THE SPRAWL
a creative rehabilitation art-making club
Time to restore you back to the wildly prolific being you are, and compost the grief of everything that stands between your instincts and creative action.
You already know that having a creative outlet is non-negotiable.
Making art is vitality-hygiene, not a self indulgence.
It’s a place we come to to face ourselves,
and face life exactly as it is.
To feel Spirit flush through us,
and sort out what we’re carrying.
Art is a spiritual technology for
metabolizing life—
Not a slick product that’s either good or bad, cool or cringe.
But of course there are a million and one ways this process gets bent out of shape.
The flow slows.
Overthinking and second-guessing steal your voice and your momentum.
And when you don’t create and make your wild, unruly mark,
you feel the aching consequences.
Let’s do something about that.
DOORS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED
join the waitlist to hear when we invite new members.
I'm a coach and I'm just very impressed by people who can hold space for others this well and create that sense of belonging. People said so many things in class that I'll remember for a long time, and I don't think that happens without you creating a mood of safety, but also inviting people to look at things in new ways.
- KM, workshop participant
Melissa is the kindest, most caring, most engaging facilitator I have ever met - I just felt so lucky to be in her sphere. I can't describe how magical the two hours each week felt. It was both Melissa’s presence, as well as the other participants - I think all of us felt that something special was being created - not just with thread and needle but also in the space between us.
- MG, workshop participant + 1:1 client
I felt so in my body, community, and creative-spiritual flow. It’s an act of love from my past self to my future self to be creatively ACCOUNTABLE.
I got to say yes to things and feelings that I love saying yes to, but rarely carve out time for. And the people were PERFECT JUICY PEACHES I am so excited to see my friendships and quilting practice flourish
-Rose C, workshop participant
Melissa is curating a forum that’s the antithesis to old American ways of being together. It’s real community. It’s non hierarchical and non transactional. There’s nothing to consume. We’re learning to be together in radical new ways. It’s a real place to belong. We came for class but got each other. It’s why no one wanted to leave at the end of class! She’s tapping into ancient wisdom here
- LS, workshop participant and long-time 1:1 client
We make our art as if tomorrow is not promised.
We make with urgency, but not hustle.
A mortality awareness that goes like: ‘LFG not one more day can go by without me getting to these visions and impulses swirling inside me’
Restore the flow, make your mark.
Questions about The Sprawl?
Get in touch.
hello@melissaword.com
