- How many days did you do your morning pages? Are you starting to embrace this practice? Any changes you’ve made to how Julia outlines morning pages?
- What was your artist’s date?
- Did you have any issues this week relating to the course?
- Did you have any breakthroughs / discoveries?
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I did the MPs every day except today. I slept in until time to get ready for church today. The only real change I’ve made to what Julia says is that if I miss the morning session, I will still write them later in the day.
My artist date was to go to an art gallery with friends and spend time looking at everything and trying out a lot of the jewelry. Plus, I spent time at the fabric store. And I created a Full Moon Dreamboard. Doing collage always restores me, yet I put it off.
My main discovery (which I’m sure I’ve realized before) is that I have a lot of resistance to doing what I say/think I want to do–especially if it will result in change.
I am still so happy to be doing this with this online group! Thank you for starting it!
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Here is a link to my Artist Way Voyage posts, espcially since I will be continuing the journey through her other books – I’ve set aside 10/1/10 to 9/31/11 for my AW Voyage. I created a button in my sidebar so these could be accessed together. If you’d like to see my Big Draw sketches so far this month click on the logo in my sidebar. To see my everyday posts just click on home.
I am so enjoying the aDventure! And my creativity is bubbling!
I did my morning pages most days but only when I had time in the day, sometimes sitting in the kitchen inbetween cooking, while waiting for the kids at school etc. Somedays I wrote more than three pages but sometimes less. I am taking it far more relaxed this time and it is really helping me to remain committed.
My artist’s date was to setup my “studio” (a back room) and painted for the whole day inbetween fetching and feeding children. I felt good about my creative work which is a really big break through and I feel excited about getting another opportunity to create again soon.
I found it really hard to go through the things I would like to change because I realised that these are things about myself and my life that I have been wanting to change for years!!!???
My break through was actually painting and not hating or beating myself up for how I painted. I actually liked what I created and feel inspired to carry on.
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I did my morning pages everyday this week. On a couple days, I only did 2 not 3. Some days I like to write the pages and get things off my mind but on other days I just write in circles. I think that lately the morning pages are helping me focus a little more on what’s important to me.
For an artist’s date, I tried looking at the Etsy site. I saw some nice handmade items and art. It must have inspired me to break out my pastels because I switched from web surfing to finishing up the date by drawing with the pastels.
My latest breakthrough is just letting things be and observing. Generally, I tend to be a problem solver so stepping back and watching is what I’m working on now.
I have been having difficulty mustering up enough whump (: to
write, so I have combined my Morning Pages with the Visual
Journal activities from Lucia Capacchione. I’m having fun with
markers, gel pens, and colored pencils. I’m also hitting some
deep emotional gunk! But up and out is better than getting
sick from it.
Did morning pages everyday. Embracing? Yes and no; feel as if I’m trying to control what goes on the page. Changed my intrepretation of Julia’s outline…it still takes me more than 30 minutes. Think if I let it flow rather than try to control it it would take less time.
For my artist date, I checked out a juicy romantic fantasy novel from the library and enjoyed reading it while sipping ginger tea laced with honey .
I practiced letting go of trying to do everything at once, setting boundaries, and following my intuition. I’m going to complete TAW and my art class before we start having children.
I’ve done my mpgs everyday this week.
For my artist date, I collaged some and then went to a ballet saturday.
I am trying to be kinder to myself. I nearly exhausted myself studying this weekend. Also, I’ve notice a tendency to do some spontaneous hanging out and that is always good. I can really push myself and not notice when I am stretching too far. So my mpgs are really showing me where I am stretching.
I did experience some things. Mainly with friends just popping up when I would have loved to throw a pity party and that is a slippery slope for me.
Also, I notice I can get what I need done without beating myself up or working myself to death. It takes some planning.
I’ve made a few dietary changes and that has me feeling more energetic. I am on the 4th week. I confess-I’ve already broke the reading deprivation but I feel it was for my own sanity’s sake. So, I’m not going to feel too guilty but I am to try and follow it a little closer if I can.
Overall, the mpgs have just been a way of showing up for myself and that has been encouraging to my spirit.
I did my weekly check-in on my blog:
http://beckgetsamongstit.blogspot.com/2010/10/taw-week-2-check-in.html
Really starting to get in the flow!
Thank you guys so much for this blog and community! Such a blessing!
I did not do as well with morning pages last week…actually I didn’t do any,,,lots of appointments this past week…I did make it to my studio art class, and walked around the downtown after class…….
This weekend, my mother came to visit and we spent both weekend days in a nearby city with a lot of history/touristy areas…..Saturday – in the morning, we went to a village that was a re-creation of the 1630′s..It was made in the 1930′s and the guides dressed in historical costumes..then we went downtown and saw a video about the area at the visitor’s center…This city has a month-long Halloween festival so there were lots of people in costumes and vendors…Sunday we went to a museum that had an exhibit of Chinese artifacts from a collection of a Chinese emperor from the late 1700′s. The collection was from his personal area….Each building in the area – was named – My favorite was the Pavilion of Exhaustion from Diligent Service..There was a section with benches and books about Chinese arts and Chinese gardens..There was also an interactive part where you could virtually paint a Chinese character…with a paint brush and virtual ink..It was a flat screen and you could pick a Chinese character to paint and follow the arrows to complete it….
Things are going pretty well. I’ve done morning pages everyday since Oct 1 (?!) except for Sundays, which I take off.
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The Artist’s Dates have also been great. I’ve visited a museum, a diner, bought a copy of the New Yorker, etc.
I’m a little nervous about this week’s Artist Date — an extended Artist’s Date. I’m going to drive throughout Missouri, where I live, and look at the fall foliage. I may take a hike as well!
I’m chugging ahead so am on week 4 instead of 3 (so that I finish before student teaching in Jan.)
I start NaNoWriMo in 5 days. We’ll see how that goes.