Creative Camp

In a world that's relying on AI more than ever, everything automated, and created by a machine moving fast, looking down at our screens We've lost the art of community and simply being Losing the human art, The heart Behind creativity. Imagination Creating space, Silence and solitude Getting out of the rat race Oh what it is to paint What it is to create What it is to write To stop for a few days. To go for a walk And not think about the time To go to the beat of your own drum And colour out of the lines To share a meal Just to 'be' Oh what it is to just be free In creativity.

I went to write my heart, and that's what came out. Poetry seems to be the way I am getting my words out these days ;)

Last year I came to YWAM Adelaide not realising what I was coming for. I thought I was coming to serve and help out at a school. I have now been here for over a year.

I kept coming back to how much I used to love creative retreats in Sydney. They used to be my favourite time of the year each year. We would have time on our own to gather our thoughts, and then come back together and share, being inspired in all our art forms. We would have meals together, sing together, create together..

Then Covid. Disinfectant. Keep your distance. Too fearful to create an event for the fear of it being cancelled. Staying at home, being distracted, working hard, trying to survive. I'm not sure that we have ever gone back to the way things are. When we used to sit around a table and laugh. Board games, fun, simplicity.

Well I'm bringing it back! And I'm bringing Adele Latu with me!

What will these few fun-filled creativity days have in store you may ask? Lets start with the electives:

Awake and Shake!

• Hip hop dance, and yet so much more. Hear Adele's story of her starting street dancing at 41- a complete newbie who, in her own words, was "very inept". Seven years on, alongside motherhood, home educating her four children and growing Australia's freshest Christian clothing brand SOUL SUBMITTED DESIGNS, Adele continues to explore how movement and dance can open hearts to worship, surrender and encounter God.

• Even if you don't dance, come and have fun with us!

Unlock your voice!

• Unlock the voice that you've always known you've had. Break off the hold of being "silenced" and find your inner roar. Work with Lauren Ann, a singer songwriter and slam poet finalist as you explore your unique voice!

• Learn vocal technique, microphone technique..all the techy bits!

• We might even have time to learn some harmonies! Let's perform together.

Let's Get Artistic!

• Have some fun with acrylic pour paints as we create a wave, a tree, flowers or another design with Shiree Lind, a creative in the art field. Doesn't matter if you are good at art, give it a go. Last year doing acrylic pouring painting, broke something in me. I always thought I was terrible at art, my creation now sits in my room reminding me that there is always MORE!

• Unlock any blocks just like me when it…