by Erik op ten Berg
The week after CREA I was asked to conduct a training on Creative Climate for an Advanced Course in Creative Thinking. I decided to apply a new tool we had presented in our Developing Ideas program.
We worked with the finger painting to diverge our “thinking”, with the dance between the visual and verbal language to give meaning to our symbols. Then everybody wrote a poem as a convergency tool to draw out the personal conclusions. All the participants were very excited about this “Approche Sensible”… you can see it in the pictures!
At the end of June we are organizing a CREA-event in Holland were some of the Dutch participants at CREA will deliver a workshop about what them inspired most this year in Sestri Levante. I will write more about that in July.




Commençons par la postulat de Franca : faire chanter des chansons (plutôt difficiles sur un plan technique) à des gens qui ne chantent jamais. Un pari gonflé, mais à CREA ça se tente sans soucis ! Tranquillement campée dans dans ses repères personnels, Franca ouvre ses capteurs, attrape les envies du groupe et propose un chant. Un simple chant qui, sous ses indications à la fois simples et exigeantes, se transforme en chœur… puis en cœur joyeux, synchronisé, uni. Et chacun se surprend à savoir chanter et à y prendre plaisir. Les yeux brillent de joie, la concentration s’intensifie. Le bouquet final est un must : on finit par être capable de chanter en canon (sans se laisser entrainer par les autres voix) avec les membre de son groupe “à distance”.

















If ever you want really creative solutions, not just solving problems, you will need a lot of energy. And if you see your situation only as a problem, it’s as though you try to start a trip with your gas tank empty.
Better Living at CREA: Tips for managing your CREA experience.