Creativity with the senses

City Lit

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In London

£ 39 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Don’t consider yourself creative? Maybe feel like you have writer’s block? Or In an artistic rut? Release your doubts and reconnect with your inner child – choose to be playful. Make marks, make shapes, make tracks.
It is said “synesthetes are eight times more likely to work in a creative capacity.” What is a synesthete? Even if you’re not one, what can we learn from these creative souls such as those listed below?
• actors Geoffrey Rush and Marilyn Monroe
• singers Tori Amos and Pharrell Williams
• artists Van Gogh and David Hockney
• composers Sibellius and Liszt
• authors Joanne Harris and Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk
Use their secrets of using the senses to unlock your creative potential. Explore and play in the world around you and in your imagination. Elevate your awareness and explore new techniques to inspire and create.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

• Have a greater appreciation for the role senses play in our creative worlds
• Understand what a synesthete is and that there are different types
• Become equipped with some new games and techniques to inspire your creativity.

No other costs. If you can remember, please bring a notepad and any artistic materials you would like to. It will be helpful to wear comfortable clothing.

You will be taught using a series of exercises and fun games to bring the senses to life in an interactive way using exercises in pairs, groups and discussion. No work outside class as a stand-alone workshop.

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Subjects

  • Play

Course programme

• We will introduce how to use different senses for different modes of creative output
• Explore smell, touch, taste, sound, sight as methods for inspiration
• Understand the importance of letting go, having a childlike attitude and what may hold us back
• Understand the importance of play and curiosity in creativity
• Experience an insight into the world of a synesthete (some of the most creative people out there).

Additional information

General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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