http://www.thebigpeace.com/2009/02/the-artists-way-week-1/ Find Yourself Without Going Anywhere Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thebigpeace.com/2009/02/the-artists-way-week-1/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Kerry Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:06:47 +0000 http://thebigpeace.com/2009/02/the-artists-way-week-1/#comment-66 I have started a few days later as my copy arrived yesterday. I was and still am very excited and a little nervous of whats to come. I started reading straight away but unlike most things, I read just what I was supposed to rather than jumping ahead thinking its all very good but not following the course. Popped out last night and got myself a rather nice notebook then questioned buying A4! How would I fill that in the morning? My alarm went off at 5.30am and it took 20 minutes of '5 more minutes' to lean across the room and get that scary A4 sized paper and start writing but I started and half an hour later three pages were complete. For once I did not mind how messy my writing was, I did not care what I had written and I did not bother to look at it again. I have wondered about shredding it after it is written to make sure I dont go back to it. Lots of interesting things have already come up just in that first 30 minutes and I am starting to realise that everything I wish I had been or done (but still can be or do) is very creative unlike the job I actually do every day. I am looking forward to todays exercises and the changes that come about! Kerry I have started a few days later as my copy arrived yesterday. I was and still am very excited and a little nervous of whats to come.
I started reading straight away but unlike most things, I read just what I was supposed to rather than jumping ahead thinking its all very good but not following the course.
Popped out last night and got myself a rather nice notebook then questioned buying A4! How would I fill that in the morning?
My alarm went off at 5.30am and it took 20 minutes of ’5 more minutes’ to lean across the room and get that scary A4 sized paper and start writing but I started and half an hour later three pages were complete. For once I did not mind how messy my writing was, I did not care what I had written and I did not bother to look at it again.
I have wondered about shredding it after it is written to make sure I dont go back to it.
Lots of interesting things have already come up just in that first 30 minutes and I am starting to realise that everything I wish I had been or done (but still can be or do) is very creative unlike the job I actually do every day.
I am looking forward to todays exercises and the changes that come about!
Kerry

]]> http://www.thebigpeace.com/2009/02/the-artists-way-week-1/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Laura Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:19:04 +0000 http://thebigpeace.com/2009/02/the-artists-way-week-1/#comment-65 Resistance... I started the artist's way a couple of weeks ago as soon as you mentioned it (I'm rubbish at waiting round). I've started it before and never got further than week three. By rights I should be into week three this time but I haven't read the chapter yet. I was ill last week and then a momentous HR mess at work landed on me which comes with quite a bit of anxiety. Then my friend's partner left her so I spent the day with her. Then I was tired and I didn't want to do the morning pages. I struggled to find a date for myself and ended up going to the local library to get a movie. I lay on the sofa all day yesterday. No morning pages either. Sound like resistance to you? It does to me! Point I'm trying to make is that whatever "life-stuff" comes our way, we still have to make time for things like this. It's too easy to use "life" as an excuse to not actually live it. I'm reading Chapter three when I go to bed tonight. ps... i think this may just have been my evening page. Resistance…
I started the artist’s way a couple of weeks ago as soon as you mentioned it (I’m rubbish at waiting round). I’ve started it before and never got further than week three. By rights I should be into week three this time but I haven’t read the chapter yet. I was ill last week and then a momentous HR mess at work landed on me which comes with quite a bit of anxiety. Then my friend’s partner left her so I spent the day with her. Then I was tired and I didn’t want to do the morning pages. I struggled to find a date for myself and ended up going to the local library to get a movie. I lay on the sofa all day yesterday. No morning pages either. Sound like resistance to you? It does to me! Point I’m trying to make is that whatever “life-stuff” comes our way, we still have to make time for things like this. It’s too easy to use “life” as an excuse to not actually live it. I’m reading Chapter three when I go to bed tonight.
ps… i think this may just have been my evening page.

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