Your Creative Invitation
Dearly Beloveds,
Welcome to October! The rains have arrived here in Portland, and there is a grilled cheese sandwich with my name on it. These are comforts for me.
I've been working all weekend, making plans to gather. With you. For a creative retreat next month!
Co-Imagine: A creative gathering for raising hope and resilient futures
In-Person Retreat
Sunday, November 16th, 10am-4pm
Portland, Oregon
This day together is a creative exploration, an opportunity to connect with your awareness and anchor into sources of hope. Toggling between inner and outer landscapes. Practicing being in the world we have while raising resilience for where we go from here.
Because, you see, we ARE here. We are right exactly HERE.
Even though it's hard to recognize where we are. The ground is shifty. The rhythms...different.
My kid said this week: "Things don't feel settled. It's not normal." Truth.
We're Falling. We are in the In Between.
Yet there are touchstones we can recognize. Today I noticed the first leaves turning gold on blueberry bushes. The sun-kissed tops of the persimmons, shading orange, where they are most exposed...most tender. My knitting is coming along...and joined me at the symphony on Saturday.
It’s the time of year when we can see plants winding down, wildlife stocking up, and temperatures shifting into preservation mode. Indeed, we are communal creatures. We are feeling the vibes...even those we can't name.
“Through the creative process, if we allow ourselves to enter it, we learn…to align it with our intuitive wisdom, to become comfortable with the big energies flowing through us, and find ways that we can express them.” — Lucy H. Pearce, Creatrix: She Who Makes (p. 197)
We're not built to digest the world's challenges independently.
So let’s gather. We don’t have to be ready. It’s OK to come hungry. And, yes, there will be messes. We will explore, experiment, laugh, and find moments of synchronicity. Collage and conversation, transformation of found objects. Invitations to stretch and soothe our tender nervous systems.
Your dreams are welcome. Your imagination is necessary. Bring a friend.
Looking forward to some creative play + beautiful messes, and sharing the day with you!
What might we start to co-imagine?
💕 MereAnn
If you're bringing a friend or partner, grab a discount here!
If a scholarship would make the difference for you to attend, let me know here.
A portion of registrations donated to Moms Demand Action, a parent-led movement to end gun violence.