As part of my celebration of having survived another week, I have decided that I’ll spend my next several Saturdays actually eating at a local eatery: The B.T.C. Grocery, which is actually more than a grocery. It is a quaint little place to eat, shop, and just get out of the house. I have only…
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From Dust to Dust – From Ashes to Ashes – All of Us Are at Least a Truckload of Dirt and a Promise
As usual, I started writing this post with at least two agendas. First, I need to complete the thoughts I began this morning at 3 am–my post “To Everything, There is a Season.” I spent my 4th of July working on my computer, and by 4 pm, my eyes were swollen, and I was having…
To Everything, There Is A Season
To Everything, There Is A Season Ecclesiastes 3:1 This morning, I was out in my garden, and I gathered buckets of tomatoes. I had started those tomatoes as tiny plants under lights in my house in late winter. In fact, we had an ice storm outside, and I was feeding my winter birds at that…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 11
A few pages back, Cameron tiptoed into a topic that is of utmost importance for many people–especially for writers and painters–FEAR! “Boredom is just ‘What’s the use?’ in disguise. And ‘What’s the use?’ is fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair. So put your fears on the page. Put anything on the page….
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 10
Poisonous Playmates “Toxic playmates can capsize our artist’s growth. … “Not surprisingly, the most poisonous playmates for us as recovering creatives are people whose creativity is still blocked. Our recovery threatens them…. “If they are having trouble with your recovery, they are still getting a payoff from remaining blocked. Perhaps they still get an anorectic…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 9
Shadow Artists “For many families, a career in the arts exists outside of their social and economic reality: ‘Art won’t pay the electric bill.’ As a result, if the child is encouraged to consider art in job terms at all, he or she must consider it sensibly.” Cameron, pg. 26 “Fledgling artists may be encouraged…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 8
Restocking the Pond. This is the day after the Artist’s Date. The intention of The Artist’s Date is a type of R , R, & R Miisson Rest, Relax, & Reward. All of us should have recuperated a bit, and toda is a day to Plant New Seeds for another Week. Today, I’ll literally sow…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 7
Artistic Date And Weekly Evaluation “An artist date is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. …You may not take anyone on this artic date but you and your inner artist, a. k. a. your creative child.” Cameron, pg. 18. “A…
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Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 6
In Tuesday’s reading, Julia Cameron asserted that a practice of writing Morning Pages will ultimately connect the practicioner to a Higher Creative Insight. I personally call this Higher Creative Insight my Intuition. Julia Cameron calls this Higher Creative Insight a type of Spiritual Guidance, which is beyond a type of religious insight. She says that…