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Creativity Matters
September 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Building Belonging
September’s Creativity Matters theme is “Building Belonging.” Together, we’ll explore how creativity helps us feel at home within ourselves and connect more deeply with others. Belonging invites us to show up as our full selves, share our stories, and create connections that nurture both self-understanding and community.
Project Options
We will have supplies for Project Options B, D, and E from the monthly Creativity Matters packet*:
- The Selves You Allow to Belong and the Selves You Don’t: Use the medium of your choice to creatively represent the parts of your personality you’ve welcomed in, as well as the parts you’ve kept at bay, ignored, or hidden. This exercise is less about “getting it right” and more about practicing self-compassion and recognizing the aspects of yourself that could use a little more acceptance and care.
- An Article of Clothing That You Belonged To: Clothes we belong to are the ones that help us hold close the sweet and special times of our lives. Choose a piece of clothing from your past that you belonged to, and use the medium of your choice to bring it back to life, capturing the feelings, colors, and moments it represents.
- The Places Where We Experience Sacred Belonging: We all have special places where the world feels sacred and we experience a sense of belonging and connection. For this exercise, you’re invited to create your own piece, inspired by Taylor’s “placemaking” series of circular watercolors with hand-drawn elements. You can follow her approach or use it as inspiration to find a color scheme and include details that capture not just the place itself, but the feeling of connection it gave you.
*Don’t have a copy of this month’s Creativity Matters guide? Sign up to be part of the mailing list or reach out to our Director of Religious Education for a copy!
What is Creativity Matters?
Creativity Matters is a drop-in small group for teens and adults to slow down, connect, and explore monthly spiritual themes together through art and imagination.
It’s less about skill and more about play, allowing intuition, reflection, and creativity to guide us. Think of it as a gentle space where your right brain gets to dance with your left.
Each gathering offers time for sharing, creating, and simply being together. No experience is needed. Just bring your curiosity and a playful spirit.
