Base Camp
Base Camp is the first interactive workshop in a series of experiences that Sacred Mountain Press is offering under the Crowded Table Workshops.
Crowded Table: What’s Next introduce a way to access your Creative Spirit.
What is a Creative Spirit?
A Creative Spirit is the flow you feel when you’re in the clear, calm space within you. It’s propels you towards your next step without internal judgement or criticism and it allows you to move towards a place of self-love and generosity.
Base Camp is an individual and group experience and this process takes you to your own creative place that is tucked safely within you. Base Camp is created to supply each participant with the basic foundational tools needed to move into one’s Internal Studio Space.
What is an Internal Studio Space?
Your Internal Studio Space is the safe place within you that offers you a sense of calm, peace and guidance. In this space you can consider your next steps with a sense of self-acceptance and kindness.
Facilitator: Carol Emerson
Main Themes of the Base Camp Experience:
Guided Visualizations.
Expressing thoughts through guided writing prompts.
Creating torn paper art.
Interactive process within yourself and with others.
Beginners are welcome. No art or writing experience is needed.
Just like a base camp on a mountain, this session becomes the base which provides the foundation for participants engaged in the exploration of their Creative Spirit.
Discover what is next for your journey.
You are worth it.
What to Bring:
Open Heart and Mind
Mesa
In Base Camp you accessed your Creative Spirit and now you will develop the width and breadth of your Internal Studio Space. Mesa is a horizontal movement out of Base Camp. The foundational skills learned in Base Camp are practiced, expanded and widened, so your creative vision can be stretched.
In this session, we continue the art process through exploring layered papers and acrylic medium. More art time, more writing time, more sharing time is available and connection happens in this creative group process that fosters an expansiveness just waiting to happen.
Facilitator: Carol Emerson
Main Themes of the Mesa Experience:
Guided Visualizations.
Express thoughts through guided writing.
Create an art piece with Layered paper and acrylic medium.
Interactive process within yourself and with others.
All foundation skills further developed.
Introduction of a meditation process for accessing breath and heartbeat to facilitate centering.
Stretch your basic creative skill set. Just like leaving Base Camp and starting to explore the mountain, Mesa begins widening the view.
Come and be surprised again.
You are worth it.
Prerequisite:
Crowded Table: Base Camp
What to Bring:
Journal from Base Camp
Wear comfortable clothing to do art work
Open heart and mind
Peaks & Valleys
In this session you develop the height and the depth of the emotions involved in the creative process as you move toward your creative ideals.
In Peaks and Valleys, we continue the art process through exploring layered papers and acrylic medium. In Peaks and Valleys a trust component is developed through guided collaborative art making as well as in the writing experiences.
Facilitator: Carol Emerson
Main Themes of the Peaks and Valleys Experience:
Guided Visualizations for collaboration.
Expressing thoughts through guided writing.
Create two art pieces (Individual piece and group piece)with layered paper through a guided collaborative process.
Interactive process within yourself and with others.
All foundation skills further developed.
Introduction of a meditation process for accessing breath and heartbeat to facilitate grounding.
Come challenge your basic creative skill set. Just like leaving base camp to explore the mountain, Peaks and Valleys provides the challenge of exploring trust and the emotions of the creative art process with a team.
Come be surprised again.
Prerequisite: Base Camp & Mesa
What to Bring:
Journal from Base Camp and Mesa
Wear comfortable clothing to do art work
Open heart and mind
The Cave
The Cave is an opportunity for turning inward. In this session, you have an opportunity to develop your own daily practice and independent study.
Facilitator: Carol Emerson
Main Themes of The Cave Experience:
Guided Visualizations for private contemplation.
Writing thoughts with guided prompts.
Create an art piece with Layered paper and acrylic medium.
Interactive process within your self.
All foundation skills continue to be developed.
Minimal talking supported by meditation process for accessing breath and heartbeat to facilitate deep creative process to unfold.
An opportunity at the end of the session for sharing from the heart.
Come challenge your creative skill set. Just like being in a quiet cave for reflection, come be immersed in the surroundings of creative process where everyone is going inward, trusting the process and allowing something new to unfold. Join with a collective group of others who understand the need for quiet while seeking the creative spirit.
Come be surprised again.
Prerequisite: Base Camp, Mesa, Peaks and Valleys
What to Bring:
Journal from Base Camp
Your own items for contemplative exploration of your art form
Wear comfortable clothing to do art work
Open heart and mind
Summit
Summit offers the opportunity to look outward and to develop an external perspective that embraces your own personal mission. By taking a stance with the highest view, you take your creative ideas beyond your own limited self and consider what is possible, what is needed, what are you being called to do with your creative spirit.
Facilitator: Carol Emerson
Main Themes of Summit Experience:
Guided Visualizations for seeking purpose
Guided Movement and Writing to express thoughts
Create an art piece with Layered paper and acrylic medium
Interactive process within your self and with others
All foundation skills continue to be developed
Outdoor walking meditation process to assist inspiration.
Come challenge your creative skill set.
Come be surprised again.
You are worth it.
Prerequisite: Base Camp; Mesa; Peaks and Valleys; The Cave
What to Bring:
Notepad from Base Camp
Your own items for exploration of your purpose
Wear comfortable clothing to do art work and clothing to go outside
Open heart and mind