by Kathryn | 11 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Two
Your seventh day is a day of rest, a day or replenishment. Sometimes, too, it can be a day of creating space. With silence, with solitude. Or with preparation. I have a friend who spends her Sunday evenings cooking batch meals for the week ahead. A big pot of tomato...
by Kathryn | 10 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Two
During this week of curiosity, we’ve pondered the magic of the phrase ‘what if’. There are two other phrases that have a creative power to them. (I’m sure there are scores, but these are my special two). The first is the phrase beloved of TheatreSports...
by Kathryn | 9 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Two
Twyla Tharp is an American dancer and choreographer who has made groundbreaking theatrical work for most of her life. At almost eighty, she continues to produce art, to create dance and spectacle and to reflect on creativity. In her book, The Creative Habit, Tharp...
by Kathryn | 8 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Two
What if…? It’s one of the most adventurous and romantic phrases in the English language. It speaks of open-ended curiosity, of possibility and of willingness. What if… what if I put this yellow colour with that blue colour? What if I put the ice-cream inside the cake?...
by Kathryn | 7 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Two
You’re a friend, a family member, a worker, a cook, a homemaker, a surfer, a runner, a breadwinner, a community member, a lobbyist, a volunteer…. And you’re a creator. An artist. We all have many roles in our lives. And sometimes they can jostle for...
by Kathryn | 6 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Two
When I was in kindergarten, there were boxes of cards in the classroom, and each card contained a story. The stories were colour-coded to indicate difficulty or ease, and some of the stories contained on those cards have stayed with me for my entire life. The...
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