Artist's Way
Eliska
Anyone want to share ideas if you are.
Anyone want to start if you have the book and are ignoring it?
I started today after having read the book years ago and not doing anything about it.'
Eliska
Royalld
Just last night I read the introduction to, and first two chapters of, the
Artist's Way. This morning I scribbled my Morning Pages.
Then, as life would have it, you asked, "Is anyone in the group working with
this Julia Cameron guide to creativity?"
--Synchronicity, the perception of meaningful life coincidences - Carl Jung.
I read this NG from time to time but have never contributed. Writer's here are
on a different level than I. I am what Cameron describes as a "shadow artist".
I like creatively written work but have been afraid to create. I write, but
write only federal government reports. Creativity is only encouraged to cover
our butts when we have dropped the ball on one issue or another.
I will retire soon. If I continue to write after retirement I don't want my
words to sound like they just jumped of the pages of the Federal Register.
That is why I happened upon the Artist's Way.
I clicked through your web site and see that you are not a "shadow artist". You
are a real artist. What made you decide to start working with the book?
royalld
Remove anxiety when replying
Eliska
>>Is anyone in the group working with this Julia Cameron guide to creativity?
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>
>Just last night I read the introduction to, and first two chapters of, the
>Artist's Way. This morning I scribbled my Morning Pages.
>
>Then, as life would have it, you asked, "Is anyone in the group working with
>this Julia Cameron guide to creativity?"
>
>--Synchronicity, the perception of meaningful life coincidences - Carl Jung.
Gotta love it!!!
>
>I read this NG from time to time but have never contributed. Writer's here are
>on a different level than I. I am what Cameron describes as a "shadow artist".
> I like creatively written work but have been afraid to create. I write, but
>write only federal government reports. Creativity is only encouraged to cover
>our butts when we have dropped the ball on one issue or another.
>
Welcome - this is your Coming Out of the Shadows Party. You know how we love parties here
in MW. Did you bring Chocolate?
A lot of poster here are what she calls Shadow Artists - myself included. I don't write as
regularly as a lot of the wonderful folk here, but have come to acknowledge myself as a
writer
>I will retire soon. If I continue to write after retirement I don't want my
>words to sound like they just jumped of the pages of the Federal Register.
>That is why I happened upon the Artist's Way.
Congratulations on the near retirement.
>I clicked through your web site and see that you are not a "shadow artist". You
>are a real artist. What made you decide to start working with the book?
Your comment choked me up and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much.
I just quit my 'real job' and will need a steady infusion of energy and creativity for the
portrait work. I know I have many blocks and 'blurbs' and don't intend to let them get in
the way.
So - did you find the morning pages useful? I couldn't believe the difference they made
for me yesterday. I felt like someone had untied all the muscles in my body.
>
>royalld
>Remove anxiety when replying
Eliska
Royalld
>they made
>for me yesterday. I felt like someone had untied all the muscles in my body.
I did find the morning pages useful. In fact, I flew through them in no time;
and while writing them I worked out a couple of issues I had been mentally
wrestling with for awhile. It was amazing, answers to these two problems just
rolled out of my pen as I wrote. If only all of life could be so smooth and
simple.
Here's wishing us both luck with creativity and energy. I'm going to give the
excercises in Cameron's book a good honest chance. We'll see what happens. I
look forward to hearing how they work for you...
Scott OQ Elyard
> Is anyone in the group working with this Julia Cameron guide to creativity?
> Anyone want to share ideas if you are.
> Anyone want to start if you have the book and are ignoring it?
>
> I started today after having read the book years ago and not doing anything about it.'
Never heard of it. I don't read many creativity books, since the only
thing which seems to encourage any kind of creativity in me is a
combination of Devo and Indian food.
----
Scott Elyard
Soon.
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Eliska
>Eliska <eli...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:<qes37v8r8mgqgl03q...@4ax.com>...
>> Is anyone in the group working with this Julia Cameron guide to creativity?
>> Anyone want to share ideas if you are.
>> Anyone want to start if you have the book and are ignoring it?
>>
>> I started today after having read the book years ago and not doing anything about it.'
>
>
>Never heard of it. I don't read many creativity books,
I have a tendency to despise creativity books because they are either overly analytical or
simplistically stupid
Artist's Way is very practical if you're motivated to follow the course. I'm giving it a
good shot
Eliska
Eliska
>>So - did you find the morning pages useful? I couldn't believe the difference
>>they made
>>for me yesterday. I felt like someone had untied all the muscles in my body.
>
>I did find the morning pages useful. In fact, I flew through them in no time;
>and while writing them I worked out a couple of issues I had been mentally
>wrestling with for awhile. It was amazing, answers to these two problems just
>rolled out of my pen as I wrote. If only all of life could be so smooth and
>simple.
That's exactly how I felt. In fact, one of the things I deal with is the misperception
that life has to be a struggle to be worthwhile.
That's one of the issues (I hate that word) that came out in my morning writing.
>
>Here's wishing us both luck with creativity and energy. I'm going to give the
>excercises in Cameron's book a good honest chance. We'll see what happens. I
>look forward to hearing how they work for you...
