JOIN ME FOR THE WINTER CREATIVITY WORKSHOP THAT CELEBRATES THE EXTRAORDINARY IN THE ORDINARY

This gently guided journey with Bo has infused my existing practices with renewed energy. Her exquisite leadership is informed by experience, training and soulful instinct. I consider her a modem mystic. ~ Mary Anne Em Radmacher

If the words contemplative and creative have a sweet juiciness for you and you’re interested in a different sort of online workshop, read on:

There is no firm schedule but plenty of opportunities to explore, play, create, muse, share, enjoy. There is no planned curriculum, but lots of surprises and serendipity. There are no expectations, but infinite possibilities. There are no formal objectives, but an always-available way to engage and interact with your world through art, nature and the written word.

I combine my roles as curator of life experiences, writer, artist, Certified Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, and Certified Miksang (Contemplative) Photography instructor to offer you a meaningful and fulfilling online workshop with a well-established active community of fellow journeyers.

Winter Mandala © 2018 Bo Mackison

We explore the following themes:

word * vision * place

WORD

This practice focuses on how to connect — to the world, community, and self — using words. We’ll play with words, explore words, and connect nature and place using words. We’ll write poetry – tile poetry, collaborative poetry, and poetry art using found words and pictures. You don’t need to consider yourself a writer to enjoy these practices, but if you already have an established writing practice you’ll surely delight in them.

VISION

We’ll create mandalas. I find this to be an especially beneficial winter practice with lots of quiet, indoor time to create, but this is a practice that can be done at any time and any place. It’s a pocket-practice — the practice requires only a small container of basic supplies that can travel almost anywhere.

We’ll explore the contemplative practice of Miksang Photography including:

• light and shadow
• interacting with your ordinary and personal world
• Winter’s unique qualities — its passions, moods, styles, symbols.

(All types of cameras and skill levels are fine.)

PLACE:

Throughout the shorter days of winter, we’ll continue our weekly observational practice of backyard phenology – the study of nature’s calendar as the ever-present, in-the-present survey of plants and animals in your natural world.

Bo Mackison is an insightful, talented and inspirational art, photography and writing creativity coach and teacher. Bo’s wide range of artistic knowledge along with her life experiences makes her the artist and writer’s trusted advisor. I highly recommend Bo as a mentor, teacher, trainer, and speaker. ~Jeanette Richardson Herring, Author, and Artist

MY WINTER OFFER:

YOU WILL RECEIVE REGULAR — SOMETIMES RANDOM — PROMPTS AND EXPLORATIONS.

Together we’ll explore themes and creative practices that inspire and encourage, elicit wonder and awe, uplift your spirit and feed your soul.

This is a practice that:

• gently weaves itself throughout your day
• illuminates the extraordinary in the ordinary, celebrates the uncommon in the common
• offers ways of interacting with place that highlight the wonder of and connection with nature, no matter where you live, work and play.

We begin January 15, 2020, and we’ll journey together until the Spring Equinox, March 19th, 2020.

New participants are always welcome. The first weeks of each season include introductions to creating a mandala practice, Miksang contemplative photography and the study of phenology. If you are searching for a place of contemplative sanctuary, a place to creatively recharge, this might be the workshop community you are seeking.

A Long Winter © 2019 Bo Mackison

WHEN:

The WINTER journey is 10 weeks long.  January 15, 2020, through March 19, 2020.

HOW:

All content is shared on a private Facebook group page. You’re encouraged to share your discoveries and experiences in the group, however and whenever you choose.

A handsome PDF booklet featuring content from the 10-week session is provided at the end of the season as a helpful ongoing resource.

THE COST:

The cost for the winter journey and our active, sharing community remains at the all-inclusive price of $99.00.

TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE:

Registration is open through January 15th.

Register here through PayPal. All major credit cards accepted.

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BO MACKISON is an artist, poet, photographer, certified Kaisen-Muse creativity coach, Nalanda Miksang Photography Instructor, hands-on workshop presenter, and a woman who has spent her entire adult life surviving and thriving with the help of the creative practices she now shares with others. She is the founder of Contemplative Creatives Journey, an Online Seasonal Workshop. Bo has been offering creative and contemplative programs for women since 2014. She’s been told her workshops have changed people’s lives for the better. She believes this to be true.