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#CMpride

AUGUST'S THEME IS PRIDE.

Pride is a celebration of our truest, radiant selves and a defiance against those who expect us to dim our own light. We live in a world that often encourages us to take up less space, to conceal the parts of ourselves that can’t be easily commodified or consumed. Or worse, what we reveal exposes us to oppressive actors and systems who steal away our dignity. 

Pride is a powerful affirmation of authenticity. It gives us the grace to show up as ourselves and live in alignment with our values. It embraces every shade of our longings, our regrets, and our hopes — these beautiful and powerful things that make us who we are. 

Pride is when you stand tall and say, “This is who I am.” Pride is when you reclaim the parts of your identity that others might have scorned. Pride is when you raise your voice in defense of someone who is powerless, saying “Enough.” Because that someone might just be yourself. How will you unfurl yourself fully? How will you extend safety and solidarity so that we all may be unapologetically ourselves?

Our Palm Beach chapter chose this month’s exploration of Pride and Kayla Griffin illustrated the theme.   

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That was Markus Salcher about Acceptance at Talent Garden Vienna.

Strong personality with a great vision ❤️

Video Credits: Manuel Hahn

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[creativemorningsvancouver]

For July’s global theme of ‘treasure’ we are honoured to host videographer, storyteller, urban planner and musician, Uytae Lee.

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Uytae Lee is the founder of ‘About Here’, a YouTube channel and creative studio dedicated to helping people understand their cities better. In addition to the channel, Uytae produces the CBC series ‘Stories About Here’.

Every month we like to ask our speakers a handful of probing questions to give us a deeper glimpse into their life and relationship with creativity:

How do you define creativity and apply it in your life and career? For me, creativity is about organizing. Combining and rearranging ideas, words, paint, or whatever really into something that’s meaningful to you. In my work, this idea has given me the reassurance that I rarely (if ever) need to come up with something from scratch - I just don’t think the creative process works that way. I research, paraphrase, synthesize, reflect, and (more than anything) take inspiration from others to put something together that feels compelling for me. Where do you find your best creative inspiration or energy? I find much of my creative inspiration from talking to people. There’s something about a live, unscripted conversation where you let your ideas collide freely that helps me get out of my head.

What’s one piece of creative advice or a tip you wish you’d known as a young person? The creative process requires breaks. Your creativity often works behind the scenes, when you’re taking a walk, distracted, or even sleeping. When you’re feeling overwhelmed or stuck on a project, try stepping away from it for a day or two. When you come back to it, you’ll almost certainly find that your thoughts have refined and organized themselves into something much more coherent and easy to understand. I think it works this way because your memory is very selective for the things that feel most important to you. When you step away from a project, you’re letting your brain subconsciously throw out what didn’t really matter and hold on to what was most important. I wish I knew this when I was younger because it probably would have saved me from dozens of wildly unproductive all-nighters spent trying to hammer out a script while overwhelmed and sleep-deprived.

Who (living or dead) would you most enjoy hearing speak at CreativeMornings? Tony and Taylor from Every Frame a Painting

What fact about you would surprise people? I was part of a ukulele group for several years.

What are you reading these days? Order without design by Alain Bertaut

What’s your one guilty creative indulgence? Cooking videos, they’re so relaxing!

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CreativeMornings Ottawa: May 2023

Jane Porter on acceptance and the importance of leading with love

Accepting reality is not always easy. From climate change to social injustice to the decline of democracy, the greatest challenges of our time can seem threatening, overwhelming, or just plain impossible to solve. 

On the CreativeMornings Ottawa stage at Arts Court, Jane Porter invited us to feel the magnitude of these challenges, and to lead with love and compassion. Doing so starts with connection: with ourselves, our communities, and the land we call home. 

Connection is something Jane has consciously cultivated throughout her life. This includes in her community work as co-founder of Impact Hub Ottawa and through convening stakeholders as a sustainability consultant. Today, as an integral facilitator and founder of Bridge Building Group, Jane brings people together to have tough conversations that spark meaningful change and heal divides. 

The journey to acceptance and understanding can be uncomfortable. In her talk, Jane used a photography metaphor to break down her approach:

Zoom out to see the big picture and break free from your existing echo chambers. 

Zoom in and reflect on who you really are and what motivates you. 

