What we’re about
### ✨ The Capturing the Creature Called Creativity Collective: A Writing & Creativity Group
We write to wake up our wild minds.
We create to remember what it feels like to be alive.
This group is for anyone chasing that slippery, sparkly thing called Creativity — the same one that hides when we’re busy and reappears when we’re laughing.
Here, we mix play with practice.
We write by hand. We draw badly on purpose. We collage memories. We meet the parts of ourselves that still believe in color, mess, and joy.
Each session blends gentle structure with open exploration — morning pages, freewrites, collage, drawing, reflection, and conversation. Together, we learn to unlearn perfection, listen for our own voice, and chase curiosity wherever it leads.
You don’t need to call yourself a writer or artist. You only need to show up — messy, curious, and ready to chase the creature together.
📍 When & Where: rotating spots around the city — libraries, cafés, parks, and art rooms.
📚 Bring: a notebook, pen, maybe a glue stick, definitely an open heart.
💬 Focus: joy > perfection. process > product. community > comparison.
Come write. Come play. Come remember:
You are Creativity.
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Upcoming events
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•OnlineWriting Down the Bones Book Club, Chapter One Session
OnlineWelcome to Writing Down the Bones — not just a book, but a quiet revolution in how we approach writing, creativity, and ourselves.
Natalie Goldberg wrote this book as a kind of permission slip. She reminds us that writing isn’t about waiting for brilliance — it’s about showing up, pen in hand, and trusting what comes through. She blends Zen practice with the craft of writing, urging us to let the words move like breath: steady, unfiltered, alive.
In this book, there are no rules, only invitations. Goldberg teaches that writing is a form of meditation, an act of being present. The goal isn’t a perfect sentence; it’s honesty on the page. Each chapter offers short reflections that help us loosen our grip on perfectionism and reconnect with the pure joy of expression — even when what spills out is messy, strange, or raw.
As we read together, think of this club as your practice space — a dojo for the creative spirit. We’ll experiment with Goldberg’s prompts, challenge our inner critics, and learn to trust our wild, unedited voices.
Let’s write like it matters, because it does — not for publication or applause, but for the simple truth that putting words on paper changes us.
So take a breath. Pick up your pen. Let’s get to the bones of it.
### Chapter/Theme 1: First Thoughts (Chapter “First Thoughts”)
Summary: Goldberg emphasises using your hand, writing the first thing that comes up, before the internal critic kicks in. Google Books+2Shannon Turlington+2
Exercise:
- Set a 10-minute timer. Write non-stop what comes into your mind — no editing, no crossing out, hand moving.
- After the 10 minutes, pick one sentence or phrase that surprised you. Write a paragraph expanding it: what does it hint at?
- In the meeting, each person shares the surprising sentence and how it felt.
5 attendees- •Online
Writing Down the Bones Book Club, Chapter Two Session
OnlineWelcome to Writing Down the Bones — not just a book, but a quiet revolution in how we approach writing, creativity, and ourselves.
Natalie Goldberg wrote this book as a kind of permission slip. She reminds us that writing isn’t about waiting for brilliance — it’s about showing up, pen in hand, and trusting what comes through. She blends Zen practice with the craft of writing, urging us to let the words move like breath: steady, unfiltered, alive.
In this book, there are no rules, only invitations. Goldberg teaches that writing is a form of meditation, an act of being present. The goal isn’t a perfect sentence; it’s honesty on the page. Each chapter offers short reflections that help us loosen our grip on perfectionism and reconnect with the pure joy of expression — even when what spills out is messy, strange, or raw.
As we read together, think of this club as your practice space — a dojo for the creative spirit. We’ll experiment with Goldberg’s prompts, challenge our inner critics, and learn to trust our wild, unedited voices.
Let’s write like it matters, because it does — not for publication or applause, but for the simple truth that putting words on paper changes us.
So take a breath. Pick up your pen. Let’s get to the bones of it.
### Chapter/Theme 2: Composting
Summary: The idea that experiences need time to settle and ferment (like compost) before they become usable writing. Shannon Turlington+1
Exercise:
- Think of an experience from 6-12 months ago that still “feels unresolved” for you. Write for 15 minutes about just details: sights, smells, textures, emotions — no story or judgment, just the raw stuff.
- Then write a second 5-minute burst: “What might this mean now?”
- In discussion: share how the delay (time since the event) changes the way you write about it.
2 attendees
Past events
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