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You do not have to be an artist to benefit from a Creative Life Practice
You do not have to be an artist to benefit from a Creative Life Practice
What is Creative Life Practice ?
What is Creative Life Practice ?
Creative Life Practice (CLP)™
Creative Life Practice (CLP)™
is the practice of creating your life
is the practice of creating your life
using the creative process.
using the creative process.
CLP offers the principles for creative, personal & professional actualization, and transformation, with practical benefits
CLP offers the principles for creative, personal & professional actualization, and transformation, with practical benefits
and applications.
and applications.
All workshops are led by
All workshops are led by
CLP Founder & Master Teacher,
CLP Founder & Master Teacher,
Gia Forakis
Gia Forakis
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"Creativity is something we employ
in the manifestation of all our endeavors."
- Gia Forakis
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"Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of being.”
- John Cleese
The aim of CLP is to enrich our lives by reinvigorating our capacity for possibility and strengthening our encounters with aliveness and joy.
The aim of CLP is to enrich our lives by reinvigorating our capacity for possibility and strengthening our encounters with aliveness and joy.
CLP workshops offer participants an understanding of where they stand in relationship to their individual potential for the creation of their life as an ongoing practice.
CLP workshops offer participants an understanding of where they stand in relationship to their individual potential for the creation of their life as an ongoing practice.
Photos by Stephanie Shayne
The CLP curriculum is built upon an investigation of the Six Aspects for Creativity™ as applied through the One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA)™ technique of incremental thought and action.
The CLP curriculum is built upon an investigation of the Six Aspects for Creativity™ as applied through the One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA)™ technique of incremental thought and action.
The Six Aspects for Creativity are the tools and principles for creative actualization, manifestation and transformation.
The Six Aspects for Creativity are the tools and principles for creative actualization, manifestation and transformation.
Photos by Stephanie Shayne
"You could say that OTOA CLP is a course of study for creative actualization.
What I have found in my own practice is that CLP is like a light switch for Enrichment & Joy."
- Gia Forakis
Creative Life Practice is a course of study in how to create synthesis and a sustainable sense of fulfillment in our daily life practice.
The benefits include a path for enriching your life and discovering a more engaging sense of purpose.
The focus of CLP teaching is to identify the seemingly intangible and mystical characteristics that are associated with "creativity", discover our relationship with them , and learn how to apply them in our personal and professional lives so that we may bring transformation and actualization in the service of our true nature.
"Creativity is not magic.
It is life lived in Connection with Your True Nature."
- Gia Forakis
CLP is based upon the principles of the OTOA Technique, and intended to bring a richer engagement with the present as a path for a building a more abundant, rewarding ,and fulfilling future.
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What to expect from an CLP Seminar, Class, Intensive or Workshop?
What to expect from an CLP Seminar, Class, Intensive or Workshop?
Class participation includes: individual and group exercises, writing, ritual, craft making , observation, and dialogue.
Exercises are followed by class discussion and exchange.
Before each workshop, participants prepare a pre-class assignment. It is advised that you set aside a minumum of 30 minutes for the assignments-- which are usually personal responses written in contemplation to the prompts given by Gia, and completed before the day of the workshop.
If the workshop is in-person (rather than on Zoom) more creative group activities, art and craft tasks, and/or physical movement may be encouraged, but nothing strenuous or beyond the capacity of the participant’s abilities or level of comfort.
“It's the caliber of our questions, followed by the dedication of our inquiry, that charts our path through life”
- Gia Forakis
The 6 Aspects for Creativity™
The 6 Aspects for Creativity™
Gratitude / Generosity
Gratitude / Generosity
Nature / Purpose
Nature / Purpose
Observation / Receptivity
Observation / Receptivity
Vision / Quest
Vision / Quest
Technique / Discipline
Technique / Discipline
Time / Space
Time / Space
The 6 Aspects for Creativity are the tools we employ in the process of every one of our project, and all aspects of our life.
The 6 Aspects for Creativity are the tools we employ in the process of every one of our project, and all aspects of our life.
The 6 Aspects for Creativity are built around the Core Principle of Connection
The 6 Aspects for Creativity are built around the Core Principle of Connection
Connection is the core of our most primary motivation.
Connection is the core of our most primary motivation.
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" Gia's [Creative Life Practice] classes have been more helpful and enlightening than I could have even imagined, and I find myself using the tools and thoughts you shared with us, daily"
~ Karissa Lang, Artist, Healer, Brooklyn, NY
***CLP Curriculum Formats
CLP Curriculum Formats
The Monthly Monday Series are 90-minute Creative Life Practice workshop held once a month on ZOOM , and explore the principles for creating the practice of your life using the creative process. CLICK HERE for registration.
In-Person CLP Workshops provide participants with an investigation of CLP's 6 Aspects of Creativity & The Core Principle. Each class is uniquely designed to focus on building a deeper connection with one single aspect through writing, dialogue, ritual, and the principles of One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA). See our SCHEDULE PAGE
If you desire a more personal and individualized focus, such as addressing a private concern, a personal goal, a professional project, a professional roadblock, or tif you're looking for support to make comprehensive changes in one or more areas of your life. these are all good ways to make use of OTOA CLP Private Coaching, which can be tailored to address your, needs, goals, schedule and budget. You do not need to have participated in any of the group CLP offerings to become a Private Coaching client. See our PRIVATE CLP LIFE COACHING PAGE
When our schedule and location doesn't match your schedule or geography: You may want to consider bringing an OTOA Creative Life Practice Seminar to your company, institution, classroom, community, business, or private gathering. This option can be tailored to address your, needs, goals, schedule and budget. Proposals for scheduling your own seminar should be submitted 4-8 weeks in advance of your intended date. To explore this option contact visit the CUSTOM WORKSHOPS page.
