Music, Dance, Art with Creativity Alive
Unfurling the Wings Within
SEEN Premiere, April 2023 with Creativity Alive
Healing Journey Series Promo with Creativity Alive 2023
Authentic Movement with Creativity Alive
Upcoming Special Events
Tune in, Sing, Enjoy...
Come be a part of a creative outburst of singing, songwriting, and art-making in our community. Also join the Singing Visions Initiative and Singing Resistance: Boulder
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Wed, Sept 9, Free Community Sing Along with members of Singing Resistance: Boulder in the Labyrinth, 1421 Spruce, 6-7 pm (RSVP through the Singing Resistance Signal Chat which gives you access to full calendar and songbook or to CreativityAliveBoulder@gmail.com if the technology is too much)
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Sept 10, our 2nd Thursday Circle Singing in the Labyrinth, 7-8:30 with Roy Willey facilitating. See details below to register.
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Thurs, Sept 17: Free Community Sing Along with Singing Resistance and members of the First Cong choir, 6-7pm, SW corner of Pine x Broadway. Use the doors facing Pine. (RSVP through the Singing Resistance Signal Chat or to CreativityAliveBoulder@gmail.com.)
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Sat, Sept 19, Free Community Sing Alongs at the Peace Faire 11:30am and 1 pm, likely starting northeast of Farmer's Market and a short Sing Along at the Peace Concert at the Bandshell, likely between 6-7pm. Part of the free, week-long Boulder Builds Peace / Peace Weeks series. For more info >>
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Mon, Sept 21, Candlelit Walk of Peace with Touches of Music through the Peace Garden. Music along the way by Merlyn Holmes, James Marienthal, and David Silver. Free. No RSVP needed. Meet at the Canyon side of the Boulder Public Library, 7 pm. Will likely take around 1/2 hour. Part of the week-long Boulder Builds Peace / Peace Weeks series. For more info >>
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Thurs, Sept 24: Free Community Sing Along and Potluck with members of Singing Resistance: Boulder, 5:30-7 pm. Private address to be shared when you RSVP through the Singing Resistance Signal Chat or to CreativityAliveBoulder@gmail.com
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Sing Along dates in October TBD, likely each Thursday, 6-7pm, leading up to...
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NO KINGS celebration and support for our elections and early voting, Sat. Oct 17. Bring your singing voice and your ballot if you can to drop in a ballot box. Meet @ the Bandshell. We'll walk in small groups to the Courthouse. And sing with Singing Resistance: Boulder in both places. Likely noon - 2 pm, but stay tuned. Join the Singing Resistance Signal Chat or sign on to the Creativity Alive newsletter here.
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Also, mark your calendars, Wed. Oct 28, we may well be launching a new Lafayette chapter of Singing Resistance, at The Muse Performance Space. Let us and all your Lafayette area friends know if you're interested by emailing CreativityAliveBoulder@gmail.com with "Lafayette singing" in the subject head.
Come sing with members of Singing Resistance: Boulder and help "Sing the world we want into existence." We'll sing easy-to-learn songs from the Singing Resistance songbook that you can take with you to cheer you on your way and buoy up your resolve. Many of our members are finding this form of "joyful resistance" helps us stay enthusiastic and proactive, despite some of the frequently discouraging news we're bombarded with.
What others are saying about singing with Singing Resistance: Boulder
- From a marcher passing us on No Kings day: "I am not a singer, and don't consider myself a singer, but I'm singing along to these songs. This is great!"
- "This is my new, favorite way to protest!"
- “I often go home from marches feeling tired and strained. I went home from doing singing resistance at No Kings feeling energized and hopeful.”
- “Artists and musicians will make the change irresistible.”
Ongoing Events
Circle Singing in the Labyrinth
Facilitated by Roy Willey. Hosted by Creativity Alive.
2nd Thursdays in the Labyrinth, 7-8:30 pm
First United Methodist Church,
1421 Spruce, Boulder
Bobby McFerrin / Rhiannon - style guided improvisational singing. It is super fun and great at helping you tune into your full vocal expression, as well as supporting your experimentation with your own voice, which is so helpful in expanding your range, versatility and confidence.
See details and register now through Voice Circle Colorado >>
Tune into your heart with fresh vision and clarity. Allow founder of Creativity Alive Merlyn Holmes' music to flow through you and your group in a sacred practice & a sacred space. Manifest your intentions to connect, rest, heal, and envision.
• Reduce stress and anxiety
• Enhance mental clarity and emotional balance
• Improve sleep quality
• Support nervous system and overall well-being, and more…
Individual and couples sound baths also available.
