Get ready to engage, discover, and recover your creative self! “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron is considered by many to be THE guidebook to higher creativity. Through an intensive and liberating eight weeks, we’ll learn, discuss, write, and create in a group setting as we work our way through the lessons in the book. Your journey doesn’t end there. You’ll be equipped to continue investing in your creative reserves, looking after your inner child artist. 

Course outline

• Welcome and Introductions, Basic Principles of “The Artist’s Way”, Basic Tools (choose your journal and brainstorm artist dates), Creativity Contract + Goals for the Course
• Safety and Identity
• Power and Integrity
• Possibility and Abundance
• Connection and Strength
• Compassion and Self-Protection

Expected learning outcomes

• Learn to quiet your Logic Brain and let your Artist Brain play with “Morning Pages" (a daily writing ritual) and “Artist Dates” (dedicated blocks of time to nurture your inner artist).
• Recover Twelve Important Senses: Safety, Identity, Power, Integrity, Possibility, Abundance, Connection, Strength, Compassion Self-Protection, Autonomy, and Faith.
• Discover the supportive and encouraging atmosphere of our Circle, as we learn that artists can share and learn, without comparing.
• Come away with a continuing roadmap to achieve your creative goal while practicing self-compassion along the way.

Who should attend?

Don't be put off by the title - The Artist's Way is a tool to help all creativity, whether in business, writing, art, cooking, music, dance, film-making, crafts, sewing, gardening, authentic living. Anyone who wants to connect with and unleash the creativity inside of them – from couch potatoes to workaholics and everyone in between. We’re all creatives.

What to bring

• your copy of The Artist's Way - this is not essential for week 1.
• a journal/notebook (one extra option is to find “The Artist’s Way: Workbook”– Gordon Harris normally has copies – this is good if you like everything in one place, but absolutely not necessary)
• a writing utensil
• a willingness to imagine, play, and dream

About your tutor

When Ashley Ruth Stirling was five years old, she wanted to be an artist, an author, and an adventurer. “The Artist’s Way” has been instrumental in making those dreams finally come to life in her 30s, developing her own unique style of watercolour, illustration, and poetry, and creating art every single day. She’s ready to continue her creative process with you.

Register online: https://www.selwyncomed.school.nz/courses/2063-the-artists-way/