Seth Godin-inspired ‘Icarus Sessions’ tonight

Coordinated via Meetup Everywhere, the first worldwide session of Seth Godin’s Icarus Sessions is tonight at 7 p.m. Asheville’s event will be at Unity Center in Mills River, near the airport.

A little background from Godin, an entrepreneur, publisher and marketer:

The Icarus Sessions are a challenging new way to bring your art forward. Not to make a sales pitch, not to get customers or patrons, but to find the courage to stand up and say, “here, I made this.”

You can attend a session without presenting, of course.

A presentation at an Icarus Session is 140 seconds long. You can go shorter, but not a second longer. You can use slides, or handouts, or even better, just bring your enthusiasm. The assignment: Tell the group about your art. What have you created? What frightened you? What matters?

Not a pitch. An act of brave vulnerability.

I made this.
It scared me.
This might not work.
Here’s how it changed me.
What do you think?

Asheville coordinators are Lytingale and Tom Heck, who have this to say:

Let’s choose to define “art” as meaning ALL the arts – visual art, sound & music, theatre arts… and if we have time for more presentations: the healing arts, and the art of living (what do you do that makes life worth living?)

More info from their event page:

The Icarus Sessions are a challenging new way to bring your art forward. Not to make a sales pitch, not to get customers or patrons, but to find the courage to stand up and say, “here, I made this.”

A presentation at an Icarus Session is 140 seconds long. You can go shorter, but not a second longer. You can use slides, or handouts, or even better, just bring your enthusiasm. Videotape it if you like.

The assignment: Tell the group about your art. What have you created? What frightened you? What matters?

Check out the principles of the Icarus Session before you come:http://www.squidoo.com/IcarusSession and be sure to contact the organizer if you’re hoping to speak.