The Artist's Way
May. 11th, 2021 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
toricopiesWhat am I doing? What has today been? I don't even know how to process everything that's been happening. Luka has been in the hospital now for 12 hours and hasn't spoken to me since he was just being admitted. Is it wrong to also worry about myself at this time? Instinct says no, but on the surface I hear "yes." When I just sit and think about myself and what's going on with me, I have this nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach. Like I'm waiting to get up in front of the whole class to present a project.
The Artist's Way: Week 1 Tasks
1. Every morning, set your clock one-half hour early; get up and write three pages of longhand, stream-of-consciousness morning writing. Do not reread these pages or allow anyone else to read them. Ideally, stick these pages in a large manila envelope, or hide them somewhere. Welcome to the morning pages. They will change you. This week, please be sure to work with your affirmations of choice and your blurts at the end of each day's morning pages. Convert all blurts into positive affirmations.
2. Take yourself on an artist date.
3. Time Travel: List three old enemies of your creative self-worth. Be specific. It is important to acknowledge creative injuries and grieve them.
4. Time Travel: Select and write out one horror story from your monster hall of fame. Jot down whatever details you can remember from the incident, and whatever rankles you about it.
5. Write a letter to the editor in your defense. It is great fun to write this letter in the voice of your wounded artist child.
6. Time Travel: List three old champions of your creative self-worth. Even if you disbelieve a compliment, record it. It may well be true.
7. Time Travel: Select and write out one happy piece of encouragement. Write a thank-you letter.
8. Imaginary Lives: If you had five other lives to lead, what would you do in each of them? Whatever occurs to you, joit it down. Do not overthink. Have fun. Look over your list and select one. Then do it this week.
9. In working with affirmations and blurts, very often injuries and mosters swim back to us. Add these to your list as they occur to you. Work with each blurt individually. Turn each negative into an affirmative positive.
10. Take your artist for a walk, the two of you. A brisk twenty-minute walk can dramatically alter consciousness.
Saturday Check-In
Remember that recovery is yours. What you think is important, and it will become increasingly interesting to you as you progress. You may want to do check-ins in your morning-pages notebook. It's best to answer by hand and allow twenty minutes to respond. The purpose of check-ins is to give you a journal of your creative journey.
The Artist's Way: Week 1 Tasks
1. Every morning, set your clock one-half hour early; get up and write three pages of longhand, stream-of-consciousness morning writing. Do not reread these pages or allow anyone else to read them. Ideally, stick these pages in a large manila envelope, or hide them somewhere. Welcome to the morning pages. They will change you. This week, please be sure to work with your affirmations of choice and your blurts at the end of each day's morning pages. Convert all blurts into positive affirmations.
2. Take yourself on an artist date.
3. Time Travel: List three old enemies of your creative self-worth. Be specific. It is important to acknowledge creative injuries and grieve them.
4. Time Travel: Select and write out one horror story from your monster hall of fame. Jot down whatever details you can remember from the incident, and whatever rankles you about it.
5. Write a letter to the editor in your defense. It is great fun to write this letter in the voice of your wounded artist child.
6. Time Travel: List three old champions of your creative self-worth. Even if you disbelieve a compliment, record it. It may well be true.
7. Time Travel: Select and write out one happy piece of encouragement. Write a thank-you letter.
8. Imaginary Lives: If you had five other lives to lead, what would you do in each of them? Whatever occurs to you, joit it down. Do not overthink. Have fun. Look over your list and select one. Then do it this week.
9. In working with affirmations and blurts, very often injuries and mosters swim back to us. Add these to your list as they occur to you. Work with each blurt individually. Turn each negative into an affirmative positive.
Saturday Check-In
Remember that recovery is yours. What you think is important, and it will become increasingly interesting to you as you progress. You may want to do check-ins in your morning-pages notebook. It's best to answer by hand and allow twenty minutes to respond. The purpose of check-ins is to give you a journal of your creative journey.
1. How many days this week did you do your morning pages? How was the experience for you?
2. Did you do your artist date this week? What did you do? How did it feel?
3. Wertr there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery? Decribe them.
2. Did you do your artist date this week? What did you do? How did it feel?
3. Wertr there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery? Decribe them.
