Patrick van Aalst

Creative output does not exist on its own. No one is creative in a vacuum. Most creative processes have started even before you actually realized it. In our day-to-day lives we see things; we sense; we learn; we interact. It shapes who we are and forms a basis for the creation of new things from our personal perspective. Inspiration can come from many sources, from outside and within.

We provide participants with a rough outline of the programme. To be able to go with the creative process, we deliberately do not communicate a time stamped schedule. Instead, with each new assignment, we communicate activity duration. We ask participants to trust us and go with the flow.

3. Set that curve, and land it. Even if the process looks unstructured, it really is not. Each bootcamp, each single day, even within a specific activity we set a curve (a path towards our (sub)objective), and reach our goal (we land it). On the way we go through the same elementary stages: we set the stage, we get in the mood, we get inspired, we think through making, we land. We learn from our mistakes and moments of panic. We land and see perspective again. We go home, get rest and continue, realizing that we need to take one step back to set that next curve.