This was my first post.
‘I have joined The Artists Way blog as I am still exploring art, and would like to continue this exciting journey. I hope to gain more confidence with my creativity, rather than hold back, which I often do. ‘
In addition to the above, I wanted to find ways and [...]
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A more creative life
Posted in Contributor Posts, Miscellaneous, The Artist's Way on May 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Message Board
Posted in Contributor Posts, Ideas, Inspirations, Miscellaneous, The Artist's Way on May 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Partner needed…
Posted in Contributor Posts, Miscellaneous, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on May 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
No, I’ve not started a personals site here. Ha! I’m simply posting up a request I got through the comments. Many of you may have seen it already but I thought I would post it more prominently for better response.
Beachsoul said:
Hi, I found your site and have lurked along the way, but never got around [...]
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 [...]
Escape Velocity
Posted in Contributor Posts, Hurdles, The Artist's Way, Uncategorized on May 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
ve.loc.i.ty
1. speed
2. rate of change in position
“There’s this time for blast-off, like a NASA space launch, and you’re heading for it when wham, you draw to you the Test.”
“The Test?”
“Yeah. The Test. It’s like when you’re all set to marry the nice guy, the one who treats you right, and Mr. Poison gets [...]
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”. [...]
Mystery
Posted in Contributor Posts, The Artist's Way on April 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When I was younger, much younger in fact, I would grow my own vegetables. I liked growing pumpkin, tomatoes and beans. I enjoyed seeing them grow and ripen. I also grew potatoes and carrots too, however I found it difficult to know when they were ready. I would find myself getting impatient with these [...]
Trusting
Posted in Contributor Posts, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on April 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way – John Holt
As we begin the final week of TAW, we are given a map. A sort of flow chart documenting how we operate. So, here is our guide to Trusting:
Creativity —–> faith
Faith —–> relinquish control
Relinquishing control —–> Fear
Fear —–> resistance
Resistance —–> [...]
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 [...]
The Zen of Sports
Posted in Contributor Posts, The Artist's Way on April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Blocked creatives spend a lot of time thinking about all the things they want to do but can’t. In early recovery we begin to think of all the things we want to do but don’t. In order to recover as a blocked artist and make it last, we need to alter [...]
