Kate Houlihan

August’s global CreativeMornings theme CRITICAL will be discussed by Naomi Duckworth, Creative Director at M/H on Friday the 26th.

Our musical guest with be Poet Hawkins.

Join us for Cuvée Coffee & breakfast tacos.

Say thanks to our argodesign.

We’ll be meeting at Bakery Agency.

Register to get your free ticket here.

Hone you feed with the hashtags #CMcritical & #CMATX

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Our global theme for August is CRITICAL. It was chosen by our Calgary chapter, illustrated by Maedeh Mosaverzadeh, and is presented by Mailchimp.

Hone you feed with the hashtags #CMcritical & #CMATX

To be critical means to be like a sieve, dividing and separating. Our critical abilities allows us to discern the insubstantial from the made-to-last, the credible from the untrustworthy, the sincere from the ego-driven. We do so by gathering more information, seeking nuance, and locating something in its specific context.

Critical feedback is essential for our growth. Poet Adrienne Rich advises, “Responsibility to yourself means seeking out criticism, recognizing that the most affirming thing anyone can do for your is demand that you push yourself further.”

But being needlessly critical — especially of ourselves — can stifle the creative impulse. Few are as harsh as our own internal critic. How can we hone our perception, spotting what needs to evolve, without becoming ruthless? How can we remain astute while not losing sight of all that is inherently good and whole? It’s critical.

July’s global CreativeMornings theme SPIRITUALITY will be discussed by Gemma Parmar on Friday the 29th.

Join us for  Cuvée Coffee & breakfast tacos.

Our musical guest with be Urban Heat.

We’ll be meeting at the offices of our partner argo design.

Register to get your free ticket here.

And bring some spirit to your feed with the hashtags #CMspirituality & #CMATX

Our global theme for July is SPIRITUALITY. It was chosen by our Jeddah chapter and illustrated by Bayan Yasien.

Take your social feed to a higher state of being with the hashtags #CMspirituality & #CMATX

Spirituality is the search for our deepest values and meanings, something that touches us all. It is our yearning to peel back the curtain on the world we can see. The word comes from the Latin spiritualis, meaning “of breath, wind, and air.” It comes so naturally it might as well be breathing.

Spirituality can be found in meditation, in science, in holy spaces, in music, in community. We locate the sacred in the stars that guide us home, our capacity to love both kin and stranger, the divine that gathers in the kitchen dustpans and the forest groves lit by fireflies.

Through spiritual practice — be it by prayer mat or paint brush, microscope or movement — we seek answers to the eternal questions: How should a person be? How might we find meaning in the mundane, and purpose through great pain? How can we repair the world?

June’s global CreativeMornings theme WILDERNESS will be discussed by Nate Spees, Partner & CEO of Grizzly, on Friday the 24th.

We’ll be meeting live-and-in-person at Trudy’s Del Mar on South Congress.

Registration is open now, so get your free ticket here.  

And let your feed run wild with the hashtags #CMwilderness & #CMATX

Our global theme for June is WILDERNESS. It was chosen by our Chattanooga chapter and illustrated by Hollie Chastain. 

Let your feed run wild with the hashtags #CMwilderness & #CMATX.

We travel to the edges of our known world — to wander, to lose ourselves, to commune with the wilderness. Dappled light dripping in through the forest canopy, insects buzzing as feet squelch through wetlands, inhaling the hot dry air and endless skies of desert, we long for this. Some of us seek enchantment and estrangement here. Some of us call it home.

We do not exist apart or separate from the wild. In her meditation on trees, poet Grace Paley writes, “we are like any greengrowing machinery / riding the daylight route / into darkness.” The wilderness lives within all of us, the rhythms of our bodies tethering us to the natural world.

What is the wilderness that calls you home? Where do you go to wander? How do you honor what is wild and unruly inside of you?

May’s global theme NOW will be discussed by Kate Winkler Dawson on Friday the 20th.

We’ll be meeting live-and-in-person under The Star at Indeed Tower thanks to our partner Kilroy Realty.

Thanks also to our partner The Ampersand Agency.

Join us for Cuvée Coffee, breakfast tacos, and live music!  

Registration is open now, so get your free ticket here.  

The hashtags to start using now are #CMnow & #CMATX

Our global theme for May is NOW. It was chosen by our Buffalo chapter, illustrated by Mizin Shin and is presented by Mailchimp. 

The hashtags to start using now are #CMnow & #CMATX.

These days, the “nows” hurry past us, shoved aside by the “next” — the urgent to-do’s, the latest breaking news. Constantly anticipating and staging for our future decimates our experience of the present. Our “now” vanishes, like water flowing through our fingertips.

We cannot keep time from spilling out of our hands and into the soft earth below. It is not our task to master the present, but to savor it. To pause. Go still. Feel the air on the back of our necks, sit in both discomfort and pleasure, and marvel in the radiance of the present moment. So that we may, in the poet William Blake’s words, “Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.” For all we ever have is now.

April’s global theme KISMET will be discussed by Cecily Sailer, a creative coach and founder of Typewriter Tarot, on the 29th.

Join us for breakfast tacos, coffee, and face-to-face connections, thanks to our partners this month: Freestyle Languages and Kilroy Realty - and our beverage partner: Cuvée Coffee. 

We’ll be meeting live-and-in-person under The Star at Indeed Tower. 

This the second of three months in a row that Kilroy is hosting our community for what we’re calling our “Spring Star Series.”

They’re also validating parking! Enter the Indeed Tower garage on Colorado Street.

Registration opens on Monday, April 25th at 11:00 a.m. at this link, so set an alarm to be ready to snag your free ticket!

Share your fate with the hashtags #CMkismet & #CMATX.