Kissing the Muse (in Kansas City)

A whimsical workshop for personal transformation, Kissing Your Muse is a playful, empowering, imperfect dance down the creative path — with scissors and glue stick in hand.

This hands-on, creative workshop takes you on a restorative inner journey to connect with your truth and purpose by "kissing" your inner muse. The muse is a wise and inspiring constant guide that can provide the insight and direction you need for navigating life's wild twists and turns. 

Through an intuitive collage-making process, we'll collectively kiss a dozen different muses. Each muse represents a phase in the cycle of change — otherwise known as life's Messy, Magical, Creative Adventure. 

Discover where you currently are on the map by intuitively choosing a Muse card, then engage in a creative KISS & TELL ritual to tap into your truth, discover your needs, and gain insight for taking action.

We'll co-create a safe, encouraging space for authentic self-expression, deep personal reflection, creative exploration, and play — all while enjoying the stress-reducing, happiness-enhancing benefits of creative wellness.

It doesn’t matter whether you dabble with watercolor or cake decorating, write poetry or prose, or can't draw a stick figure to save your sister — Kissing the Muse can illuminate your creative path to happiness and help you navigate along the way. 

But be forewarned, the muse has a mind of her own, and even a peck on her cheek could change your life — for the better. So grab a glue stick and pucker up. The magic is about to begin!

No artistic skill or previous experience is necessary. 

Materials, pizza, and beverages provided.**

** Please feel free to bring and contribute old magazines for the collage-making process.

Nov. 30, 2023

6-8:30 pm CST

Aquarius Books

3936 Broadway Blvd 

Kansas City, Missouri  64111

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ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:

Robbyn Layne is a freelance writer and transformative teaching artist. Her heartfelt passion is to inspire others to embrace and express their innate creativity, wisdom, and power. She is the author of The Magical Art of Kissing Your Muse (an online creative mentorship course) and creator of The Messy, Magical Muse Deck - Illuminate Your Creative Path to Happiness (available December 2023). Robbyn earned an MFA in New Practices, an MA in Transpersonal Clinical Psychology, and a BS in Journalism. She lives in Amsterdam with her British love and Dutch cat and works at Kissing the Muse. Founded in 2014 in the Netherlands, her boutique consultancy provides writing, editing, and bespoke creative well-being programs for clients internationally.