Re-Group is a virtual community of creatives figuring out life and work beyond COVID.
Frustrated with the way the world is working right now? Not sure why you’re even creating anymore? Focus on your vision and creative career for 2021 and beyond while stretching your understanding of what’s possible.
We are disoriented, but hopeful.
Dissatisfied and motivated.
Collaborative and self-aware.
The future doesn't have to be scary.
Let's talk about longevity with Maurice Broaddus
After his entire life collapsed, author Maurice Broaddus rebuilt it to fuel his creativity, family and community. He's thriving today (yes, even during a pandemic!) because he's designed his future, and refuses to settle for anything less. Maurice will share his trusty tools for decision-making and future-building.
Resources
Protests And The Value Of Disruption by Maurice Broaddus
Bound by Sorrow by Maurice Broaddus
2. Write your own obituary.
3. Use these questions to journal about trusting yourself.
- Which has more weight in my decision-making: my intellect or my intuition?
- How often do I follow my instincts?
- Do I regularly look to others for answers?
- What does my intuition feel like? Where do I feel it in my body?
- How would my life change if I trusted myself more deeply?
- ACTION: What decision is right in front of me?
Questions, or something to add to the discussion? Keep the conversation going on our Re-Group Facebook posts.
We don't have to just get by.
How to stop living in scarcity with Diop
Why are finances so difficult? Maybe money will never be enough. Maybe our economy is a complete illusion. How would life be different if money didn't exist? If you're feeling like resources are scarce, let Diop introduce you to community wealth. This conversation is perfect for both your anti-establishment friends and your those with stocks and bonds. Let's find abundance.
Make it yours:
"Abundance is tied to creative energy, and nothing is out of reach," Diop Adisa shared in his Re-Group session. These ideas are great, but how will you make them happen in your own life and practice?
- Keep talking. Comment below on your questions or “aha” moments. Let’s learn together!
- Keep reading. Here are a few places to start: “What is Money? Jacob Goldstein's Book Explains 'Shared Fiction'” (NPR, 2020); Proposals for the Feminine Economy, Jennifer Armbrust
- Ask a mentor to help you see what you are attracting to yourself.
- Reflect: How do you attract what you need to yourself? Where does the scarcity-reality or scarcity-mindset show up strongest in your life?
- Reflect: What does freedom mean to you?
- Explore alternatives to our current economy, like Timebanking or the Buy Nothing Project
Questions, or something to add to the discussion? Keep the conversation going on our Re-Group Facebook posts.
Diop Adisa was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Broad Ripple high school and IUPUI. He has been with the grassroots community organization Kheprw Institute (KI) since inception back in 2003. To describe him simply, he’s an artist, activist and entrepreneur. He’s also an independent hip hop artist who has worked within the Indianapolis hip hop community for the past 15 years.
We don't have to be overwhelmed by business stuff.
You are an entrepreneur with Anna Powell Denton
Are you a hustler? Is your creative practice a business? Should it be? Anna's answers to these questions keep her creative life nimble and thriving even in uncertainty.
Make it yours
- Redefining yourself: how do you promote yourself to create the work you want to do?
- How do you define entrepreneurship for yourself? What are the qualities you could build something with?
Questions, or something to add to the discussion? Keep the conversation going on our Re-Group Facebook posts.
Anna Powell Denton is a photographer and filmmaker based in Bloomington, Indiana. She works with both digital and film formats specializing in editorial portraiture and documentary photography.
We don't have to be out here all alone.
The art of collaboration with Carrington Clinton
As a jazz percussionist, collaboration is in his creative DNA. Carrington Clinton's collaborative spirit had led him to new opportunities beyond music. How do we find opportunities to collaborate? Can we learn to be better partners? When does collaboration get in the way?
Questions, or something to add to the discussion? Keep the conversation going on our Re-Group Facebook posts.
Carrington “Clint Breeze” Clinton is a musician and creative based in Indy who is the band leader of Clint Breeze and The Groove. He enjoys teaching and the life of a musician by trade. In this free time he’s spending time with family and his two dogs.
Clout doesn't have to equal success.
No scene support? No clout! with Wildstyle
Sometimes it feels like your supporters have disappeared. We get it. Wildstyle has learned what it takes to escape (what feels like) failure and what it takes to build that support (so that you don't end up in a spiral of empty clout chasing).
Make it yours
- Learn more about community engagement and how it can lead to support for your creative work.
- Use the "Communicating and Connecting" section of the Artist Thrive tool (make sure you scroll down to the "Communicating and Connecting" results, too!) What's one thing you can do todayto move closer to the "Artists Thrive" level?
Wildstyle Paschall is a musician, producer, visual artist, activist and author. As a producer, photographer, curator and photographer for All317HipHop, roving illustrator for The Learning Tree, and Central Indiana Community Foundation Ambassador, he strives to make the invisible (issues, people, art) visible in Indianapolis.
