Posted in Contributor Posts, Inspirations, Thoughts on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s about time for another issue of KB-Findings, wouldn’t you say? Lots of good things in my findings this week so buckle in!
Don’t forget to signup to participate in Nectar & Light’s June Photo Trade. This month’s title is “Learn to Love Flare” and is all about shooting into the light. Bound [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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”. [...]
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 —–> [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Contributor Posts, The Artist's Way, Thoughts, Uncategorized on April 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What’s next? Is a pretty popular question we creatives start to ask ourselves once a project is finished or close to completion.
Successful movies generate a business demand for sequels. Successful books generate a demand for further, similar books…and so on. As artists, we are asked to repeat ourselves and expand on the market [...]
Posted in Contributor Posts, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on April 22, 2008 | 12 Comments »
The concept of acceptance has been a continuous thread throughout our AW journey. Week 11 begins with a review of some lessons in acceptance we have learned thus far. Here are some highlights:
As an artist, I accept that…
sometimes even good work will not sell. My value and credibility comes from within, not how much someone [...]
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. [...]
Posted in Contributor Posts, Hurdles, The Artist's Way, Thoughts on April 15, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Cinderella Complex: Constantly dreaming of the ball yet always experiencing the ball and chain.
If you’re anything like the cindered sister, take notice of this section. Marriages shatter because of work. Your creativity is no different. If your job has you cleverly disguised as a responsible adult, well then, your artist child [...]