Email CreativityAliveBoulder@gmail.com
Authentic Movement & Sounding in the Labyrinth or Outdoors
Facilitated by Founder of Creativity Alive, Merlyn Holmes
Most Mondays 9:30-11:30 am:
In the Labyrinth of First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce, Boulder. Or outdoors when the weather is beautiful.
Email CreativityAliveBoulder@gmail.com for confirmation and that week's address.
$25 drop-in by Venmo>> (-6592 for verification) Cash, Checks to Creativity Alive. Punch card discounts available.
Open to a few new members now, so we can dive in deeper together.
“Movement, to be experienced, has to be “found” in the body, not put on like a dress or a coat. There is that in us which has moved from the very beginning. It is that which can liberate us.” – Mary Whitehouse, Pioneer of Authentic Movement
Authentic Movement & Sounding is a subtle yet powerful therapeutic practice that allows individuals to explore the relationship between the creative, psychological and sacred dimensions of their experience through bodily expression. Tap into the wisdom of your subconscious to help you grow and evolve, root and spread your wings, through movement and sounding. Develop kinesthetic awareness, interpersonal skills, empathy, and a sense of embodied presence as natural outgrowths of the practice. Awaken your sensing world, clarify your perceptions, and affirm your feelings. Restore a sense of authority to your own bodily-knowing.
Meeting in Nature or in First United's labyrinth provide uniquely sacred, inspiring spaces for this practice.
What others say:
"Authentic movement has been an empowering experience, where I get in touch with my inner voice. It has allowed me to connect in a deeper way with my body, leaving behind thoughts, limiting beliefs and expectations.
"Merlyn holds a safe space where you can flow and your body can express freely. Attuning yourself with the group energy is magical for a self and group healing. Each experience feels like peeling several layers of heaviness that I've been carrying around. After every session, I leave the room feeling lighter and re-energized." - Laura Casillas
There is movement in the circle: loud; expressive; honest; desire - a want.
And... in this moment, a part of me shies - fear in my belly.
Something calls me, not sure I am hearing it, how it calls, what it calls, how to hear....?
It is palpable. It holds a truth. Can I reach....?
And... in this moment, I feel, even though it is hard for me to open and participate in the circle of movement, I also feel, simultaneously there is an opening up in the energy space for me to enter, and I am able to feel welcomed into the dynamic, a new part of myself blossoming......
I can explore this feeling: internal & connected (to the movers/others) vs. internal & hiding - a powerful analogy for my life. -- Loretta Luchau
A Sampling of public Sound Baths
& explorations with other modalities:
Sound & Song: a unique garden concertSat, Aug 22Private address to be shared upon RSVP
Poetry & Sound BathSat, Apr 18Vista Village Clubhouse
Sound & Art Bath in the Labyrinth with Merlyn HolmesWed, Apr 08Labyrinth in FUMC, downtown Boulder
Beyond the Veils: Sound Bath in the Labyrinth with Merlyn HolmesSun, Nov 02Labyrinth in FUMC, downtown Boulder
Fall Equinox Sound Journey & Meditation with the Dancing Spirit HorsesSat, Sep 20Dancing Spirit Horses
Cacao, Sound 'n Song - Sliding scale $15-$50 - Sept 13, 11amSat, Sep 13Private address emailed upon registration
SEEN at Sunset - at Flagstaff Mountain's Sunrise AmphitheaterSun, Jun 01Flagstaff Mountain Sunrise Amphitheater- Sound Journey & Meditation with the Dancing Spirit HorsesSun, Apr 27Dancing Spirit Horses
Singing to Soothe Your Soul... where Creativity Alive meets Dances of Universal Peace ... on the LabyrinthSat, Apr 19Labyrinth of First United Methodist Chur
Springtime Emergence: A Sacred Sound Journey with Merlyn Holmes & James Marienthal in the LabyrinthSat, Apr 12Labyrinth in First United Methodist
In the Press
Numerous Daily Camera "Picks of the Day"
SEEN:
Carnaval Dance:
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KGNU Interview about Carnaval Dance
Street Mural in Melody Catalpa
We organized the painting of a perfectly Mmmwhahsome street mural in Boulder's Melody Catalpa neighborhood in 2022
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KGNU Radio: “Neighborhood Creates Street Mural as Functional Art”
Transformation of the Bustop "Gentleman's Club":
See details and photos at www.mmmwhah.com/transforming-bustop, 2018
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Daily Camera >>
Many Pandemic Events...
