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đ Creative success--on your own terms
This event happened on Tue, May 7, 2024
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Overview
268 Lovely Attendees
268 Lovely Attendees
Your Host
Sarah Cook
Creativity Mentor & Writing Coach.
The Dalles, OR, USA
Hi! I’m Sarah Teresa Cook. Iâm a neurodivergent writer, poet, and creative mentor. I guide folks in tending both sides of their creativity: the work itself (their tangible projects and practices) as well as their spiritual-emotional relationship with a sense of purpose. I do this with an eye toward enchantment, sustainability, and the transformative power of written words.
For all forms of creative nourishment, visit sarahteresacook.com.
To sign-up for For the Birds, my Substack publication about resilience, the writing life, and the natural world, visit sarahcook.substack.com
About this FieldTrip
In this FieldTrip, we’ll investigate what creative success looks and feels like to each of us–on our own terms.
Through prompts both playful and reflective, we’ll get curious, think deeply, and write our way toward some definitions of creative success that prioritize internal experience over external outcome.
â¨WHAT TO EXPECT
âď¸ This workshop is all about using the page to tap into curiosity and create powerful insight.âď¸ Weâll begin with some strengths-based community invitations, which will help us show up in the space more fully.
âď¸ We’ll take a look at some quotes from other writers (including Melissa Febos, Sheila Heti, and BrenĂŠ Brown) that offer inspiration for today’s investigation.
âď¸ We’ll walk through a series of prompts that help us explore and clarify different aspects of our creativity and our experiences of “success” and “failure.” We’ll spend the majority of our time here, writing while being in community with each other.
âď¸ We’ll wrap up with a brief overview and, depending on the time, some opportunities to share out loud. Sharing & witnessing are welcome in the chat throughout.
đWHAT TO KNOW OR BRING
âď¸ A way to write! Note: Options for writing by hand are strongly encouraged, including a few unbound sheets of paper that can be lined up side-by-side (for an easier time with tracking & noticing things across multiple prompts).ABOUT YOUR HOST
Sarah Cook is an Autistic writer, poet, and creativity mentor. She publishes For the Birds, a Substack newsletter about writing, resilience, and the natural world. To learn more or explore options for working together, visit sarahteresacook.com.
HEADS UP!
đ Join the 15-Minute After Party!
FieldTrip After Parties are an experiment in creating opt-in spaces for more connection among FieldTrip Goers via Breakout Rooms.đ Meet participants from around the globe. Your next collaborator, friend, or spark of inspiration could be just one breakout room away. Bring your insights, questions, and ideas to the table. This is a space for mutual inspiration and shared growth!
đ Your FieldTrip Support Person will give you instructions on how to join at the end of the FieldTrip!
â° The 15 minutes is in ADDITION to the event time on the page, so add a buffer to your calendar!
EVENT TYPE
đ Move Through Blocks
RECORDING STATUS
đĽ â This FieldTrip Will Be Recorded and Shared in the 24-hour Follow Up Email for a 7-day window thanks to our friends at Wistia. Make Sure to Register for Access!
What to expect
Lecture format!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
Real-time only!
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Your Host
Sarah Cook
Creativity Mentor & Writing Coach.
The Dalles, OR, USA
About Sarah Cook
Hi! I’m Sarah Teresa Cook. Iâm a neurodivergent writer, poet, and creative mentor. I guide folks in tending both sides of their creativity: the work itself (their tangible projects and practices) as well as their spiritual-emotional relationship with a sense of purpose. I do this with an eye toward enchantment, sustainability, and the transformative power of written words.
For all forms of creative nourishment, visit sarahteresacook.com.
To sign-up for For the Birds, my Substack publication about resilience, the writing life, and the natural world, visit sarahcook.substack.com
Attendees
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Diane Rosenberg
Alace Pearl
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Kieren Dutcher
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I-Nu Yeh
Art Director at FishTank Creative .
Ilyssa Summer
Casey Gilbert
Danielle Love
Content Marketing Strategist at Cencora.
Ashley Lewis
Product Design Director.
Karen Johanson
Adventurer. Creative. Copywriter. Photographer. at Karen Johanson Photography + Writing.
Otter Mervryn
Writer/Artist at Stone & Pen.
Heather Seggel
Writer at Self.
Oli Dierickx
Enthusiast Human Igniter at NeuroLanguage.
Nikki H
I inspire creative shenanigans ⨠creative mentor | author | speaker | retreat leader | dance coach | fusion dancer.
ShauntĂŠ Ledger
Creative Director at STORYDROPS.
Edith Steiner
Irina Birsan
Social Architect at International Community Hub.
Melissa Price
Meg Mathis
Elinza Pashaliev
Creative content developer at Raizcorp.
How to make the most of FieldTrips
The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.
Show up fully
Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.
Stay curious
Wear your beginnerâs hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going!Â
Celebrate your host
Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings communityâjust like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgroundsâa lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.
Support each other
Weâre all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things. Try âYes! AndâŚâ in conversation.
Not vibing?
Itâs 100% okay when a FieldTrip does not resonate with you. Pop out quietly and try another experience later. Fill out the survey with your feedback (no dms to host or chat commentary, please.)
FieldTrip support person
Weâll be there during the event to answer all your questions and make you feel at home
Exa Kutler
FieldTrip Support