Creative retreats led by inspiring teachers in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
It was wonderful to watch participants find their unique creative voices, and find them they did. Some discovered talents they never knew they had, some honed skills they had merely danced around and others found the validation to embrace the gifts they suspected they had, but could not commit to.
Are you afraid to put pen to paper, or paint to canvas? Does a daunting sheet of blank paper bring dread into your heart? Do you wonder what could you possibly have to express to the world? Are you stuck? Do not fear. Everybody is creative! Including you.
Memoirs are a flexible medium. There is more than one way to tell your story, just as the old saying goes, ‘there are many ways to skin a cat’ – or, less violently, to peel an orange.
Make 2023 the year you find your creative voice and put pen to paper, the year you chose not to be intimidated and overcome your fears.
Hester Schofield designed this program while teaching at Bournemouth University in the U.K., where she found herself dealing with frustrated students who told her, “But I’m not creative!” Hester believes that everyone is creative and that they can be taught how to tap into their individual innate creativity.
