The Art of LOSING CONTROL

An afternoon of creative disobedience. We spend so much of our lives planning, anticipating, evaluating, interpreting, trying to get things right. We know how to behave. We know what’s expected of us. We know how to stay inside the lines. What happens when we let all of that go for an afternoon? Join us for an afternoon of music, movement and creative expression. We'll gently guide you out of your head and into free creative expression, working blindfolded, supported by music, following movement and impulse, and making marks without needing to know where they’re going. Together, we’ll experiment with loosening our grip on getting it right, making it pretty, knowing what it means, or having any fucking idea where we’re going. We’re going to work BIG and get MESSY with charcoal, pastels and tonnes of permission to colour outside the lines. NOT AN ARTIST? Perfect. You don’t need any art-making experience. We’re not here to make “good art.” We’re not, actually, that interested in the finished product at all. We’re interested in what happens when you stop trying to control it. What happens when you make the mark that feels good? When you take up more space? When you follow an impulse without knowing where it’s going? When you notice yourself holding back and get curious about that too? THINGS MIGHT GET WEIRD There will be moments of play. Moments that might feel weird. Moments to slow down and notice what’s happening inside you. There may be things that surprise you. And there will be room for whatever unfolds when a group of people gives themselves permission to move, create, feel and explore. This is somewhere between an art experience, a somatic workshop and a really interesting afternoon. WE GOT YOU? We are Lilian Motta and Savannah Lockie, two women who love to feel. We bring years of experience in somatic psychotherapy, expressive arts, energy work and creating spaces where people feel safe enough to experiment beyond the usual ways they hold themselves together. We believe there is something deeply alive underneath all the ways we manage, control and second-guess ourselves. We’ll bring the structure, the materials and the care. You bring yourself. Come move your body. Come make some shit. Come feel some stuff and see what happens! Wear something comfortable that you can move and get messy in. No art-making experience required. All materials provided.