TO HEREDOM

What is an NACC session?

NACC sessions are structured and experienced in three, transformational phases:

Phase 1: De-programming conditioned consciousness.

Phase 2: Re-wilding of creative consciousness.

Phase 3: Re-entry of creative consciousness back into daily life.

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What is a Nomadic Academcy for Creative Consciousness (NACC) session?

A 3-Phase Approach

NACC sessions are structured into three transformational phases designed to help participants tap into their creative consciousness.

Phase 1: De-programming conditioned consciousness; Phase 2: Re-wilding of creative consciousness; and Phase 3: Re-entry of creative consciousness back into daily life. These sessions are held at various locations and are flexible in duration—lasting from hours to weeks—to suit individual or organizational needs.

De-programming conditioned consciousness

In Phase 1 you will more than likely experience the release and disintegration of years of conditioned consciousness, consensus culture illusions and limiting beliefs about your ability to be creative on demand.

Through a series of poetic talks, spontaneous expressions and Conceptual Aerobics (CA) exercises given by Prof Ynot, these hindrances will easily fall away and open up your creative consciousness. You will begin to experience a lightness and friskiness of being in this moment of HEREDOM, which is filled with unknown opportunities for you to engage in non-stop instinctual behavior, poetic awareness and unbound creativity.

This first phase is designed to gleefully liberate an overly domesticated, logical, linear consciousness and clear the way for Phase 2. It is designed to sweep your consciousness clean of as many common opinions, habitual ways of walking, talking, thinking in order to prepare the way for the RE-WILDING of your creative consciousness in phase 2.

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Re-wilding of creative consciousness

In Phase 2 we will head out from the base camp of Phase 1, (at Maya Moon for instance), and go street-level or into nature and encounter the marvelous world of the unpredictable, blissful nonlinear reality of HEREDOM and experience unpremeditated creativity.

In Phase 2 the re-wilding our creative consciousness will proceed profoundly by letting go of the demands of ego-centric consciousness and by becoming like a child again, who is playful in this moment of HEREDOM and who has no use for clock time, measuring tapes, the cartographic grid of control and the good opinions of others.

In Phase 2 we will abandon the habitual thought that Point B actually exists and go where our creative instincts tell us to go. We will eliminate the illusion of a boundary between art making and daily life as we drift nomadically through the city and nature. As our creative consciousness rises out of habits and conditioned responses to the familiar, we will create art out of found materials, situations and places. The transformational catalyst to liberate our creative consciousness in Phase 2 will once again be generated by the Conceptual Aerobics exercises.

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Re-entry of creative consciousness back into daily life

In Phase 3 we will return to the basecamp we did Phase 1 in (at Maya Moon for instance), and generate a number of practical and creative ways to integrate the divine madness of your newly awaking and wilded creative consciousness. We will generate proactive ways of eliminating the common opinion that the making of art and the living of your life are two separate activities.

In this third phase, you will have the opportunity to connect directly with a growing community of edge workers, psyche-nauts, artists and nomads that are making a difference off center, off the main drag and in the world. We will discuss ways for you to integrate the transformational activities of Phases 1 and 2 into your daily life, and particularly Conceptual Aerobics exercises.

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Phase 1 De-programming conditioned consciousness; Phase 2 Re-wilding of creative conscious

What is Conceptual Aerobics?

Conceptual Aerobics (CA) is the creative dynamo of transformation that is at the heart of each of the three phases of a Nomadic Academy session. During each of the three phases of an academy session we will engage in CA exercises that are intended to bring you in touch with your creativity and provide you with ways to alchemize the parts of your conditioned consciousness that tend to block your creativity and spontaneity in the moment.

At the heart of CA are two child-like yet powerful acts of ironic displacement: 1 putting thoughts where they don’t belong 2 putting objects where they don’t belong. The point of these ironic displacement CA exercises is to re-capture childhood wonderment at the compelling strangeness that comes over both the miss-placed object and the environment that it is placed in. This playful illogicality will more than likely, drive up resistance from your logical, linear Point-A-to-Point-B thinking mind, but I guarantee that the payoff will be no less than magical and transformative. If you totally commit to this simple, playful displacement process you will gain access to deeper levels of your curiosity, creativity and best of all, your sense of humor.

Some of the most compelling art is created through this simple yet powerful creative consciousness raising process of displacement, not putting things where they belong, such as:

> Prof Ynot using a mailbox as a backpack

> placing your cell phone out in nature in a tree

> putting a tree branch in your bed

> walking backwards to the post office

> putting a pile of dirt in your living room and growing a vegetable garden

> putting a book on your head and walking backwards into a library

> or….and this list can creatively go on out the door and around the world…

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FAQs

NACC sessions are nomadic and held in various locations such as urban settings, natural environments, or wherever creativity can flow. While ONWARD does not have a permanent location, there will always be a clear starting point at one of our Base Camps (ex: Maya Moon in Normal Heights, San Diego).
Clear instructions will be provided for the starting location of each session. Support will also be available to ensure everyone can participate without difficulty.
Greater creative spontaneity and freedom.

Heightened ability to embrace the present moment.

A sense of playfulness and connection to a growing creative community.

Practical tools, like Conceptual Aerobics, for maintaining creativity in daily life.
Sessions are highly flexible and can vary depending on the event type:

Three hours

A single day

A three-day weekend

A three-week period
No. NACC sessions are intentionally unbound by traditional materials or schedules. Participants are encouraged to use found objects, situations, and places to spark creativity during the session.
Absolutely not! NACC sessions are designed for everyone, regardless of artistic or creative background. The focus is on rediscovering spontaneity and creative consciousness.
Wear comfortable clothing suitable for outdoor and indoor activities. Be prepared for spontaneous exploration, so sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate attire are recommended. A light backpack for carrying personal essentials is helpful.
The sessions are led by Prof Ynot, who uses poetic talks, Conceptual Aerobics, and spontaneous exercises to guide participants on their journey. At times, guest speakers + ONWARD trained facilitators will join Prof Ynot.
By joining the NACC, you gain access to:

Frisky, poetic newsletters.

Livestream videos from Prof Ynot.

A community of like-minded creatives, artists, and nomads.
HEREDOM refers to the sacred present moment, a state of being fully engaged and alive in the now, which serves as the core of NACC sessions.
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NACC sessions will allow you to forget everything you know about making art and creativity; the sessions will inspire you to let go of the need to control all aspects of your life with rational thought and begin to creatively flow like water in this sacred moment of HEREDOM.

NACC sessions are unique opportunities for you to step playfully outside of your conditioned consciousness and open up your creative consciousness into the unknown in this moment of HEREDOM.

“Common opinion is the ruin of our souls,
something borrowed which we mistake as our own.
Ignorance is better than this; clutch at madness instead.
Always run from what seems to benefit yourself:
sip the poison and spill the water of life.
Revile those who flatter you;
Lend both interest and principle to the poor.
Let security go and be at home amid dangers.
Leave your good name behind and accept disgrace.
I have lived with cautious thinking;
Now I’ll make myself mad.”
–Rumi

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