CONTACT
To contact Mary O’Connor with inquiries about books, paintings or workshops, or with general questions or comments, please click here.
PURCHASING INFORMATION
For information on how to order your unique Pet Portrait please click here.
Passing Shadows may be purchased on Amazon.com and at select local retail outlets.
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots is available in paperback, hardcover and e-book formats. Click here for purchase and ordering information.
Dreams of a Wingless Child is available in paperback. Click here for purchase and ordering information.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
WORKSHOP: Tickling Your Creative Bones
with Mary O’Connor
Saturday, September 21, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Guilford Art Center (411 Church Street, Guilford, CT)
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WORKSHOP: Make Creativity Yours
with Mary O’Connor
Sunday, October 6, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Spectrum Gallery (61 Main Street, Centerbrook)
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CONNECTICUT AUTHORS AT CRYSTAL RIDGE WINERY
with Mary O’Connor
Thursday, November 7, 5 – 8 p.m.
Connecticut Book Festivals
Crystal Ridge Winter (257 Belltown Road, Glastonbury)
SCHEDULE PROGRAMS
Interested organizations or associations are invited to schedule workshops with author Mary O’Connor. Program content and length can be custom-tailored to your organization.
Say Yes! to Your Creative Self — An Invitation to tickle your creative bones. Designed for all who think they don’t have a creative bone in their body, or simply want to build them, this hands-on workshop includes tips, examples and practices designed to boost ways of creatively seeing and experiencing the world around us. Content includes:
Being open to creativity: Mindfulness, Being centered, Curiosity, Imagination, Connectedness (create a circle poem)
Prompts and practices: Stretching Exercises, Building on Our Senses, Unlocking blocked ideas, Playing the haiku mind game,
Programs can be tailored to the wishes of an organization, e.g., a shorter overview presentation on the ins and outs of creativity or a hands-on workshop with exploratory creativity exercises.
Speaking the Language of Water, an interactive Haiku Writing workshop. Explore the development and nuances of the classic Haiku form of Japanese poetry. Then, apply some of the basic concepts of this “plain language” form of poetic expression as you write and share your own haikus.
For further information and to discuss potential dates for possible programs, click here to send query. Please include your organization’s name and contact information along with any other pertinent information about when and where you would like to have a program held.
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 