Joyous 2026 greetings! I sincerely hope you had a restful holiday season; I sense we will need deep reserves to make the most of the year to come.
You are in my address book of family, dear friends, and creative colleagues, to whom I send occasional studio updates, performance announcements, and so on. I’m sharing an important personal invitation with this one, plus 3 completely free ways you can help me build momentum. Don’t skip!!
If you value creative community and you want to celebrate Studio Cazimi’s successes with me, this update is 100% worth 2 minutes of your time.
I’m kicking off the new year by sharing three tangible actions – 3 invitations – to connect with creative community that will immeasurably help me develop the Studio Cazimi mission.
- I need 8 people to sign up for 100% free seats in my upcoming Deep Listening™ seminar/study group.
- I’m going legit with email communications, thus asking you to officially OPT IN to continue receiving my studio updates & event announcements.
- You’re invited to join the new Cazimi Coffee Club tier on my Patreon for less than a cup of coffee, but just as importantly, I’m challenging myself to add 50 new free-tier members this month.
I really need you, my personal community, to show your support and take action on ALL THREE, or at least one, of these asks. Your engagement is at the very foundation of what I’m trying to grow, and you can do all three for free, no strings attached.
Here is the rundown, in order of importance:
Three. On Patreon, I’m challenging myself to add 50 new FREE members this month with the goal of building community and generating conversation around personal creative development. Even free members genuinely help grow Studio Cazimi’s reach and relevance. I’ve also added the 2€ “Cazimi Coffee Club” tier, to make it easier for almost anyone to support these goals financially. On Patreon, I share generative art, creative prompts, ideas, and early access to workshops & events (like the Deep Listening seminar!). Please support my goal of 50 new members and join the conversation on Patreon here. (https://patreon.com/AliCazimi)
Two. On communications, over the next few weeks, I’m transitioning my email updates away from informal/personal outreach (like this one) and into a GDPR-compliant mailing list. It’s so encouraging to recognize that my contact list has grown too big for regular emails, but it means I need you to OPT IN to stay in touch. I hope to move as many of you, my dear family and friends, into the new list as possible, but I need your explicit permission. Please let me know you want to stay in touch by opting in here. (https://studiocazimi.com/civicrm/profile/create/?gid=2)
One. On Deep Listening – the most supportive action I’m asking for:
This is my personal invitation to participate in something hugely important to me and my development as a facilitator. With the permission of the Center for Deep Listening (CDL) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I’m opening applications to join a free private study circle on Deep Listening™, the creative pedagogy developed by renowned composer Pauline Oliveros. The group, facilitated by me, will meet online in seminar-style with 5-6 meetings across the Spring ‘26 semester, for a total of 12 hours. As of today’s writing, I have just 8 seats to fill, so please don’t hesitate. Once we have a quorum, we’ll start to finalize meeting dates and times.
This is a rare opportunity to participate in the development of a Deep Listening community at no cost. For context, the CDL’s introductory 3-session course runs nearly 300 USD.
I am so excited to share this and I think the practice would resonate really well with many of you, my community of artists, soundmakers, and deep thinkers. The series of sessions in our study circle will be built around sonic meditations, embodied listening, and dream/material imagination work. You can expect experiential, process-driven, open-ended sessions, scaffolded by the Deep Listening framework, which “cultivates a heightened awareness of the sonic environment, both external and internal, and promotes experimentation, improvisation, collaboration, playfulness, and other creative skills vital to personal and community growth.” (CDL, 2025)
My personal journey into Deep Listening has been one of reconciling with deeply embodied sensory experiences, strengthening my relationship to my own inspirations and self-expression, and learning a transformative daily practice that supports me in creativity, perspective, and honestly, overall mental health.
Application form here: https://studiocazimi.com/deep-listening-study-2026/
If you are hesitating based on scheduling uncertainties, PLEASE just apply anyway, and be part of the feedback loop that will define the exact schedule.
You can read more about the practice of Deep Listening on the CDL’s website here: https://www.deeplistening.rpi.edu/deep-listening/.
That’s all. That’s 3 extremely helpful things you can do to support me and Studio Cazimi’s mission, today. You have no idea how valuable your engagement is to me, especially now when we are all kicking off a new year with a renewed commitment to supporting the things we value.
An ENORMOUS THANKS for being part of my journey so far, and in the future. It’s all about the momentum you are helping me create. I’m looking forward to connecting with you on one or all 3 of these platforms.
Warmly,
Alicia Champlin (aka Ali, Ali Cazimi, Alice Ahora, or your favorite pet name)
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