We are planning an informal event to share creative processes in various fields of knowledge and creation, especially the ways of developing new ideas, realizing them, and all the intricacies of manipulating mater and information in new ways. We are going to start in a circle of friends and will invite people who are interesting and interested. The idea is to get together for a few hours, present projects, creations, or performances to each other, and to discuss them in depth.

Proposal

I always wanted to participate in an interdisciplinary exchange discussion, but most of them seem to happen in academia, often with insufficient engagement, and are limited to a couple of professions in one or two fields. I know that ideas and innovative methods can be developed in all spheres, so I would like to bring together passionate people who do very different things. It is definitely not only for "creatives" by profession!

What should be the requirements for participation? Here is what I think:

• Participants should consider their ideas and results seriously and had invested some effort in them.
• They should be willing to share details about their work, with difficulties and joys it brings, and be ready for unusual questions or constructive criticism.
• A short presentation can be possible in simple settings with help of visualization or demonstration.

I suggest limiting presentations to 3-5 minutes, then have a round of questions, comments, and pieces of advice, to all of which the presenter responds with analysis of the usability of the suggestions and ways of their possible implementation.

Examples

 Here are examples to illustrate my vision, starting with an obvious and what I know:

1. Artists show their artwork and tell how it was made, starting with motivation and compositional decision-making, and going through timeline, art materials limitations, doubts, changes in concept, finalizing, and preserving the work.
2. Scientists share their way to discovery, designing experiments, arranging the environment (like labs), getting funding, managing time, and the possibilities their work will offer.
3. Musician perform a song and tells its story, its lyrics origins, etc.
4. Café owners share their business concept, with financing choices, interior design creation, staff choices for a beautiful customer experience, implementing nutritional science in choosing the menu, etc.
5. Writers read a part of their text, tell about the book it is from, why and how it came to life, how their life was reorganized to make it happen, and so on.

Please add yours.

Discussion

Please share your thought on the planning of this event with me. I would appreciate it very much, because it is new to me. You can text or email me with improvements, or let’s schedule a phone conversation and I will edit this article in real time with you on the line.

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Topics to Discuss:

1. Who can attend and how to invite
2. Time limits
3. Rules of presentation
4. Rules for commenting and responding
5. (Suggest more)

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