THEATER AS CREATIVE LIFE PRACTICE
THEATER AS CREATIVE LIFE PRACTICE
This workshop focuses on the life practice of the theater artists off of the stage and outside of the rehearsal room. In traditional acting classes and theater training programs, the primary and necessary focus is on the craft of the actor and the business of the performing arts. What is not often addressed is how to live a fulfilling creative life before, during, and after each project. With or without a production, the individual theater artist requires on-going enrichment of their creative life that brings a quality of fulfillment no matter what theater project they are doing and no matter what job they are doing to earn a living. MORE INFORMATION TO COME
THE CLP 6-WEEK CLASS
THE CLP 6-WEEK CLASS
This format, which meets on one evening each week, for 4 hours, over 6 consecutive weeks, is intended for a deeper investigation into CLP's 6 Aspects for Creative Influence, through weekly creative assignments that engage the participant in an investigation and application of one Aspect of Creative Influence each week. MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
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Proprietary: The Six Aspects for Creativity, Core Principle, and the OTOA CLP Mandala™ are proprietary reference tools.
I kindly ask that you do not share them in any format (not as text, a hard copy, nor as digital media).
I make this information available to OTOA CLP workshop participants, students, and private OTOA CLP life coaching clients for their personal use only.
~ My gratitude for your understanding
~ My gratitude for your understanding
Gia Forakis. Photos by Bill Bernstein.©
“OTOA is for every human being that needs to get in greater touch with the 'silent' parts of themselves
and be fearless to explore life to its fullest, moment to moment.”
- Tony Naumovski, Actor, NYC
- Tony Naumovski, Actor, NYC
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Gia explains the origins of OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)...
Gia explains the origins of OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)...
How did OTOA grow from a Performance Technique
How did OTOA grow from a Performance Technique
into a curriculum for Creative Life Practice?
into a curriculum for Creative Life Practice?
As a theater director and playwright, I developed and founded the One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA)™ performance technique over 20 years ago. It is the organizing principle and for my work in the rehearsal room, the class room, and on the stage.
As a theater director and playwright, I developed and founded the One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA)™ performance technique over 20 years ago. It is the organizing principle and for my work in the rehearsal room, the class room, and on the stage.
Along the way it became clear to me that the same principles that bring clarity and enrichment to the staged event through the practice of OTOA are equally as meaningful when applied to our individual personal, professional, and creative growth off the stage.
Along the way it became clear to me that the same principles that bring clarity and enrichment to the staged event through the practice of OTOA are equally as meaningful when applied to our individual personal, professional, and creative growth off the stage.
By applying those same principles of the OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™ to the practice of my daily life I discovered personal, professional, and creative benefits with wide ranging results, such as: specificity, clarity, a sense of ease and purpose, being more efficient and aligned with my goals and objectives, as well as a new sense of confidence.
By applying those same principles of the OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™ to the practice of my daily life I discovered personal, professional, and creative benefits with wide ranging results, such as: specificity, clarity, a sense of ease and purpose, being more efficient and aligned with my goals and objectives, as well as a new sense of confidence.
By implementing the primary principle of OTOA,
By implementing the primary principle of OTOA,
"identifying smaller increments of thought as smaller moments of physical action,"
"identifying smaller increments of thought as smaller moments of physical action,"
to my daily activities I was expanding the creative process into all areas of my life. In other words, I began treating my life as if it were a creative project.
to my daily activities I was expanding the creative process into all areas of my life. In other words, I began treating my life as if it were a creative project.
Eventually, OTOA became not only a technique, but it evolved into my own personal daily life practice where the benefits of the technique came to benefit my professional, personal and creative life that brought specificity, a more vivid and dynamic sense of self, greater clarity of thought and action, as well as clearly defined objectives, and increased confidence.
Eventually, OTOA became not only a technique, but it evolved into my own personal daily life practice where the benefits of the technique came to benefit my professional, personal and creative life that brought specificity, a more vivid and dynamic sense of self, greater clarity of thought and action, as well as clearly defined objectives, and increased confidence.
Once it became my daily life practice, I began to observe how my own creative process was led by a system of six essential tools (or creative aspects) that organized and supported all my endeavors, whether they were a creative project, a professional activity, a personal event, or encounter.
Once it became my daily life practice, I began to observe how my own creative process was led by a system of six essential tools (or creative aspects) that organized and supported all my endeavors, whether they were a creative project, a professional activity, a personal event, or encounter.
By combining the principles of OTOA with the clarity of these six aspects of the creative process into my own daily practice I saw how others --both artists and NON-artists alike—can benefit from applying the creative process to their lives as a Creative Life Practice.
By combining the principles of OTOA with the clarity of these six aspects of the creative process into my own daily practice I saw how others --both artists and NON-artists alike—can benefit from applying the creative process to their lives as a Creative Life Practice.
It was with this intention that I developed the curriculum of OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)™ and The 6 Aspects for Creativity™.
It was with this intention that I developed the curriculum of OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)™ and The 6 Aspects for Creativity™.
OTOA Creative Life Practice is the Practice of Creating our Lives
OTOA Creative Life Practice is the Practice of Creating our Lives
Using the Creative Process.
Using the Creative Process.
Thank you for your interest and for embarking on the practice of creating of your life.
Thank you for your interest and for embarking on the practice of creating of your life.
- Gia Forakis,
OTOA & CLP Founder & Master Teacher
Brooklyn, NY USA, 2018
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