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SUMMARY:Institute Intensive | The Creative Myth
DESCRIPTION:A four-week invitation to rediscover your creativity.\nREGISTER NOW \nCreativity is not reserved for artists. It is part of what makes us human: the ability to imagine what is not yet here\, to see possibility where others see limitation\, to make connections\, to play\, to experiment\, and to bring something new into the world. \nAnd yet\, somewhere along the way\, many of us lose touch with it. \nWork gets busy. Responsibilities accumulate. Creativity becomes something we associate with artists\, musicians\, writers\, or people who have the luxury of making things “just for fun.” Or\, for those who once created regularly\, creativity can become entangled with performance\, productivity\, commerce\, and the pressure to make something good. \nThis four-week experience is an invitation to step out of those assumptions. \nLed by Mason Ingram\, you’ll explore creativity not as a talent you either have or don’t have\, but as a capacity that can be awakened\, practiced\, and strengthened. The goal is not to turn you into an artist\, but to help you become more alive to the creative capacity already within you. \n\n\n\nThe Experience\nThis program will run as two separate cohorts\, one in the fall and one in the winter. Both explore creativity through four weeks of guided practice\, experimentation\, and reflection\, but the cohorts begin from different places: \nCohort 1 (October 2026)\nFor those looking to discover or unearth their creativity. \nCohort 2 (February 2027)\nFor creatives looking to reconnect with a creative life that has become stuck\, sidelined\, or overly shaped by productivity and commerce. \nEach cohort meets weekly over 4 weeks for a guided session with Mason\, combining conversation\, teaching\, creative exercises\, experimentation\, and reflection. You’ll also be invited to practice between sessions\, but this isn’t homework in the traditional sense. The practices are intentionally manageable\, designed to create a rhythm that makes room for something you may have been missing. \nAll are welcome to participate in both cohorts\, or you may find greater resonance with one over the other. \n\nTwo Cohorts\, Two Different Invitations\n\n\n\nCOHORT 1: For the person who might not think of themselves as creative\nYou may have spent years telling yourself\, “I’m just not a creative person.” Maybe creativity feels like something other people possess but not you\, or maybe you simply haven’t made space for it in a long time. This cohort begins by challenging that myth. \nOver four weeks\, we’ll explore how you are already creative\, why creativity is vital to every human\, and how to cultivate a personal creative practice without making it another demanding project on your list. \nYou’ll experiment with different forms of creativity through simple exercises that are designed to be accessible\, enjoyable\, and immediately useful. We’ll move from discovering your creative capacity\, to practicing it\, to taking the small but courageous step of sharing what you’ve made with others. \nThis cohort is primarily for: \n\nProfessionals who want to access more imagination in their work and life\nPeople who feel creatively curious but don’t know where to begin\nThose who want a creative practice without taking on another major commitment\nAnyone who wants to recover a sense of play\, experimentation\, and possibility\n\nExercises may include \n\nCollage drawing\nKinesthetic building exercises\nThe 30 Uses exercise for lateral thinking\nProblem solving with the SCAMPER method\nParatactic prose and stream-of-consciousness writing\nQuick and easy music creation\n\nWhat you’ll walk away with: A practical guide to creative habit formation without years of lessons\, new equipment\, and hours of YouTube tutorials. Just simple practices for making room for creativity in the midst of an already full life. \n\n\n\nCOHORT 2: For the creative who feels stuck\nYou know you’re creative. You may have made things for years. You may have built a career around creativity. Or you may simply remember a version of yourself who felt freer\, more playful\, and more alive in the act of making. But somewhere along the way\, that part of you became harder to access. Maybe creativity became your job\, maybe you became responsible for managing other people’s creativity. Maybe the pressures of work\, family\, and life gradually crowded out the practices that once gave you energy. Or maybe the voice of self-criticism simply got louder. \nThis cohort is an invitation to reconnect with that creative part of yourself\, not by trying harder but by approaching creativity differently. \nTogether\, we’ll explore how to separate creativity from the obligation to produce\, perform\, or make money. We’ll experiment with different creative practices\, pay attention to what awakens a sense of flow\, and gently examine the self-criticism that can