Creative workshops that ask you to slow down, tap into your imagination, and create something.
Rediscover your creative self
Upcoming workshops
Creativity workshops
Inklings offers a range of creative workshops that pair writing with diverse art forms—and custom options for whatever you're drawn to.
Modern life numbs our creative muscles. We'll guide you back to yourself through the simple magic of making something.
Creation is medicine
Our culture is obsessed with consumption. Take some time to create something instead.
About Inklings
Well hi! I’m Courtney Symons—a writer, TEDx speaker, published author and poet, and seasoned storyteller based in Ottawa, Canada.
I’ve spent my career helping leaders, creatives, and everyday people shape their stories with clarity and courage. But long before any title, I was someone who turned to creativity as a lifeline. Making something from nothing has always been my medicine.
I founded Inklings because modern life pulls us away from ourselves. We are surrounded by screens, shortcuts, and constant consumption. We rarely pause to imagine, or to create something that didn’t exist before. Yet generative creation is one of the most powerful tools for healing, growth, and meaning-making we have.
Inklings offers creative workshops that weave writing with other art forms: poetry, painting, yoga, tarot, fine-line tattooing, and more. These experiences are designed to meet you where you are, whether you’re a lifelong writer, a hesitant beginner, or simply craving a spark.
Alongside workshops, Inklings hosts immersive retreats, digital offerings, and fully custom sessions for individuals, groups, and corporate teams.
Everything I create through Inklings is rooted in one belief: creativity is how we find our way back to ourselves. My work is to guide you there.