Dust Off Sessions Creativity Weekend

The $55 Story
Last June I was able to go to New York to attend a creativity workshop. The instructors had great resumes, the city was amazing and I thought all this would lead to an amazing creative week.
The conference was 3 hours per day for 4 days. It cost $850 to attend. The hotel was $400 a night. New York City was amazing, but the conference was a huge disappointment.

It should have cost $55. I came away from the 12 hour workshop with two new ideas. One of those was a $5 idea, the other was pretty big and is worth about 50 bucks to me.

I met great people and spent an incredible week with my wife and our six month old baby. I had just had knee surgery, so we are hiking around NYC with me on crutches and my wife with a baby and stroller. It was a trip I'd do again under the same conditions in a heartbeat.

This weekend workshop will deliver 10 hours and 45 minutes of creative ideas, motivation and inspiration for the $55 I should have paid in NYC. I have great guest speakers coming who will share their insights and experiences with you.

JOIN ME JANUARY 18-20 for a weekend of investigating creativity and finding our creative core. Uncover your most fulfilling 12 months in 2013! We will dust off old projects and renew interest in forgotten ambitions. Come partner with us to complete that children's book, painting, song or the product design that have been sitting on the shelf or in the drawer. Use this time to rejuvenate and find meaning for the new year!

FREE GIFT FOR FIRST 10 PARTICIPANTS!!!
Copy of Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon's 2012 finalist for book of the year. A must have for all creators!

Guest Speakers: Musicians, authors, song writers, and graphic designers share their creative insights and processes.

Schedule is:
Friday 6:00-9:00 pm
Saturday 9:00-12:00, 1:15-4:00
Sunday 6:00-8:00 pm (Topic to fit the day will be creativity as a spiritual gift.)

Location:
Crystal Inn, 853 S. Main, Logan, Utah 435.752.0707


Questions? email mitchpeterson11@yahoo.com
Cell 435.890.0434

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Laugh tracks

It's difficult, maybe impossible, to be creative when you are told what to think or how to respond.

When our favorite sitcom doesn't trust us to know what to find funny and laugh tracks are added to cue us, how can we be expected to understand the subtle and intricate humor the shows writers worked so hard for us to get?

Creativity is personal, risky and associative.  Trust your audience to think for themselves and create new associations.  Trust yourself to risk being the only one laughing in the room.  Or not laughing when they tell you to.
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