make creating feel risky. \nThe aim is not to recover some idealized version of who you used to be\, but to discover what creativity might look like in the season of life you’re actually living now. \nThis cohort is primarily for: \n\nPeople who used to create regularly but have lost the practice\nCreative professionals experiencing burnout or creative fatigue\nPeople whose creative work has become primarily commercial\nLeaders and managers who spend their days facilitating other people’s creativity\nAnyone who senses that a more playful\, generative part of themselves has been set aside\n\nExercises may include \n\nPurpose mapping\nInner-critic / self-compassion letter\nThe 30 Uses exercise for lateral thinking\nProblem solving with the SCAMPER method\nParatactic prose and stream-of-consciousness writing\nPerspective writing\n\nWhat you’ll walk away with: A guide to connecting with a part of you that felt more free in your creativity.  You’ll leave with practices for reconnecting with creativity\, loosening the grip of self-criticism\, and making space for creative work that isn’t immediately beholden to productivity or commerce. The hope isn’t simply that you make more things\, it’s that you recover some of the aliveness that made creating matter in the first place. \n\n\n\n\n\nDates & Registration\nCohort 1 – October 5\, 12\, 19\, 26 (2026) – For those looking to discover or unearth their creativity. \nMonday evenings\, 7:30-9p ET via Zoom \nCohort 2 – February 1\, 8\, 22 and March 1 (2027) – For creatives looking to reconnect with a creative life that has become stuck\, sidelined\, or overly shaped by productivity and commerce. \nMonday evenings\, 7:30-9p ET via Zoom \n✦✦✦ \nCost: Choose your Tier – A Pricing Model Rooted in Generosity & Relationship \nAt Goldenwood\, we believe in a gift economy—where our work and giving is not transactional but part of a relational and generative system. Like a root network\, where some trees bear more fruit in one season and others in another\, this pricing approach allows for a shared ecosystem of flourishing—some contribute more so that others may receive\, and all are sustained together.\nOur tiered pricing model reflects this\, allowing participants to contribute at a level that aligns with their capacity while supporting the mission to see work revived by love. We invite you to participate in a way that reflects your own season and capacity.\n  \n1. Full Value (Sustainable Tier) – $200 per 4-week Cohort\nReflects the true value while balancing affordability\, including the unseen work that makes this a meaningful and transformative experience. Includes all virtual sessions\, exercises\, and access to your coach. \n2. Covering Costs (Supported Tier) – $150 per 4-week Cohort\nCovers only the essentials\, ensuring the program is financially viable. Includes all virtual sessions\, exercises\, and access to your coach. \n3. Generative Giving – $250+ per 4-week Cohort\nGoes beyond covering costs\, helping make our programs accessible to others and investing in the long-term flourishing of this work. Includes all virtual sessions\, exercises\, and access to your coach. \nREGISTER NOW \n\n\n\nMeet Your Guide\n \nMason Ingram has spent his working life inside the creative process\, learning what makes it move and what makes it stall. Those years brought him to a place where he wants to guide others in discovering their own creative ability and process. His approach comes from working across different creative forms in the music industry\, where he learned that creativity is rarely about waiting for inspiration. It’s about building the habits\, attention\, and technical footing that let inspiration show up. \nThat belief comes directly from his career as a drummer\, composer\, and producer\, one that has taken him from recording studios and Broadway stages to composing wellness-focused ambient music\, and that has meant constantly translating between structure and openness: the discipline of keeping time and the freedom of letting a piece breathe. \n  \n\n\n\nWhy This Matters\nWe often treat creativity as a specialized skill. But creativity is woven into ordinary human life. We use it when we solve a problem no one has solved before\, when we imagine a different future\, when we make something beautiful\, when we find a new way to communicate\, when we respond to a difficult situation with wisdom rather than habit. \nTo cultivate creativity\, then\, is not simply to become better at making things. It is to become more attentive to possibility. \nGoldenwood’s work begins from the conviction that work at its best is creative\, relational\, and redemptive. The practices we cultivate shape how we perceive the world and how we participate in it. This experience creates a small\, intentional space to practice that kind of attention. \nYou don’t need to arrive with a portfolio\, call yourself a creative\, or know what you’re doing. You simply need some curiosity and a willingness to try.