Reframe why you do what you do. For example, Jane realized she pursued a career in sustainability because it gave her a sense of connection with others and to the land.

Focus and realize that two things can be true at the same time, depending on who you’re asking and what they’ve chosen to lock their viewfinder on.

Find a tripod to support your passions and purpose. When you feel like you’re on shaky ground, dig deeper into learning and your relationships to find the support you need. 

Finally, Jane suggested it’s time we find a new lens. Western society is oriented around growth mindsets and economic success. There is much to learn from Indigenous worldviews that compel us to think of the next seven generations, and consider the well-being of all our relations, human and otherwise.

The challenges faced by the world are not going to solve themselves. To accept—and act— during this period of existential threats we must first ground ourselves by pausing, getting curious, and finding ways to respond thoughtfully and with compassion for ourselves, our communities, and the planet. 

Thank you to Jane for sharing her personal journey and for providing such food for thought on a Friday morning. You can learn more about Jane’s professional facilitation work on her website or on LinkedIn. Watch Jane’s full talk here.

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[creativemorningsmontreal]

May ’s Theme is Acceptance.

Acceptance is the act of surrendering to our reality, without judgment or fear. There are many things in our lives that cause us discomfort or pain. We attempt to change or resist them, to no effect. So we wave a big stick, keeping them at bay like a wounded animal.

Acceptance is weaving into your story what once caused you pain — and still might, to this day. You welcome that creature into your home, tend to its wounds, and feed it out of your hand. Acceptance is knowing that this feral animal lives side by side with your tender house cat of a heart, always.

Embracing what cannot change can help you gather the energy to change what must. Accept these truths: you cannot make another person love or see you. You did not finish everything before the sun set on another day — and you didn’t need to. Every moment will pass, the blissful and the excruciating. It’s the hardest lesson, but one we need the most: the grace to let go. Our Lexington chapter chose this month’s exploration of Acceptance and Robert Beatty illustrated the theme. 

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August’s Theme is Critical.

To be critical means to be like a sieve, dividing and separating. Our critical abilities allows us to discern the insubstantial from the made-to-last, the credible from the untrustworthy, the sincere from the ego-driven. We do so by gathering more information, seeking nuance, and locating something in its specific context.

Critical feedback is essential for our growth. Poet Adrienne Rich advises, “Responsibility to yourself means seeking out criticism, recognizing that the most affirming thing anyone can do for your is demand that you push yourself further.”

But being needlessly critical — especially of ourselves — can stifle the creative impulse. Few are as harsh as our own internal critic. How can we hone our perception, spotting what needs to evolve, without becoming ruthless? How can we remain astute while not losing sight of all that is inherently good and whole? It’s critical.

Our Calgary chapter chose this month’s exploration of Critical, Maedeh Mosaverzadeh illustrated the theme, and Mailchimp is presenting the theme.

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October ’s Theme is Ethos.

Ethos is that specific quality that defines a place, time, or group of people. When you step into a room, a busy downtown, or a community gathering, you intuit its spirit. A messy DIY space invites experimentation and mistakes, a lush city park promises tranquility to anyone who seeks it. Maybe you even know of a monthly event where everyone is welcome and everything is free of charge. 

At its core is a paradox: despite the specificity of an ethos, it’s impossible to pinpoint or trace to a specific origin. What honed that distinctive sensibility is long gone, vanished into myth. 

With our actions and words, we embody these values and beliefs beyond conscious knowing. In turn, we subtly shape the ethos that our descendants — of family, of place — will receive from us. Ethos is alchemic, ineffable, and infinitely ponderable across place and culture. What ways of moving through the world did you inherit? Our Asheville chapter chose this month’s exploration of Ethos and Colin Sutherland illustrated the theme.

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[creativemorningsbogota]

PIPOL QUE TRATA TEMAS PROFUNDOS

Son un poco más de las 7 a.m. y nos encontramos en el punto de venta de Kupa, una marca de diseño que busca cambiar el mundo un color a la vez. 

Afuera, en el costado oriental de la carrera séptima, se arremolinan  los asistentes de la charla sobre Depth, el tema escogido a nivel global para CreativeMornings, que está a punto de dar la periodista económica María Camila Gonzáles.  

