Thank you Graham for creating the space that brought "The Artist's Way' to so many of us here on Substack. I truly can’t believe we completed Week 11 already and feeling so grateful for this journey.
The Artist’s Way has helped me reconnect with creativity and reflection, in such meaningful ways. Hard to believe we are almost at the final chapter. We decided with some of the girls from my cluster 7 group to continue connecting weekly if we can in zoom meetings so thank you !
Chapter 11 was very relatable for me. It reinforces a familiar pattern I see on this journey, the importance of self. Self….love, respect, direction, supporting, nurturing. I am gaining confidence in being the master of my creative choices, and avoiding self sabotage. I love the emphasis of this chapter on finding clarity of self by strengthening our connection with mind and body, movement and stillness and communing with nature. The tasks were very self focused. This journey so far is one of self knowing, believing and releasing my natural creativity, a journey that will continue far beyond next week. Thank you, Annie, for the check up idea. Thank you, Graham, for leading the way. Thank you to my awesome group. We have created a special bond of friendship.
Thank you, Graham, for this creative journey, which has been so meaningful and transformative. I’m very excited about what’s to come. I really loved what Julia said in Chapter 11: “If you are happier writing than not writing, painting than not painting, singing than not singing, acting than not acting, directing than not directing, for God’s sake, allow yourself to do it.” I think that’s the direction I’m heading in!
Sunday’s Zoom meeting was wonderful. Sending a kiss to your little baby! ❤️
Lucinda's sharing truly resonated with me. Her description of focusing on the feelings she is expressing with not seeing her work well reminded me of how Beethoven writing some of his greatest music after he was deaf. Barbara's story about sharing her poem really touched my heart. The journey has been truly enriched by sharing in the large group and breakout conversations.
I have such mixed feelings about this coming to an end. It's been quite a journey and I am taking away some valuable lessons and am excited to apply them to my creative endeavors. My group wants to stay in touch and compare creative notes. And I'm excited to start the next phase with another group going through Julia's "It's Never to Late" book. One of the most valuable takeaways for me has been the importance of accountability and the value of encouragement. Chapter 12 suggests continuing with the pages and dates, and I plan to do that as I have definitely felt the value of those practices. Graham, thank you for providing this opportunity and participating with all of us. I hope you have found a lot of value in the journey as well.
First thank you Graham, for taking us on The Artist's Way journey, I am so grateful for these past 12 weeks. As it is coming to a close, many feelings are going through me as I have learned so much about myself, faced the blocks on my creative path, and am chasing away the "shadows of self-doubt" . I plan to continue with morning pages (maybe not 3 everyday) which have been so helpful on this journey, continue with solo artist's dates and have set intentions to continue to nurture my inner child and creative spirit.
I so enjoyed meeting with my group each week, sharing our challenges and the wins was so inspiring and encouraging. The group is planning to continue our paths of creativity by using Julia's "It's Never Too Late to Begin Again" book, along with getting together through zoom to share.
Again thank you for sharing this experience with all of us..continued blessings!
Thank you Graham for creating the space that brought "The Artist's Way' to so many of us here on Substack. I truly can’t believe we completed Week 11 already and feeling so grateful for this journey.
The Artist’s Way has helped me reconnect with creativity and reflection, in such meaningful ways. Hard to believe we are almost at the final chapter. We decided with some of the girls from my cluster 7 group to continue connecting weekly if we can in zoom meetings so thank you !
Chapter 11 was very relatable for me. It reinforces a familiar pattern I see on this journey, the importance of self. Self….love, respect, direction, supporting, nurturing. I am gaining confidence in being the master of my creative choices, and avoiding self sabotage. I love the emphasis of this chapter on finding clarity of self by strengthening our connection with mind and body, movement and stillness and communing with nature. The tasks were very self focused. This journey so far is one of self knowing, believing and releasing my natural creativity, a journey that will continue far beyond next week. Thank you, Annie, for the check up idea. Thank you, Graham, for leading the way. Thank you to my awesome group. We have created a special bond of friendship.
I am so happy that I took part in this project. It brought me back to my scrapbooking which I had abandoned 6 years ago.
Thank you, Graham, for this creative journey, which has been so meaningful and transformative. I’m very excited about what’s to come. I really loved what Julia said in Chapter 11: “If you are happier writing than not writing, painting than not painting, singing than not singing, acting than not acting, directing than not directing, for God’s sake, allow yourself to do it.” I think that’s the direction I’m heading in!
Sunday’s Zoom meeting was wonderful. Sending a kiss to your little baby! ❤️
Lucinda's sharing truly resonated with me. Her description of focusing on the feelings she is expressing with not seeing her work well reminded me of how Beethoven writing some of his greatest music after he was deaf. Barbara's story about sharing her poem really touched my heart. The journey has been truly enriched by sharing in the large group and breakout conversations.
I have such mixed feelings about this coming to an end. It's been quite a journey and I am taking away some valuable lessons and am excited to apply them to my creative endeavors. My group wants to stay in touch and compare creative notes. And I'm excited to start the next phase with another group going through Julia's "It's Never to Late" book. One of the most valuable takeaways for me has been the importance of accountability and the value of encouragement. Chapter 12 suggests continuing with the pages and dates, and I plan to do that as I have definitely felt the value of those practices. Graham, thank you for providing this opportunity and participating with all of us. I hope you have found a lot of value in the journey as well.
First thank you Graham, for taking us on The Artist's Way journey, I am so grateful for these past 12 weeks. As it is coming to a close, many feelings are going through me as I have learned so much about myself, faced the blocks on my creative path, and am chasing away the "shadows of self-doubt" . I plan to continue with morning pages (maybe not 3 everyday) which have been so helpful on this journey, continue with solo artist's dates and have set intentions to continue to nurture my inner child and creative spirit.
I so enjoyed meeting with my group each week, sharing our challenges and the wins was so inspiring and encouraging. The group is planning to continue our paths of creativity by using Julia's "It's Never Too Late to Begin Again" book, along with getting together through zoom to share.
Again thank you for sharing this experience with all of us..continued blessings!