MODULE 1

Chasing it Down the Street

In this module, James Twyman and Barnet Bain will explore the nature of creativity, including the differences between small “c” creativity, which has to do with pursuing personal projects within your family and business relationships, as well as creating art in forms such as music, writing, dance, painting, etc., and capital “C” Creativity which arises when you understand that creativity is your foundational state, making everything you do a creative act. They will also focus on our need to try to control things around us, often resisting change, when, in fact, our overall vitality is sourced from our ability to create and experience new things in our lives inside our commitment to continued growth and development. They’ll share ways you can develop a deeper, more creative relationship with yourself and your own life, allowing you to begin creating what is brand new for you and to draw supportive forces of various kinds to your side to help you.

MODULE 2

The Creative Connection

In this module, James will explore the connection we experience that allows the creative flow to begin, be maintained, and ultimately expressed in the world. He will show you how to fully surrender to the creative impulse and become an instrument of Divine Love and expression. He will also explore the question of whether the creative impulse we all feel is simply the impulse to connect, first with our Creator, and then with each other, and whether the energetic rush we feel when we have a creative impulse comes from a source higher and more vast than we previously assumed.

MODULE 3

Finding the Unlimited Source of Creativity

In this module, James will focus on the ways your creativity can help make you more conscious of being a co-Creator with God — created BY God to create LIKE God — in spite of the obstacles inherent in your egoic mind. He will show you how to access the very source of creativity, and in doing so, unleash a creative energy stronger than you might think possible. He will also show you how to use your imagination to enter into the creative pulse of your True Self, able to lift yourself above the ego's influence into Divine creativity. Imagination plays a key role in this ascent, and James will examine whether the creative force is inherently limited, or if it is just our beliefs and imaginations holding us back.

MODULE 4

Creativity and Imagination Merge Into One

In this module, James will focus on how our personal creative impulses are connected to the creative impulse that manifested the entire Universe, and how, by dedicating yourself "wholly" to that impulse, you can access levels of creativity beyond anything you’ve experienced before and achieve miracles that can change your life and the world. He will explore the ways your imagination can help you release what your mind thinks is impossible and, through the creative connection, bring what is imagined into reality. The creative process truly begins when you "get out of your head" and stop trying to figure everything out and let everything figure you out instead.

MODULE 5

Don't Be Afraid to Fail

In this module, James will explore the power of releasing fear and then bravely and energetically stepping into the creative impulse, allowing the fruits of creativity to manifest in new and unpredictable ways. Being afraid to fail is something we all feel, but stepping out onto the ledge despite that fear brings an exhilaration that will connect you with your deepest creative nature. James will also focus on the benefits of “childlike” creativity and the role innocence plays in the creative process, where you create without expecting specific results, simply expressing who you are and what you are passionate about, free from fear of judgment.

MODULE 6

The Discomfort Zone

In this module, James will explore the value of feeling uncomfortable, especially when it comes to evolutionary creativity where discomfort can be our friend. He will share examples from his own life of how discomfort led to some of his greatest creative accomplishments, and how you can benefit from this dynamic in your own life. We are here to transform — that's the essence of evolutionary creativity — but that rarely happens when we relax and rest on our laurels. James will share how we can break free from the limitations of the ego and dissolve the patterns that have held us back, allowing us to then look at everything around us in a new way, unleashing more creative energy in our lives and in the world.

MODULE 7

The Perfect Creative Moment

In this module, James will share how you can turn the seemingly mundane moments of your life into creative masterpieces by seeing them in a new way and activating your creativity. The evolutionary spirit is in the now, not the past or the future, so stepping into the moment — no matter how ordinary it may seem — is one of the great secrets of any creative master. James will share ways to move from inspiration to manifestation as quickly as possible, instead of planning every step in advance, which will help you take your creative endeavors to the next level. Using stories and examples from his own life, James will show you how to overcome any fear and worry that may be blocking you so your creative juices can flow freely into the world.

MODULE 8

Everything I Imagine is Real

In this module, James will will focus on the power of deeply "feeling" what you are creating or want to create, instead of just thinking about it, to bring the manifestation of that thought closer to tangibility. This is actually the most critical step in evolutionary creativity — feeling as if the thing we want to create already exists and is benefitting the lives of others. James will teach you how to realize that your imagination is just as real, if not more real, than your physical environment. He’ll show you how to imagine something in such a way that it changes your body chemistry and draws the experience, in one way or another, into your life.

