Andy Couturier, MA
Andy is the author of Writing Open the Mind (Ulysses Press, 2005) and A Different Kind of Luxury (Stonebridge Press, 2010) . He is an essayist, a poet and a professionally-trained writing teacher. His writing has appeared in newspapers, magazines and literary journals including Adbusters, Creative Non-Fiction, the MIT Press, The Japan Times, The North American Review, The Oakland Tribune, Kyoto Journal, Fiber Arts, The Writer and others. One of his essays received an editor's nomination for a Pushcart Prize. He has taught writing at SF Museum of Modern Art, the Intstitute of Transpersonal Psychotherapy, UC Santa Cruz, California State University, East Bay, and at JFK University. Read an essay by the instructor which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize "Selling Indulgence in Corporate Japan."
PUBLISHED WORKS ON WRITING:（Available to download and try on your own to get a feel for our courses.)
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An excerpt from Writing Open the Mind: "A Tinderbox of Attitudes."
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From Open Exchange Magazine,"Using Intuitive Collage to Tell the Story of Your Life"
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From Kyoto Journal, "Asymmetry Writing and the Mind"
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From The Writer Magazine, “Playtime for the Subconscious”
- From The Writer Magazine, "Revise from Your Improvisational Mind"
TRAINING:
Andy received his MA from San Francisco State University in 1997 in English composition (the teaching of writing). Areas of emphasis included:
Emotions in the Writing Process (presented at the SFSU Composition Forum)
Bringing Improvisation into Revision
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Organizing Your Writing with True Creativity
Theories of Japanese Aesthetics as they apply to Writing and Teaching
In courses at The Opening, he brings the insights of the composition field beyond the academic arena where they were developed.
SELECTED OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS:
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"Living the Abundance of Less" (an excerpt from A Different Kind of Luxury) published by MIT Press Writing the Future also published in a slightly different form, in Kyoto Journal.
- "Fry It How You Like It" from The North American Review
ARTICLES IN JAPANESE: 日本語
Yutakasa wo Ikiru (Nakamura Osamu)
Jikan Wa Jibun De Design Suru by Junko Motoyama.