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Dear Friends,

In the Spring I will be hosting a Co-Creative.

This is in part a follow-up posting to those of you who expressed an interest when you heard me bring this up at the end of a presentation I gave earlier this month. I thought I’d inform everyone in the event there are a few more of you that tune in who would like to participate.

The rest of this will make a lot more sense if you attended the presentation or if you have listened to the recording.

Listen to 30-minute Presentation

A group not exceeding 15 in number will meet in Denver, CO every Wednesday over 9 weeks from March 24 to May 19. The specific location will be announced to participants later. Depending on interest from people outside of the Denver area, I will open up a Skype conference call for remote participants. Meeting times will be 7:00-10:00pm MST. The first hour of each meeting will be a presentation of material from my book Awakening The Artist. The remaining two hours will be spent integrating the material in a manner that is interactive and relevant to the practical process of developing creative projects of various media applications and budget scopes. The formation of creative collaborations will be specifically emphasized, though solo project development will be fully supported.

The arch of the information and processes offered throughout the 9-week cycle are designed to evoke the inspiration of a project that has been informed by your soul’s deepest intentions in concert with the shaping events of your life and the encompassing influence of the world at large. It is these currents swirling together that comprise the absolute unique qualities and values you express in the world.

I will not be charging for this offering, though there may be a minimal donation ($5-ish) requested per meeting to cover the cost of meeting space. As I mentioned in the presentation, the reason for this is that this particular cycle of gatherings will play an important role in my writing process. Through your participation, you can help me improve my message and tone. As a token of my respect for your time and influence, I will express my gratitude to each participant by name in the acknowledgment section of Awakening The Artist.

Please continue reading for more details on the content of each meeting. If you are interested in participating, next steps are outlined at the end.

3/24: Orientation, Introductions, and Fundamental Tools
   Contextualizing Creativity
3/31: In the Blink of an Eye: Establishing a Broad Perspective
4/7: Joseph Campbell and our Creative Heritage
4/14: Humanity’s Mythological/Religious Traditions
   Finding Center
4/21: The Human Psyche and the Creative Process
4/28: The Current Climate of Creative Potential
5/5: Receiving: The Relevance and Practice of Meditation & Shamanic Journeying
   Creating the World
5/12: Realization: The Art of Manifestation
5/19: Rendering: Birthing Your Creation

Interested? Please email me (mannyotto [at] gmail) so we can schedule a conversation before the end of February.

It will help me to plan our conversation if you would share a few things with me:

• Name
• Wish to participate in-person in Denver or via Internet
• Primary medium(s)
• How long you’ve been working with medium(s)
• Web Links (if applicable)
• Your impressions of the presentation (listen)
• Statement of creative intentions
• Willingness to commit to the 9-week cycle
• Questions about any of this

Thank you for your interest in this. I look forward to hearing from you if it appeals.

Be well,
m

–
Manny Otto

There is an almost sensual longing for communion with others who have a larger vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendships between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality almost impossible to describe.
—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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mythosforcreatives.com
awakeningtheartist.com

Co-Creative details excerpted from Awakening The Artist © Manny Otto 2009-2010. All Rights Reserved.