A Study in Permeability
Recorded Lecture & Workshop Series
Facilitated by Alma In a series of three workshop sessions, we'll circle around the notion of permeability as it relates to creativity and the creative psyche. We shall wander across discipline, time, perspective, and medium with the intention to enter into somewhere or something beyond, one that expands our notions of being and seeing—a beyond which is primarily creative. With embodied presence, we’ll explore how we participate in our creative unfolding by way of relation, juxtaposition, and the play of image.
At the center of this series is play, a function through which we discover the delight of something new and unknown. Through play, we enter into the realm of creative imagination, a world that also asks to enter into and inhabit us.
Cost $115In this workshop series
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Explore the creative psyche and creative practice as a process of interplay between conscious and unconscious, material and the subtle, imagination and reason.
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Explore between space as the fertile realm of image and creative inspiration.
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Do transdisciplinary practice—drawing, weaving, and making connections between the arts, depth & archetypal psychology, alchemy, theoretical physics, and erotic ecology.
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Discover the mythological and psychological value of the Muses, born of Memory, and how to draw upon their threads of inspiration.
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Learn and practice Jungian-informed, guided active imagination to bring conscious and unconscious realms into relay.
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Engage with prompts to illuminate imaginative middle space where creativity emerges.
What’s inside
Module 1: The Imaginal Other
In our first session, we explore the value of softening the edges of our known world to create a porousness that allows something other—something alive and imaginal—to enter and shape us. We look at the interplay between self and image, asking what it means to be worked over by the creative impulse.
Here we get a sense for the importance of permeability—how easing the divide between the known and unknown parts of us allows us to evolve creatively.
In practice, you’ll be introduced to a form of Jungian active imagination to illuminate your inner world and your relationship to creativity.
Module 2: Muse, Memory & Desire
In this session, we look to the idea of the muse as source of inspiration. We look to inspiration and its relationship with the inflow and outflow of breath. We examine the Classical image of the Muses from the lens of the poets Sappho, Pindar, and Hesiod and their link to Mnemosyne, or Memory. We inquire, what does creation have to do with remembrance?
We traverse the ideas of erotic ecology, of matter’s constant reformulation by touch. We consider the erotic nature of inspiration—the gravitational pull toward aliveness and form. We consider desire not only as longing, but as movement toward encounter.
In practice, we open to the muse through guided imagination, inviting her presence as both inner knowing and outer echo.
Module 3: Imagination & Poiesis
In our final session, we explore the creative power of imagination as a bridge between matter and meaning. We turn to the imaginal realm—not as fantasy, but as a subtle and symbolic mode of perception that brings us into relationship with soul.
Examining the imaginative potential of encounter, we arrive at imagination as the “primary creative agency” within the human and a link between matter and spirit. It is that faculty through which the unseen becomes visible, and the unspoken begins to take form. Poetic expression arises not from invention, but from attunement to what already longs to emerge.
In practice, you’ll be invited into imaginal encounter through active imagination, learning how to hold space for what emerges and participate in the unfolding of image into form.
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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This workshop series will have a brief introduction to Jungian-informed active imagination practice. No prior experience with this method is necessary.
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You’ll get the most out of this series by offering spaciousness between each session to allow for integration & interplay of image & idea. Each session will include recommended creative prompts and further reading to deepen your creative inquiry and practice between each session.
The suggested pacing is two weeks between each session, but you may choose to move through the material as quickly or slowly as you like.
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The ideal time to move through this workshop series is six weeks (refer to the note about pace above).
Each module contains up to an hour of recorded content.
You’ll receive recommended creative prompts and further reading to deepen your inquiry between each session. The time you choose to engage in creative practice between each session is up to you. You might set aside a few minutes each day to explore the suggested prompts or you may feel called to reserve an hour or two.
All additional prompts and readings are optional so you can choose how deep to take your research & practice beyond the workshop sessions.
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Whether you have an active creative practice or you are just beginning to explore creativity, you’ll benefit from this exploration.
The creative exercises within the sessions themselves and the prompts recommended in your own time are designed to meet you wherever you are, regardless of experience.
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All content is prerecorded available on demand on the course content page.
It’s recommended to offer up to two weeks between each of the modules to allow for integration & interplay of ideas and to engage creative prompts, but you are welcome to work through it at your own pace.
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Course content will be available for up to one year.