Making & Meaning, Form & Reverence With Cole Ackerman & Santjes Oomen

A one-day workshop for Creative Warriors —This is one-day, in-person immersion for those who live at the edge of expression— and for the partners, friends, collaborators, and quiet supporters who help hold the field around them.

The Creative Warrior is the one who feels called to make. To shape what is invisible into form. To bring something through that did not exist before.

And those who support them are the steady ground, the listening presence, the witness, the encouragement, the love that allows the work to happen.

This day honors both.

We gather not to learn how to be creative, but to remember that making is already a sacred act — and that ritual is what restores meaning to what we make.

This day is devoted to the relationship between what we make and how we honor it.

Between the Creative Warrior and the circle that stands with them.

Between solitude and community.

Between form and reverence.

We gather to remember that making is already sacred — and that sharing in community is what gives it meaning.

The Flow of the Day:

10:00 am — Arrival & Entering the Cave

Gentle arrival, tea, settling.

Opening welcome and intention.

Creating the shared field.

— The Magical Body

Simple movement and breath to arrive fully.

Letting the body lead us into presence.

— Listening for What Wants to Be Made

Quiet reflection and guided prompts.

No planning. Only listening.

— Making Time (Session I)

Hands-on creative time with simple materials.

Silence. Focus. Entering the Cave.

— Shared Lunch

Nourishment and shared conversation.

— Making Time (Session II)

Continuing the creative process.

Allowing form to emerge naturally.

— Form & Reverence

A gentle transition from making to honoring.

Preparing to witness and be witnessed.

— Shared Witness

Each participant is invited to share what was made.

No critique. Only presence. Only honoring.

— Integration Ritual

How we carry this back into daily life.

Honoring the Creative Warrior and those who support them.

5:00 pm — Closing the Circle

This workshop is for

• Creative Warriors — artists, writers, makers, visionaries, Partners, friends, collaborators, and supporters of creatives

• Anyone who longs to reconnect making with meaning

Participants experience

A safe, quiet space to create without pressure

A renewed relationship to their creative impulse

A deep honoring of the role of support in the creative life

Simple rituals to bring reverence into everyday making

Making & Meaning.

Form & Reverence.

What we make.

How we honor.

Entering the Cave.

Sharing in community.