INTRODUCING

THE   FLOCK

BY ART OF EUPHORIA

A WEEK-LONG GATHERING FOR CREATIVE BEINGS.

An unconventional, soulful and humble invitation to get together as a group - a flock, a unity, a unified field of people - exploring a broader approach to creativity, community and belonging.

Creativity is a powerful conduit to discover who we are and feel the unique languages that come through us. A divine way of relating to our worlds, within and without. Which is all quite wonderful. But it gets even better when it is intentionally shared with others. Over the last few years, we have been asking ourselves a few questions.

What happens when we move from individual ways of creation to creating as a collective?

What happens when we shift from separation to unity?

What happens when we dare to move further than the digital realm, to meet and create together in-person?

What is CREATIVE INTIMACY?

What happens when we move from individual ways of creation to creating as a collective? What happens when we shift from separation to unity? What happens when we dare to move further than the digital realm, to meet and create together in-person? What is CREATIVE INTIMACY?

THE FLOCK is not a retreat. It’s not an artist residency. It’s simply an invitation to get together as we are. To discover a place together and witness each other as we follow our curiosity. To nurture our creativity as a way of grounding and relating to the land. To expand each other as we feel the shift from individual to collective creative expression. To create beautiful memories together, because that’s why we are here too.

LET'S EXPLORE WHAT IT MEANS TO UNRAVEL OUR ARTISTRY IN

A WAY THAT BELONGS TO THIS EARTH AND TO EACH OTHER.

WHAT CAN                                   

                            WE CREATE

WHEN WE COME TOGETHER

              AS ONE UNIFIED FIELD?

INVITING YOU TO OUR FIRST GATHERING

                            CRETE | SEPTEMBER 2024

THE FLOCK OF BIRDS LANDS ON EARTH AFTER THE FLIGHT ITS THE FALL EQUINOX

WE TURN OUR ATTENTION INWARDS IT’S THE TIME OF HARVEST

THE FIELDS ARE GOLDEN THE GRAPES AND POMEGRANATES HAVE SWOLLEN

THE EARTH SMELLS OF FERTILE RIPENESS WATER & EARTH

LET’S HONOUR OUR EARTH AND CO-CREATE WITH THE LAND

EXPLORING OUR PHYSICALITY AND SENSORY PERCEPTION

MATURITY BITTER SWEETNESS NOSTALGIA

IMPERMANENCE. CELEBRATION CARNAL DELIGHTS GRATITUDE

HARVEST TIME GOLDEN FIELDS

GRAPES  POMEGRANATES MEMORIES PRESERVED IN CLAY

Our first gathering will be happening this September, on our beloved mother island: Crete.


It is where we live, where we have a home and our studios. Where we have learned to relate to the land and the cosmos, to create from a place of deeper relationship to both. We are inviting you to join us in our nest and cannot wait to share the magic of this place with you.

Our creative explorations and activities will be in alignment with the medicine of the Fall. The time of the Harvest, the season of the element of Earth. We will explore how to use creative expression as a form of gratitude and offering to the land. We will journey with how to become porous, like clay. To allow the nourishment of life to penetrate us, to inspire us, to soften us.

Softly, organically - through spaciousness and deep intimacy, we will develop a unified body of work, together.

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WHAT WE WILL JOURNEY WITH

  • Tuning into the energy of the season and what it invites in us

  • Exploring individual and communal reflection through journaling, writing, poetry

  • Connecting to the cretan land, its nature and its culture

  • Photography, videography and visual storytelling

  • Sensorial explorations with wild clay

  • Land art, earth craft and sculpting in nature

  • Sound play and sonic exploration

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A UNITY OF SPACIOUSNESS AND INTIMACY

Many of these activities will be happening in the intimacy our house as well as in beautiful places that are very dear to us.

This time together will serve to provide space for creativity and nourish our individual intentions. But it will also be anchored in coming together “as one” and exploring our communal expression, which we will bring to life as a short art film.

Our activities will cover only one part of the day, to allow for spaciousness and enough free time to integrate/rest and explore the area as you desire. Think of it like a holiday, a pause, a pocket of being somewhere new - where creativity is woven in to provide an intentional structure. Encouraging you to land fully, and to expand from the experience.

FOR WHO

This gathering is aimed at creative beings and people who are genuinely interested in exploring their creativity or devoted to living creatively in some way or form. We are excited to meet, exchange and create together with people who are curious, playful, open-minded, kind-hearted.

We welcome into our flock people who are sensitive, who value different ways of being together. People who are comfortable with silence as well as laughter.
People who value deep presence, perhaps even more than they value words. People who are spirited but who are also capable of being very grounded, humble and real.

People who love and care about our Earth, about the land, about nature and are curious about exploring new ways to relate to place. People who value quality over quantity, who trust in the magic of intimacy and take delight in slowness.

JOIN US

This gathering is open to 8 people. If you are interested in joining us, please fill the form below!