Dear friends, welcome to another edition of In Correspondence. I’m still buzzing from the Futurecraft Residency, which was even better than I hoped 💫
What I’ve been up to
I co-facilitated the Futurecraft Residency! Thanks to my co-facilitators Anna Ling, Laura Gottlieb and jae spencer-keyse and all the wonderful participants. Some early feedback:
“A wonderfully wholesome, energising, brain tingling, heart warming week with a mix of brilliant people and facilitators. I learnt so much about myself, the world and others. I feel more equipped than ever to tackle whatever life throws at me, and us. The week was jam packed full of experiences, sharing, practices, fun, workshops, learning, calm, growth, expression, connection and so much more.” ★★★★★
Check out the timetable below and sign up for the waitlist for the next residency. (Pictured above: Glendurgan Garden)
I co-hosted the Coaching for Collective Transformation launch event featuring Richard Bartlett, Jocelyn Ames and Karl Steyaert
I visited the west coast of Ireland for the first time to mark the marriage of a couple of dear friends. (Pictured below: the Cliffs of Moher)
A taste of the Futurecraft Residency
Seeing Wetiko short film and interview with Alnoor Ladha
To have eyes and not see—to be blind—is an unmistakable symptom of an occlusion to the call of the creative spirit. The figure of the artist is the one who opens humanity’s eyes, teaching us how to see. The black-hole aspect of wetiko is a creativity-destroyer by its very nature, so we need to generate and mobilize as much ingenuity as possible in order to contend with it. Paradoxically, wetiko both spurns and spurs our creative impulses. The blazing fire of a soul set aflame with its own destiny, burning with the passion of following its deeper calling, fulfilling its mission in life, puts a stake through the heart of the inner vampiric figure of wetiko. The more we pursue what we love, what gives meaning to our lives, the more we allow our creative nature to express itself and the more we “kill” the inner figure of wetiko.
– Epilogue from Wetiko: Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World by Paul Levy
Sign up for the waitlist for the next residency
Books I read
I’m now reading Reality Switch Technologies: Psychedelics as Tools for the Discovery and Exploration of New Worlds by Andrew Gallimore.
Plans for the future
Enchanted: 6-9 July, Devon, UK. Use the code SR10 for a 10% discount
The Eye of the Heart: Tracing a Path to Soulfulness at Gaia House
Offerings from friends
The Artist Within: a two day journey to break through fear and self-doubt and find the courage and confidence to express your inner world, with Jade Wade and jae spencer-keyse
Singing with Nightingales: Step silently into the night and listen as the finest musicians in the land duet with the sweet song of the nightingale
You can view more recommended events on my website.
Until next time, with love,
Stephen
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Nice one, Stephen! The Futurecraft residency sounds rich - and deeply appropriate for our times. I've been exploring a lot of similar themes over the last few years and writing about them on my Substack too now. Hope you're doing well my friend