For those of us who have gone through this program with us and participated this time around, I’ve created a message board over at Yahoo! for us to continue our creativity journey. You have to be approved to join so please put your blog address in the comments section.
The link is:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theartistswayblog/
Join us there!
So, what will [...]
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Message Board
Posted in Contributor Posts, Ideas, Inspirations, Miscellaneous, The Artist's Way on May 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Creativity Contract – Will you sign?
Posted in Artist's Dates, Contributor Posts, Ideas, Inspirations, Miscellaneous, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on May 7, 2008 | 9 Comments »
~ CREATIVITY CONTRACT ~
My name is ___________________. I am a recovering creative person. To further my growth and my joy, I now commit myself to the following self-nurturing plans:
Morning pages have been an important part of my self-nurturing and self-discovery. I, __________________, hereby commit myself to continuing to work with them for [...]
Life is an artist’s date…
Posted in Artist's Dates, Contributor Posts, Ideas, Inspirations, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on April 30, 2008 | 9 Comments »
… We want to do something but we think it needs to be the right something, by which we mean something important.
We are what’s important, and the something that we do can be something festive but small…
Synchronicity has struck again.
I’ve not written a post more poignant to me than this one on “imagination at play”. [...]
Building an Artist’s Alter
Posted in Contributor Posts, Ideas, Inspirations, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Your artist is fed by images so creating an alter – a nook where you can go to reflect on and acknowledge your creative soul – is essential to keeping your creativity in good working order.
Here are some tips that might help you get started on creating a space for your inner art god/dess:
Pick a [...]
Fame… I’m gonna live forever…
Posted in Contributor Posts, Hurdles, Ideas, Inspirations, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m gonna learn how to fly – HIGH!
Okay, okay, I won’t sing to you. I could… but, I won’t.
When I was reading over the fame section in Chapter 10, I caught myself thinking, “Neat, we could send fan mail to one another!” But, that isn’t what she says, is it? Nope. [...]
Blasting Through Blocks
Posted in Contributor Posts, Hurdles, Ideas, Miscellaneous, Thoughts on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
WARNING: THIS IS A POWERFUL EXERCISE; IT CAN DO FATAL DAMAGE TO A CREATIVE BLOCK!
Beginning any new project, it’s a good idea to ask your artist a few simple questions. These Q’s will help remove common bugaboos standing between your artist and the work. (Refer to page 159 in TAW for examples of [...]
Survival
Posted in Contributor Posts, Ideas, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on April 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
“I will survive” – Gloria Gaynor
We’ve been talking a lot about our gains while going through TAW program, now it’s time to ponder loss.
Week 8 kicks off with this thought: All artists must learn the art of surviving loss. J.C. gives the following examples: loss of hope, loss of face, loss of money, loss of [...]
Jealousy – A Map
Posted in Contributor Posts, Hurdles, Ideas, The Artist's Way on March 27, 2008 | 19 Comments »
“Green is the color of jealousy, but it is also the color of hope”
Everyone has experienced jealousy at some point in their lives. I certainly have. Like J.C. writes, I also find jealousy to be a stingy, tricky, angry emotion. I would rather not deal with it, to be honest.
So, holding strong, let’s pause to [...]
Reading Deprivation Part 1
Posted in Contributor Posts, Hurdles, Ideas, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on March 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
READING
Ok, ok, I’m baffled too. So, I went over this section with a finetooth comb and here is what I found on page 89:
Don’t read. If you can’t think of anything else to do, cha-cha. (Yes, you can read and do this week’s tasks.)
My interpretation: You can read the book, this blog [...]
Dealing With Criticism
Posted in Contributor Posts, Hurdles, Ideas, The Artist's Way on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ugh – criticism! This is a hard one for me! And by hard, I mean terrifying. Lets see what JC has to say…
Can we, as creatives, sort useful criticism from useless criticism? Julia says (much to our surprise) we can!
Useful criticism is pointed, accurate, and gives us a sense of relief; a direction of [...]
