Fit Associates LLC

Last call for Creativity Practice x6

“We are what we practice.”

The idea of these sessions is that we can find practices that help us each move toward new patterns for ourselves. We can practice into ways of moving through our days, weeks, and projects that are more like how we want to be as a creative person.

One of our first inputs is the semi-famous piece by Ng’ethe Maina and Stacey Haines, “The transformative power of practice." Here are a couple of quotes.

“Each time we do the practice, we're spending that moment of time interrupting the old habits and living the new pattern that we seek to put into place. Literally as we practice... we're creating new neuronal pathways in the brain and new muscle memory in the body. So we want to ask ourselves, what is it that I want to be practicing? And take this question seriously.”

“Practice is transformative because you begin to embody new ways of being. Through repetition, what was a new practice becomes natural, easy. A new habit. ...We are what we practice.”

Initial announcement and registration
https://marcrettig.me/creativity-practice-x6/

Thoughts about our themes
https://marcrettig.me/creativity-themes/

Frequently-asked questions
https://marcrettig.me/creativity-practice-faq/

Starting in January, I'm hosting a practice group called "Creativity Practice x6." (x6 because, you know, there are six sessions.)

Conversations about it have turned up enough "huh" for an FAQ.

- Is this a course? If it's not a class, what is it?

- Does that mean no lessons or lectures? What am I getting for my $?

- Is this an art thing? Is it learning to draw or write?

- (Variations) I’m hungry for / afraid of a soulful experience. I seek to be stretched / I avoid discomfort. What can you say about that?

- Geez it kind of feels like a lot of money. Just sayin.

https://marcrettig.me/creativity-practice-faq

Open House! Curious about the Adaptive Space Learning Group? Join us next Tuesday at Noon US Eastern for meet-and-greet. Hear from the organizers, ask questions, meet folks.

https://eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=130979474133

https://adaptivespacelearninggroup.wordpress.com

Consider joining this warm and courageous gathering.

Announcing the Adaptive Space Learning Group. -centered (open to others) gathering of people who shape & lead social change. Not a class, but mutual grappling with complex questions and beautiful challenges. Application deadline Dec. 15! https://bit.ly/learningGroup

Tomorrow: second in the Cultivating Grounded Presence series with
Hannah du Plessis and Laurnie Wilson. Conversation and practice in simple, calming, helpful exercises. Details and free registration here: http://bit.ly/groundedPresence.

Newsletter #9 is out! https://ckarchive.com/b/zlughnhp6ope
- An invitation to Pittsburgh social change-makers
- The challenges we engaged in 2019
- du Plessis on community meetings that aren't

Newsletter archive is here, friends: http://fitassociates.com/newsletter/

Working in social change in ? Let's have lunch, Conversation Cafe style. Meet peers & help set priorities for prototyping efforts starting this Fall. First in a series of three in collaboration with the U.Lab hub at Pitt.

Join us!

Description on our site: http://www.fitassociates.com/blog/listening-series/

Eventbrite -- free registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-and-listen-series-part-1-pitts-homewood-cec-tickets-93187860399

It's been a while...
Newsletter Issue #8 is here!
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Liberated Life course in Pittsburgh

School of Visual Arts features the "Fundamentals of Design for Social Innovation" course on their blog

A raft of articles on medium.com from Marc and Hannah

ALL BACK ISSUES (and subscription): http://www.fitassociates.com/newsletter/

DIRECT LINK TO ISSUE #8
https://ckarchive.com/b/o8ukhqhrowp4