THE RETREAT EXPERIENCE
Today’s creatives are up against a different kind of noise.
It’s the hum of Slack notifications, the scroll of inspiration that never ends, the pressure to make everything shareable. The algorithm is always watching, and somewhere along the way, stillness became a luxury instead of a given. Even rest starts to feel performative. Solitude, real solitude, is harder and harder to access.
This retreat is a deliberate interruption.
Stillness Study invites you to step away from the pace of productivity and plug back into something quieter, deeper, and more sustaining. It explores the role of solitude in creative life through the lens of Georgia O’Keeffe and Agnes Martin—two artists who each chose to leave the noise of New York behind and build a life shaped by silence, space, and presence.
Solitude isn’t just about being alone—it’s about how we shape our inner and outer worlds in its presence. The retreat explores how O’Keeffe and Martin embraced solitude as both a necessity and a creative force, using it to sharpen perception, deepen focus, and create with clarity.
This experience is for those drawn to quiet intensity, expansive landscapes, and the rhythms of solitude. Through time in nature, guided reflection, and creative exploration, we’ll consider how solitude influences perspective, process, and artistic devotion.
Rather than isolating, solitude—when approached with intention—becomes a container for creative renewal, presence, and deep listening. We’ll spend time with the landscapes that shaped O’Keeffe and Martin, reflect on their artistic practices, and explore our own relationship to solitude—whether through structured space or unstructured wandering.
This is an intimate, reflective retreat. Days will be spacious but intentional, balancing group dialogue, independent exploration, and quiet immersion in the landscape. We’ll close with a conversation on how to carry the lessons of solitude forward, integrating them into our daily lives.