>
I plan to introduce some of my discoveries/solutions as threads in this newsgroup
p'd & e'd
Eliska
Imapearl
"Royalld" <roy...@aol.comanxiety> wrote in message
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I've been lurking off and on in this NG as well. This post about The
Artist's Way caught my eye immediately. The book has been on my shelf for a
couple of years now. Every so often, I'll pick it up, read through it, and
start doing the exercises. Without others to share ideas, insights, and
thoughts, I stop after a week or two. I hope that by reading, doing, and
sharing, to work through to the end of the book. This book is one of the
best I've ever read on creativity and has the potential to be life changing.
I too am a shadow artist. I enjoy being around truly artistic and creative
people. I love to write and paint, yet feel those activities are for other
people, not me. It is good to know there are others with this affliction.
Pearl
Imapearl
"Scott OQ Elyard" <stonebu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I think this book is one of the best I've ever read. I don't like
creativity books that are too touchy-feely, idealistic, or formulated.
There are a lot of those type of creativity books out there. The Artist's
Way is practical, real, normal, easy, comfortable, experienced, or whatever
other descriptive you can throw out there. This book can easily fit into
real life.
Pearl
Royalld
>Artist's Way caught my eye immediately. The book has been on my shelf for a
>couple of years now. Every so often, I'll pick it up, read through it, and
>start doing the exercises. Without others to share ideas, insights, and
>thoughts, I stop after a week or two. I hope that by reading, doing, and
>sharing, to work through to the end of the book. This book is one of the
>best I've ever read on creativity and has the potential to be life changing.
>I too am a shadow artist. I enjoy being around truly artistic and creative
>people. I love to write and paint, yet feel those activities are for other
>people, not me. It is good to know there are others with this affliction.
>Pearl
Pearl,
How are your morning pages working out? Do you write them often?
I have not gone into the exercises yet. I'll start those tomorrow. I just
finished filing my income taxes this evening... With that burden out of the way
I can take some time to play around with the tasks in the book.
If nothing else it has inspired me to write everyday.
Imapearl
"Royalld" <roy...@aol.comanxiety> wrote in message
I enjoy the morning pages. Everything gets dumped onto the page, along with
any accompanying stress. Weekends are bit tricky when it comes to morning
pages though. The family is home and breathing down my neck. Since I've
been doing my morning pages, I find I wake up earlier. I haven't yet taken
an artist's date, but plan on doing that this week, as well as starting with
the other exercises.
Pearl
Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little
I started off last year with THE ARTIST'S WAY, and was pretty darn
faithful to it. I've kept up the Morning Pages ever since, but if I were
to do those AND "writing practice" a la Natalie Goldberg every day I'd
barely have energy left for the writing I intend to sell. (Now, if I
didn't have a full time job... No, not ready to quit just yet, though.)
The thing I like about MPs is the way they just siphon off all the
tedious whining and pseudo-journalling and mental soliloquies that would
otherwise litter my "real writing". MPs help me get all that
self-conscious rehashing blah out of the way so I can really start
creating. (Doesn't Cameron also call MPs "brain drain"?)
I remember no-reading week - boy did that hurt. Especially once I
realized it also meant no webcomics or other internet browsing while at
work. :-)
Niki
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(NOTE: Email Address above must be made less sneaky to reach me.)
Daphodil
anything about it. I've not done anything else either. Okay! I am going
out tonight to pick up a copy.
Thank you :)
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Eliska
>Okay, okay! I haven't read it. I knew of it years ago and didn't do
>anything about it. I've not done anything else either. Okay! I am going
>out tonight to pick up a copy.
>
>Thank you :)
Cool. Welcome to the AW club
Eliska
Daphodil
book and drove hubby nuts last night with giggles, uh-huhs, and sharp
inhales. It rang so true in so many ways on so many levels. His curiosity
raised, he began reading it too and had the same reaction. We're in and
will start over the weekend. Curiously enough, we both feel a sort of
buzzing energy today. We're trying to decide if it's anticipation or relief
that there's a "cure". Either way, it's going to be a great adventure.
Thank you for the kick in the hinder...I owe you one :)
Daphy
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Eliska
>Thanks! I've been peeking around corners for a bit now. I did go get the
>book and drove hubby nuts last night with giggles, uh-huhs, and sharp
>inhales. It rang so true in so many ways on so many levels. His curiosity
>raised, he began reading it too and had the same reaction. We're in and
>will start over the weekend. Curiously enough, we both feel a sort of
>buzzing energy today. We're trying to decide if it's anticipation or relief
>that there's a "cure". Either way, it's going to be a great adventure.
>
>Thank you for the kick in the hinder...I owe you one :)
>
>Daphy
Super - you have an in-house partner to work with
Keep us posted
I've been having a lot of fun with this - it's also spilling over into my regular life -
making things so much easier
Eliska
Daphodil
on this - my Censor is already raising havoc about sticking to it. Your
(gentle) hinder tap helped in the past :). Please let me know if I can
do/say/help in any way :)
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