.
What was remote became intimate, and your view of yourself and your perception
of the past, present and future is amplified.
Stephen Bracco, Freelance Writer, Brooklyn, NY
As
a creative writing Master's student, the Workshop in Bruges allowed
me to explore my creativity through free-form drawing, storytelling,
observation, and automatic writing. As a result of the class activities,
I am more connected with myself and the world around me. This experience
has given me new outlets for my poetic soul. Thank you Shelley and Alejandro
for being such nurturing souls.
Marina Duff, Writer, LAUSD, Los Angeles, CA
The
storytelling, the sharing, the collaboration--these were intensely
moving and inspiring activities.
Kristina Baer, editor and writer, Monterey,
CA
Absolutely
amazing things happen when you take flight at the Creativity Workshop. You will return to earth, magically transformed. Each morning
in Barcelona, we awoke to blue, sunny skies and a warm Mediterranean
breeze. We spread out with our journals and colored pencils near by,
and then, lulled by the cadence of our instructor’s musical voice, we
switched off the editor in our heads and set out to capture lost dreams.
Lalita Noronha, Author, Novelist, Fiction Editor of The Baltimore Review,
Baltimore, MD
Too
often in the workplace, a fear of being judged, of failure, or
of appearing foolish stifles our most creative thinking. The Creativity
Workshop showed me how to examine, then overcome my personal insecurities.
Now I am contributing with more freedom, boldness and confidence than
ever before.
Barbara Bazaldua, Director of Editorial,
Disney Consumer Products, Anaheim, CA
The
Creativity Workshop is a practical workshop that inspires. The imaginative
journey into memories, the symbolic associations between memory and life,
and the wonderfully visual aspects of the course are just some of its
highlights. Shelley and Alejandro have a gift for tapping the creative
founts of every participants.
Chandani Lokuge, Author, Director, Centre for Postcolonial Writing, Monash
University, Victoria, Australia.
Shelley
and Alejandro are truly masters of creativity exploration. They
guide you on a most amazing journey of yourself. Under their skillful
navigation, the cramped, stress-laden adult attitudes that you arrive
with seem to melt away. They are replaced with the precious gift of childlike
wonder for the world and all she holds. Your creative self spills out
with a giggle. Oh, what joy to feel the beauty of the world and to honor
your own creative self!
Sheri Matascik, Composer, Associate Professor of Music, Maryville College,
PA
The
Workshop taught me to honor who I am as a writer and how to make
time for creativity in my daily life. Inspiration unfolded in ways I
never imagined.
Stephanie Merrill, Writer, New York, NY
I
produced as much poetry in the 5 days Crete Workshop as I did in a
month in a conventional poetry workshop. The emphasis on ‘In process’
work really helped me. I also enjoyed the company of my husband in this
workshop; he isn't a poet and wouldn’t attend a poetry workshop. The
multi-genre approach of the Creativity Workshop has many benefits to
this end.
Sally Naylor; Poet and English Teacher, Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN
I
wrote my first published memoir because of this class. My third Workshop
is coming up and I can't wait! Shelley and Alejandro are magicians! They
ever so gently pushed our group into a discovery mode that submerged
us in our very own creativity.
Carroll Parrott Blue, Writer and Professor, School of Communications,
San Diego State University, CA
The
Creativity Workshop transformed my art and teaching. It is a gift
that I treasure and at every opportunity and share with my students.
It gave me new ways of "seeing" and interacting with my images.
Savneet Talwar, Artist, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
I
wrote the first chapter of a first novel, and
opened a new door in
my creative life. The Creativity Workshop in Florence was an unforgettable
experience! I'm still in touch with friends I made there.
Lowry Marshall, Playwright, and Dramaturg. Professor of Acting and Directing,
Brown University
The
Creativity Workshop in Florence opened up new ways for me to paint. I also made new and wonderful friends. The instruction is superb!
Vera Eisenberg, Painter, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The
Workshop was a wonderful celebration of our individual possibilities. Everyone jumped in wholeheartedly and supported each other’s undertakings.
One of the biggest surprises was the effect of drawing on my work and
life. I’m one of those non- drawing people, but as I sketched, it helped
me to see more and more. I can’t wait to take the Workshop again. It
is food for life.
Stephanie Satie, Actress and Playwright, Los Angeles
The
class's spirit of spontaneity gave me energy. Achieving results
in a playful way helped me believe in my imagination!
Claudine Merkel, Dancer/Choreographer, Münster, Germany
The
generosity of the instructors and participants was palpable! The
Creativity Workshop was life changing.
Jan Karman, Author and Creative Writing teacher, Southborough, MA
A
treasure trove of techniques! It was amazing to watch our group begin
as strangers and end with open hearts and new friends.
Shara Hannah Finerman, Artist, Albuquerque, NM
The
workshop was delightful. The work we did was like play and really
brought out my creativity I'm just beginning my first non-fiction book,
and now I feel energized to keep going and not give up.
Carolyn Tracy, Decorative Painter, San Ramon, CA
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