What’s it all about?
Creativity is not just for art school students and scrap-bookers. Creative thinking is a positive problem-solving tool. It’s a different way of looking at the world and a necessary part of being adaptive and flexible.
It can sometimes be tricky to get ourselves into a creative headspace. Fortunately, there are simple techniques using improvisation that can help to stimulate neural synapses you never knew existed.
No prior creative experience necessary – you just need yourself and a willingness to play.
What will we cover?
We will look at ways to stimulate and access ‘free’, ‘lateral’ and ‘creative’ thinking. A variety of approaches will be used to cater for differences in thinking styles: visual, aural, logical, kinaesthetic and interpersonal.
This workshop will give you tools to stimulate creative thinking at home or at work. There will be a mix of solo, paired and group activities, including some moving around (so come dressed comfortably).
You might want to bring your notebook or journal (if you have one) to jot down ideas.
Who will be teaching?
Benne Harrison is a teacher, performer and community arts practitioner (among other things). She is interested in how creativity works, and effective ways to stimulate creative and lateral thinking. With a lifelong passion for being playful and silly, she is quite serious about helping people unlock their creative potential through improvisation, games and play.