Agenda: Setting the stage—what is the proposed course concept, and what impacts and opportunities does it have for members? Gennifrey will share ideas for course modules.
Hello team! Below are some notes from our member dialogues last Thursday on co-creating the Creativity course. Thank you to everyone who joined!
Below are some notes but please keep in mind this is not a transcript but my own interpretation of everyone’s comments. Please add to it, push back on it or build on it in the thread below.
1. What is the course really about?
Creativity, but also consciousness: creativity as a path to personal and wider transformation.
Why is creativity important now?** This came up again and again.
Creativity as intentional and purposeful. Can creativity serve more than our own satisfaction and benefit the world?
A spiritual dimension: creativity as an expression of the divinity in us, us humans. As we grow spiritually, can we become channels for inspiration, conscious co-creators?
Bringing creativity into the world in practical ways.
Many creators don’t see themselves as artists. The course is here to serve all creators.
How does our deep creativity meet the needs of our time? What is the question that changes the status quo, and how does newness enter the world?
Examples could include visionaries in art, science and politics who reimagined what the world could look like. That’s the big vision.
2. How the course connects to Cosmos
How does the course reflect and resonate with Cosmos as a whole, and how do we bring in the other pieces, such as cooperation and consciousness?
We need to be on the same page about the Cosmos philosophy. We might not state it outright, but it should be felt throughout.
This is not a self-help, capitalist course. It’s transformational, and we’re inviting people to join that journey.
3. Format
Roughly 3 months, with one module released each week.
4. A video to share the vision
A teaser or trailer video that presents what we’re doing to the public: painting the vision and showing why someone might want to take the course.
It could also be the intro to the course and show how creativity relates to Cosmos.
Who is the trailer for?** Both members and the wider public. We may not raise enough from members alone, so it needs to reach the world.
5. Fundraising and outreach
Are we building toward a fundraising campaign, and is it big or small? We need to articulate the mission and decide on scale.
Energy in the room: go big in early promotion.
Reach people we’re not reaching yet.** Find like-minded groups and communities, and let them know we exist and what we’re doing.
Ideas for possible filming locations for the trailer: Longmont Public Media or Sebastopol?
Open questions to keep exploring
Reminder:
Next dialogues tomorrow Monday, Oct. 19 12pm MT!
I saw a video on Tiktok tody which I thought relevant to our discussion. He is on Youtube also: https://youtu.be/umVX5wK6OZc?si=r9zCeLE4enuorNhK It is part of the discussion about AI. In Ellen’s list of topics the emphasis was on fiction and poetry (and scriptwriting), but I alao feel that the essays we publish on Metapsychosis are as much a part of the creative pool we are promoting as those areas, and often more directly address the link to spirituality. I also think there is room for more experimental writing we could encourage as well.
Topics-wise, I would like to see at least one module and perhaps more focused on embodied practices, not only grounding exercises but the integration of embodied processes into the acts of creation and creativity.