Ella aparece con un morral al hombro y su pelo crespo que, parece, protege las miles de ideas que lleva en su cabeza. Antes de que el equipo audiovisual de Osa Imagen la ocupe, aprovechó para charlar un poco con ella.

“ ¿Qué significa para ti lo profundo?”, le disparo a quemarropa la pregunta después del saludo. 

“Uish que pregunta tan profunda”, responde y sonríe. “Para mí tiene que ver con conexiones y relaciones”, concluye.

Maria Camila, una fan a morir de la pasta, no puede vivir sin el arte y el estímulo visual del mundo que la rodea, por eso busca diferentes maneras para conectarse con ideas, personas  y objetos.

Sobre libros me cuenta que ahora está leyendo Economía en Colores, una obra que explica, de manera sencilla,  por qué es importante la economía.

Una novela que la marcó en su juventud fue 1984, de George Orwell, porque amplió su perspectiva de cómo funciona el mundo, al tiempo que le dio un acercamiento político de la realidad.

Tomar café acompañada de un libro le parece un plan perfecto, y un lugar que le encanta es Nueva York porque pasó mucho tiempo de su infancia en esa ciudad.

Luego de que le ponen el micrófono Maria Camila pasa al frente para iniciar su charla.

Cuenta  que  Economiaparalapipol tuvo su origen en un tweet,  cuando estaba cubriendo la reforma tributaria del estallido social del 2019.  En ese entonces notó que había una desconexión entre lo que la gente pedía y lo que el gobierno y los medios comunicaban.

Entonces trinó: “¿Quién se apunta  a buscar una forma de explicar y desmentir tanta cadena falsa en redes?”

Varias personas respondieron a su llamado, así que abrió un grupo de WhatsApp con el nombre “Economía para la gente”, y una de las integrantes fue la que propuso el actual: Economíaparalapipol.

Ella y su equipo de trabajo se han dado cuenta de que la imagen si importa y por eso su feed  de Instagram cuenta con colores brillantes y llamativos, que ayudan a resaltar el lenguaje sencillo con el que traducen todos los tecnicismos económicos de la prensa tradicional.

Algo que deja claro es que tanto ella, como Valerie Cifuentes y Angélica Benavides, sus compañeras de proyecto, antes que nada son periodistas,  y que los temas que tratan los han aprendido como ciudadanas.

Uno de los objetivos de Economiaparalapipol es buscar cómo romper barreras tensas mediante el humor; Por eso hacen uso de memes o secciones como “Lo chimbita y lo paila”.

También están incursionando en el mundo del video con “Ideas para la inclusión”, un podcast en el que bajo la misma línea de lenguaje sencillo que utilizan en redes, explican de qué manera se puede derrotar la desigualdad. 

Su proyecto ya está inscrito como empresa, y su trabajo les ha permitido convertirse en traductoras de distintas entidades financieras, que las buscan para que expliquen sus proyectos de forma sencilla.

“Es raro, ni nosotras sabemos bien que somos”, cuenta  María Camila sobre su modelo de negocio. Por ahora lo define como un híbrido entre medio de comunicación y plataforma de educación y pedagogía.

Sin embargo, las marcas identifican Economiaparalapipol como un espacio de asesoría de comunicaciones. “A las entidades se les olvidó la importancia de hablarle sencillo a sus audiencias”, dice.

“El secreto de nuestro proyecto es responder a preguntas que está haciendo la gente y que no tienen cobertura en medios de comunicación”.

Para finalizar la charla, una de las preguntas que le hacen es sobre consejos para afrontar económicamente el año que viene.  Nos  da tres: 

Olvidarse de los gastos. 

Es mejor tener a metros los créditos.

Si piensan utilizar la tarjeta de crédito, lo mejor es pagar siempre a una cuota.

“2023 es un año para estar tranquilos y no gastar tanto”, concluye.

CreativeMornings/Bogotá le quiere dar las gracias a todas las empresas y personas que hicieron posible esta charla: a Kupa, por prestarnos su espacio lleno de creatividad para esta charla; a  Osa Imagen  por toda la producción audiovisual; a Cesar Jojoa por el registro fotográfico del evento; a Café Blanco por brindarnos un delicioso desayuno, y como siempre a toda nuestra comunidad creativa por su asistencia y apoyo a nuestras charlas.

Esperen pronto toda la información de nuestro próximo evento, bajo el tema verdad, en nuestras redes sociales.