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SUMMARY:Institute Retreat | "Beauty x Justice: Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage" with Makoto and Haejin Fujimura
DESCRIPTION:What if the pursuit of justice requires more than activism? What if it also requires beauty? \nJoin us this December for a reflective retreat led by Goldenwood Institute Deans Makoto and Haejin Fujimura\, exploring the deep connection between beauty\, justice\, faith\, and the work of cultural renewal. Drawing from stories of their global work in the arts and advocacy\, and from their book Beauty x Justice\, they will invite us to consider how beauty can sustain us in the slow work of restoration. \nTogether\, we’ll explore how gratitude and generosity can keep our hearts open\, why justice without beauty can become harsh\, and what it looks like to cultivate a generative life\, one that courageously participates in God’s work of making all things new. \nThis will be a space to slow down\, encounter beauty\, share stories\, and imagine new ways of living and serving that are not only faithful and just\, but deeply life-giving. \n \n________\nDetails: \nWeekend Schedule: (more details to come)\n \n\nFriday December 4\, 7:30p-9:30p\nSaturday December 5\, 9:00a-9:00p\nSunday December 6\, 9:00a-1:00p\n\nLocation: Princeton\, NJ (exact address provided after registration) \nCost: Choose your Tier – A Pricing Model Rooted in Generosity & Relationship \nAt Goldenwood\, we believe in a gift economy—where our work and giving is not transactional but part of a relational and generative system. Like a root network\, where some trees bear more fruit in one season and others in another\, this pricing approach allows for a shared ecosystem of flourishing—some contribute more so that others may receive\, and all are sustained together.\nOur tiered pricing model reflects this\, allowing participants to contribute at a level that aligns with their capacity while supporting the mission to see work revived by love. We invite you to participate in a way that reflects your own season and capacity.\n1. Full Value (Sustainable Tier) – $1000 + accommodations\nReflects the true cost and value—while balancing affordability—including the unseen work that makes this a meaningful and transformative experience. Includes several meals\, retreat sessions\, & materials. Does not include lodging; see info below. \n2. Covering Costs (Supported Tier) – $850 + accommodations\nCovers only the essentials—venues\, facilitators\, meals\, materials—ensuring the program is financially viable. Includes several meals\, retreat sessions\, & materials. Does not include lodging; see info below. \n3. Generative Giving – $1250 (or choose amount) + accommodations\nGoes beyond covering costs\, helping make our programs accessible to others and investing in the long-term flourishing of this work. Includes several meals\, retreat sessions\, & materials. Does not include lodging; see info below. \n  \nLodging: Your retreat registration includes several of the group meals and all retreat materials\, but does not include lodging. We have a room block reserved at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Erdman Center\, details provided at registration for your selection. \nREGISTER NOW \nSpace is limited for this retreat. Registration will close once at capacity.\n \n________ \nAbout your Guides: \nMakoto Fujimura\, Dean of Nature for the Goldenwood Institute\, is an internationally renowned painter\, cultural thought leader\, and author whose work sits at the intersection of art\, faith\, and nature. An influential voice in both the art world and the broader cultural landscape\, Makoto has authored several acclaimed books\, including Art+Faith: A Theology of Making\, Silence and Beauty\, and Refractions: A Journey of Faith\, Art\, and Culture. Through his writings and paintings\, he invites readers and viewers alike to explore the profound connections between creativity\, spirituality\, culture\, and the natural world. \nAs a leading practitioner of Nihonga\, an ancient Japanese painting technique that uses natural materials such as minerals\, gold\, and silver\, Makoto’s work is deeply informed by his reverence for nature. His art captures the intricate beauty of creation\, drawing attention to the subtle details of the natural world and offering a meditative space to reflect on life’s deeper meanings. \nBeyond his contributions as an artist\, Makoto is a cultural thought leader who speaks passionately about the role of creativity in society. His work challenges contemporary notions of utility and productivity\, advocating instead for a culture that values beauty\, contemplation\, and the nurturing of the human spirit. As the founder of the Fujimura Institute\, IAM Culture Care\, and a former Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts\, Makoto has influenced a wide array of disciplines\, from education to public policy\, with his vision of cultural renewal through the arts. \n  \n \nHaejin Shim Fujimura\, Dean of Justice for the Goldenwood Institute\, is a lawyer\, entrepreneur\, speaker\, and strategist whose work bridges justice\, beauty\, and cultural transformation. \nShe is the founding attorney of Shim & Associates\, a law firm rooted in cultural renewal\, and the CEO and cofounder of Embers International\, a global NGO working to end intergenerational exploitation and prevent human trafficking. Fujimura is also the creator of the Estuary\, an innovative vocational ecosystem where law\, art\, advocacy\, and business converge for culture care. \nHer entrepreneurial ventures include Culture Care Creative\, Academy Kintsugi\, and Fujimura Institute. She has served as an Equity in Action Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania with her husband Makoto Fujimura. \n  \n 
URL:https://goldenwoodnyc.org/event/beauty-justice-creating-a-life-with-makoto-and-haejin-fujimura/
LOCATION:Princeton\, NJ\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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