February's Creative Quest theme is...

Part one of our Citizens of Curiosity adventure... 24hours left to sign up.

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Sign up closes at 2pm GMT on Tues Feb 3rd.
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Dear Questers,

A new year is stretching its limbs. Futures hover half-formed at the edges of our vision. And as we take our first collective steps as Citizens of Curiosity, there is one fuel we cannot proceed without.

February’s Creative Quest theme is… IMAGINE.

“What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.” — Bell Hooks

Imagination is often mistaken for decoration.

It’s seen as naive, frivolous, a childish indulgence.

But imagination is not ornamental - it is structural; the invisible architecture beneath everything we inhabit.

Before a building is built, it is imagined.
Before an ideology takes hold, it is imagined.
Before a movement gathers momentum, a border dissolves, or a future is resisted or reclaimed - someone, somewhere, imagines.

This month, we turn our attention the creative potential of what could be.

From sensing the present world, and venturing beyond into the speculative, the possible, the not-yet.

Through gathering, exchange and play; we’ll wander through imagined worlds past and present - artistic movements, social revolutions, radical ideas, playful futures - noticing how they were dreamed into being, who was allowed to imagine them, and what they changed once they became real.

This February, we invite you to loosen the grip on the given.

To try on new lenses. New roles. New possibilities. And ask the most powerful question we have:

Imagine if…?

Pack lightly. Bring curiosity. Leave room for possibility.

Proceed with unbound imagination.

CQHQ 💭

Each Quest we invite a special guest to share their passionate wisdom with us… and we are over the moon to announce that our Guest Quester in Febryary, leading a special workshop for us on Feb 17th, is imagination catalyst, time traveler and author of ‘How to Fall in Love with the Future: a time traveller’s guide to changing the world’, Rob Hopkins!

We have a limited amount of extra tickets available for Rob’s workshop here.

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Sign ups close for Feb’s Quest at 2:00pm GMT on Tue 3rd Feb.

✷ Come join 65 curious humans for a month where your creativity comes first.
✷ Our live workshops are on Tuesday’s at 6.00pm GMT/ 1.00pm EST (90 mins) 3, 10, 17, 22 Feb + 3 Mar

Inspiring workshops • Creative challenges • Community exchange.

🪄 Share your IMAGINATION knowledge and associations with us in the comments

Ideas / Books / Podcasts / Films / People / Communities / Culture / Art

Help fuel our worldwide creative collective and leave us a comment!

A month of playful discovery awaits!

Quest love
Sam x
🥾 Quest Guide / Founder
📲 @saaamfurness

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