Escrito por Haki Storytelling.

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October’s Theme is Ethos.

Ethos is that specific quality that defines a place, time, or group of people. When you step into a room, a busy downtown, or a community gathering, you intuit its spirit. Ethos is alchemic, ineffable, and infinitely ponderable across place and culture. What ways of moving through the world did you inherit?

Our Asheville chapter chose this month’s exploration of Ethos and Colin Sutherland illustrated the theme.

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[creativemorningsvancouver]

We are quite excited to host chef, restauranteur, 
author, and activist, Meeru Dhalwala, who will share her compelling story of creativity through the lens of June’s global theme ‘reverie’.

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Meeru moved from Washington, D.C. to Vancouver in February 1995 and has since been cooking and running the kitchens and menus at Vij’s and Rangoli restaurants. Vij’s has been hailed by the New York Times as “easily among the finest Indian restaurants in the world.” (Rangoli closed after 17 years in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Meeru also wrote all three award-winning Vij’s cookbooks.

In 2021, Meeru created a small community business built from her learned ethics in the food industry: My Bambiri (baby) Foods. My Bambiri sources from BC organic farmers and sells on income-based pricing: three price options based on a family’s specific finances. She has also partnered with Food Stash Foundation to sell My Bambiri at their markets for low-income families who face many economic and social barriers. In October 2022, Meeru relaunched her annual international food fair called “Joy of Feeding” that is held at the UBC Farm Centre for Sustainable Food Systems.

Meeru holds a MSc in development studies from Bath University, UK, and brings her passion for humanity into her business and cooking practices. She is one of Vancouver’s most prominent promoters of women in business, climate change and sustainability, and healthy-elegant cooking. She proudly sits on the Board of Directors for the Green Party of Vancouver. For her professional and community work, Meeru has received honorary doctorates from both University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.

Every month we like to ask our speakers a handful of probing questions to give us a deeper glimpse into their life and relationship with creativity:

How do you define creativity and apply it in your life and career? I imagine and then come up with ideas. Lots of ideas, of which most aren’t realistic, but contribute to the final ideas that I/we can execute. I love the process of ideas popping or slowly coming to form in my head. I love the crazy ideas that are impractical and the ideas that could make stories if I were a novelist. I say the word “IDEA!” in the Vij’s kitchen and staff stops whatever we’re doing, get excited and hear the “IDEA!” Half of them result in all of us just laughing b/c while even saying it, I realize it’s not practical or just sounds silly coming out. My kitchen staff doesn’t rely on me to run the daily kitchen—cooking, ordering, loading, prep, etc.—but they rely on me for my “IDEA!” And if I love my idea, I don’t let it go.

Where do you find your best creative inspiration or energy? From running in my neighborhood—not any neighborhood or trail. Running is combination of my familiar surroundings and my body igniting me—my brain is dancing while my body is doing all the physical work. Whatever is on my mind—whether my family, trying to save some aspect of the environment, imagining being dead, imagining my comfort place on this earth, a work issue, coming up with recipes, etc.—it’s done with abandon while I’m running. Within 10 minutes, I lose myself in imagining, pondering…and daydreaming about my past in relation to today.

What’s one piece of creative advice or a tip you wish you’d known as a young person? Find a solo activity during which you feel abandon and…yes, lose yourself in reverie! I run. All those times when I was crying or stressed about my home life or school life, if I had gone out running and released that stress energy, the weight would have lightened and so many windows would have opened. Doesn’t have to be a physical activity—it can be knitting or drawing.

Who (living or dead) would you most enjoy hearing speak at CreativeMornings? George Eliot or Graca Machel. Intellectually attuned and gracefully passionate, brave women. Middlemarch is still relevant as a compelling storyline and observation on humanity’s social concoctions. Women and children’s rights activist Graca Machel was the First Lady of Mozambique at an important and crucial time. Her husband (the President) was assassinated via a plane crash. Later, she became the First Lady of South Africa, as wife of Nelson Mandela.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done? Fly to Vancouver from Washington D.C. to meet a guy I was talking on the phone with for a month (back in 1994) and, after spending 5 days with him, deciding to marry him asap. I left my hometown, friends and career in human rights and economic development to move to Vancouver. It resulted in a new and completed unexpected career, two beautiful children and 17 years of marriage. I don’t know how, but I grabbed the confidence in love before it escaped in the form of common sense.

