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 visit to a great junk store, a solo trip to the beach, an old movie seen alone together, a visit to an aquarium or an art museum….” Cameron, pg. 19.

Filling the Well, Stocking the Pond

“Art is an image-isomg system. In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir is ideally like a well-stocked trout pond. … As artists, we must realize that we have to maintain this artistic ecosystem. If we don’t give some attention to upkeep, our well is apt to become depleted, stagnant, or blocked.” Cameron, pg. 20

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Read The Artist’s Way, pgs. 18-20.

Set Goals

 

Yay! We are at the end of the first week of our study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. By now, you should be ready to make some commitment to better yourself. The other side of that coin is that you have slammed the door on the whole idea of self-improvement and have walked away entirely.

With the assumption that there are at least a few good people standing in this study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, today, we are going to begin doing some things to help establish this program as more of a forever effort. We’ll begin by seting some goals for ourselves.

Goal Number 1: Reach for the Stars

Many, many years ago, I saw an illustration with a simple, crude stairway stretched toward heaven and the words were inscribed: “I Want!I Want!”

I want! I want!
Published by William Blake in 1793

I wrote my first Master’s Thesis about William Blake. At least since high school, his Songs of Innocence and Experience have influenced me. William Blake was a Romantic poet who influenced many creators:

Eric Carle Papa Please Get the Moon for Me

And in 1986, Eric Carle expressed Blake’s need for the moont in his picture book Papa Please Get the Moon for Me. If you look closely, you will see that Carle has incorporated Blake’s ladder.

Eric Carle’s picture book Papa Please Get the Moon forMe is a story about a little girl who yearns for the moon. and she asks her Papa to get it for her.

[Just a quick plug for writers who read–Getting ideas from others is a great plus for writers who read.]

Even when I was very young–at least by junior high–I realized that I was driven to be–to do something–to say something–to make something. Although I have done and said many things, I continually strive to do more. I continually revise my goals.

Here Is another page for your Artists’s Way Journal”

1. Write 3 Pages of Morning Pages
2. Do Your Daily Reflection
3. Today is a Reward Day! As a reward for yourself–and as a time to let your creative child come out to play, Make some collages. to create a Goal Gallery

Hang your Goal Gallery on your favorite wall and rejoice.