Now Playing in 3D
Self-Empowerment PlayShop
COMING in 2018!
"Very Impressive." - Stuart Brown, M.D.
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Join us on this Magical Journey!
The Now Playing in 3D Self-Empowerment PlayShop
is a comprehensive program that is both experiential and entertaining.
is a comprehensive program that is both experiential and entertaining.
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A Playful State of Mind
"Telling stories is not just the oldest form of entertainment, it’s the highest form of consciousness. The need for narrative is embedded deep in our brains. Increasingly, success in the information age demands that we harness the power of stories. Stories are… state of the heart technology." - Peter Guber, Psychology Today |
"The cartoon is a VACUUM into which our identity and awareness are pulled... an empty shell that we inhabit which enables us to travel in another realm. We don't just observe the cartoon, we BECOME it!" - Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, The Invisible Art Surfing the WaVes of Change with Justin Tide
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Uno the Guard Dog
"Come PLAY with us!"
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Through story, images and video, Splash City Psychotherapist Lisa Hearditall takes you on a Hero’s Journey throughout Splash City, introducing you to the transformative power of cartoon and story.
During the playshop, you will take a Guided Tour of Splash City, learn the Art & Science of Bathology, and with the guidance of Splash City Cartoon Mentors, write your own story as a character within Splash City. Please note that this course is not a substitute for psychotherapy, and/or medical advice. It's an entertaining and experiential form of self-help. |
In this one day PlayShop, learn:
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The Hero's Journey: A Means to Navigate Uncertainty
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"What's Splash City? A place where we risk becoming ourselves." - Ms. Bee Haven 
Ms. Bee Haven
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Dear friend,
"What's Splash City?" This is often the inevitable question on visitor's minds when they arrive on our website. Is Splash City a cartoon? A book? A place? Splash City is a cartoon world that exists in our books, blogs and website. Every place in it is a perspective, every character a reflection. Its a projective tool we turned into a full therapeutic self-development program to encourage emotional intelligence in a playful way. We call it a 'Playful approach to personal transformation'. The Now Playing in 3D Self-Empowerment PlayShop offers a new and exciting approach to personal transformation. As you re-write your life stories as a character in the cartoon world Splash City, you enhance your self-reliance, and empower your imagination, creativity, and flow. You are then "playing in 3D." Our comprehensive program, "Now Playing in 3D," is more than a technique. It is a step onto the mythological hero's journey. As we say in our books, "the hero's journey is an untraveled path, led only by purpose and imagination; a sacred and universal path of the individual toward themselves. The only instructions are the serendipities that occur along the way." When you sign up for this PlayShop, you are taking a step onto the journey yourself. We encourage you to experience Splash City with an open mind and light heart -- to TOON-IN -- for that's where you will find any answers you seek. As Ms. Bee Haven puts it, "What's Splash City?" "A place where we risk becoming ourselves." Deb Whitaker & Craig Cloutier Co-Founders, Splash City Studios |
The Transformative Power of Story
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When we are called by story, we pause whatever we are thinking or doing to ask one of life's most important questions: What happens next? Suddenly, we care.
Recent research suggests that once a reader is in such an "experience-taking" state, they put aside their own identity, lose themselves in the story, and identify with the character until the thoughts, beliefs and emotions of the character are taken on as if they are their own. Neuroscience research further indicates that when reading a story, different brain regions collaborate to create an experience that is much like imagining a real life, vivid event. This is the transformative power of story. |
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