Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
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Enter Text prograrm / NOVEMBER 2021<br />
Gina Gil<br />
USA<br />
ginagilwrites.com<br />
About<br />
Gina Gil writes novels, poetry and short stories. She aims to<br />
tell stories which allow the reader to feel curious, connected<br />
and inspired. She loves bicycles, coffee and exploring nature.<br />
Her background in science and education come through in<br />
the themes of her work. She is currently working on a YA<br />
science fiction novel.<br />
Connecting to Creativity<br />
My time at <strong>Arteles</strong> was filled with revelation, rejuvenation,<br />
and creativity.<br />
I focused on a daily practice of meditation, journaling,<br />
reading, movement and time in nature. The result was like<br />
opening a portal to allow creativity to flow in and from me.<br />
I also had realizations about my writing process that have<br />
helped me take a new, gentler approach to editing my own<br />
work.<br />
The writing I did included daily journaling, letter writing,<br />
poetry, revising my current YA science fiction novel, and<br />
writing a short story inspired by my daily walks in the forest.<br />
The collages pictured were created during my stay and are<br />
a part of a process I use for opening creative channels. It<br />
is a method I learned from a dear friend and teacher, which<br />
I adapted to be part of my creative process. Each piece<br />
includes a focus, which could be an intention, a vision,<br />
investigating a question, or working out the plot of a story.<br />
It is a way for me to have a conversation with myself without<br />
being limited to words.<br />
My November at <strong>Arteles</strong> was spent creating habits of<br />
connection, to myself, to my creative source and to the other<br />
artists and writers at the Enter Text Residency. I was so<br />
inspired by the works of my fellow residents and the warmth<br />
of their friendship nourished my soul.