If you could open a door and go anywhere, where would that be? My partner is a dry suit (meaning he dives in cold waters) scuba diver and travels to all waters of the world to dive, take photos. His “comfort place” in this world is the silence and being solo under water—complete opposite from mine. He lies there with his camera, watches and waits for creatures to swim, fully in zen mode. This level of silence and alone-ness intimidates and fascinates me. I would LOVE to turn myself into an invisible and weightless being, and be on his shoulder while he does this. I would not want to disturb his zen. For me, this would be like magically living in a dream.

What are you proudest of in your life? Giving motherhood my all, by which I don’t mean just love. The most important moment of my life so far is when I first looked down at my newborn and felt/saw the look in her wide eyes, settling on her mom’s face. I call this “Newborn Eyes”. Newborn Eyes are the energy of my personal life. I’m proud of fully and honestly engaging with my two daughters as humans and not as my extensions. I’m proud of calling them out on their shit and not worrying if they like me or not, or if they’ll rebel. I’m proud that I never stopped being me for the sake of being a mother.

If you could do anything now, what would you do? Have each human above the age of, say 6, in this world watch the animated documentary film “Flee” for its subject matter and b/c its engrossing storytelling. I want all of us watching at the exact same time so we are aware of sharing this experience together, as one. So, a bit of magic or super sci-fi high tech required here. Some of the bravest and most loving people in this world are “refugees” and “migrants”. These are labels for some, but for me they are my mom and dad.

What books made a difference in your life and why? The Employees by Olga Ravn. This book is potentially our real future with real humans co-existing with AI types of humans. It’s beautifully written. It’s a very short book and I read it twice in a row.

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Special thanks to Local Latin American community leaders, Ana Castellanos & Olga Torres Baker, for sharing how their SPICY cultural roots influence their lives and commitment to the Spanish-speaking population in Virginia Beach!

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[creativemorningsmontreal]

April’s Theme is Movement.

The body in motion is a thing of beauty. Our cells shake kinetic energy through the finely articulated instruments of muscle, ligament, and bone. We blink, we pulse, we dance. Some even pull off feats of human athleticism and daring, from which we can hardly look away.

Movement is a universal state of being. Even at rest, the matter we’re composed of is in motion — subatomic particles whir about at dizzying speeds, to create the sense of solidity. The things that appear still — the earth beneath us, the trunk of a tree above us, is but a trick of the eye. They move slowly but at a staggering scale.

When we move together, we can build social and collective movements. Like a murmuration of swallows, we can form sweeping visions of a world never seen before. Our collective energy directed like a mighty river flowing downstream, taking unexpected and winding turns to carve mountains.

Our Wellington chapter chose this month’s exploration of Movement, Hannah Webster illustrated the theme, and Mailchimp is presenting the theme.  

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[creativemorningsminneapolis]

Our April theme is Spicy, chosen by our Tucson chapter and illustrated by Sophie McTear. Join us this Friday and register at the link above!

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[creativemorningshongkong]

CreativeMornings Hong Kong April Talk on Perspective 🌆

The CreativeMornings Hong Kong April event at Soho House was a huge success! Photographer Ben Marrans delivered an inspiring talk on the transformative power of photography and perspective. He shared captivating stories of hidden places in Hong Kong and the history of iconic buildings. Attendees left with a renewed appreciation for the role of photography in shaping our understanding of the world. Thank you to Ben Marrans, Soho House, and the CreativeMornings Hong Kong team for an incredible event. Stay tuned for more inspiring gatherings in the future! 

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💭 Spices add flavor and complexity to dishes, triggering sensations of heat and even pain. Embracing new and bold tastes can infuse daring and originality into our creative pursuits, just like a "spicy" comment challenges conventional beliefs and ignites passionate reactions. Let's bring the heat to our work and approach to life, exploring cultural spice, creativity, relationships, and comfort zones in this Let’s Talk! dialogue.

🎙️ Brace yourself for a riveting CreativeConversations.

This month, the given topic is ‘SPICY’ and this month's guest is Sex Therapist Mary Foxworth. Join us at CreativeConversations on 7 May 2024 where Mary will join host, Billy Potts, in exploring the SPICY side of life.

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