MODULE 9

The Creativity Box

In this module, Barnet will explore why creativity matters, and answer the following questions: Is creative energy “factory installed,” learned behavior, or both? Can people be trained to be creative? What happens when we leave our innate creative gifts and talents unattended for long periods of time? Conventional thinking has given us a diminished understanding of creativity and its proper function at the center of our lives. Barnet will look at how and why creativity has been robbed of its immense power in the world and shoe-horned into a limiting box, as well as exploring ways to break free from those limitations.

MODULE 10

A New Paradigm of Creativity: The Third Story

In this module, Barnet will explore the three developmental tiers of story-making he discovered in his career as a storyteller, The First Story, The Second Story, and, most importantly, The Third Story, a new paradigm of creativity that loosens the stranglehold logic and reason have on our lives but without losing sight of their benefits. Using the power of each of these tiers in telling your own stories will help focus your understanding of Self while further developing your compassion for others. The stretch we make from the Second Story to the Third Story in our own lives is called Transformation, and Barnet will share some practical tools to help you experience the Third Story in your own creative life.

MODULE 11

Uncommon Senses and the Next Dimension

In this module, Barnet will provide a playful overview of the dimensions in which we exist, and our relationship to them. Some contend that imagination itself is the next dimension beyond logic and reason, and Barnet will explore this idea, as well as how dimensions, dreams and the imagination figure into the context of the Third Story from the previous module. He will also discuss several of the “uncommon senses” we have access to that he calls “fuel for the Third Story,” and will provide you with techniques for learning how to use them whenever you wish.

MODULE 12

Structured Imagination

In this module, Barnet will explore the barrage of messaging that comes from every quarter of our reality, shaping our perception of creativity and the imagination. We are all products of our families, schools, entertainments, cultures. Barnet calls this effect “Structured Imagining,” because it is hand-me-down thinking that serves to strangle our creative potential rather than inspire us, and it is only through creative acts that we can rise above this conditioning. He will also explore the influence some historical figures have had in shaping our understanding of creativity, including Picasso, who said “Creativity is first of all an act of destruction,” making the point that creativity first shatters beliefs and assumptions we have mostly taken for granted. Barnet will also share with you a powerful tool that will loosen the grip of Structured Imagination on your own life.

MODULE 13

The Secret Energy of Paradox

In this module, Barnet will explore how, from the lightbulb to the telephone to the World Wide Web, every single great invention and timeless work of art that has ever been created was not the result of a linear progression but was instead a gift of imagining. He will share with you a paradox “hack” for expanding your imagination that will allow you to hold two or more separate frequencies of thought or feeling simultaneously without any loss of energy from either task. More importantly, he will show you how to use paradox as a channel of communication through which our Third-Story selves can reach out to us from beyond logic and reason. He will also explore what happens when we start creating paradoxes on purpose and show you how you can begin experimenting with non-linear creative forces.

MODULE 14

Growing Your Imagination

In this module, Barnet will discuss the nature of creative attraction, including what specifically draws him to a creative project and inspires him to pursue it to its conclusion. Most of our creative energies are habituated — old thoughts, old feelings, old energies — and are not about what is happening in the here and now at all. He will explore the emotional relationship he creates with his imagination when he’s engaged in a project, and what developing such a relationship can mean for the success of your own projects and the sense of fulfillment you derive from them. He will also share a powerful exercise to help you expand your imagination daily.

MODULE 15

Every Story is a Love Story, Every Creation a Love Affair

In this module, Barnet will explore the way the challenging times the world has been going through have shed new light on the nature of hopelessness, oppression, racism, and all kinds of violence, which are all examples of what happens when our Second Stories get out of hand. This sudden illumination on elements that have remained in the shadows for so long is bringing us to a difficult confrontation with the hand-me-down tenets of our culture. The good news is that creativity births hope, and Barnet will explain how this works, discuss the myth of unconditional love, and share his personal story of reckoning and healing. He will also share a creative practice you can use every day to turn every moment of your life into art.

MODULE 16

Beauty

In this module, James and Barnet will explore three questions: "What is beauty? Why does it matter? And why is it that creative pursuits are always calibrated toward the discovery of beauty? They’ll discuss the roles beauty plays in our lives, and the differences between the intellectual concept of beauty and the deeper “feeling” of beauty, as well as why the latter tends to inspire the spontaneous and passionate outflow of creativity that is beyond the grasp of rational thought and has no limit or boundary. They will also explore the way that same creativity becomes evolutionary as it seeks, in its highest form, to lift us above the five senses into a dynamic expression of beauty that expands our humanness and connects us directly to the Divine. The more you know about this extraordinary power, the more you can use it to spur your own creativity in every area of your life.