CHECKING IN/ the artists way
CHECKING IN.
1.How many days this week did you do your morning pages? How was the experience for you? If you skipped a day, why did you skip it?
2.Did you do your artist date this week? [Yes, yes, and it was awful.] What did you do? How did it feel?
3.Were there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery? Describe them.
Art brings healing. Remember you first need to see that wound before you can expose it to the air and Light. 🎁 Art brings healing. Remember you first need to see that wound before you can expose it to the air and light.
Often we are wrongly shamed as creatives.
From this shaming we learn
that
we are wrong to create.
that
we are wrong to create.
Once we learn this lesson, we
forget it instantly.
forget it instantly.
Buried under it doesn’t matter,
the shame lives on, waiting to
attach itself to our new
efforts.
attach itself to our new
efforts.
This is why many great riders
never make it beyond the
basics.
never make it beyond the
basics.
Why those who dream of becoming
professional trainers give up
and settle for being exercise
riders.
professional trainers give up
and settle for being exercise
riders.
Does this mean no criticism?
No.
It means
No.
It means
learning where &
when to seek out
right criticism.
As artists, we must learn when
criticism is appropriate and
from whom.
criticism is appropriate and
from whom.
Not only the source but the
timing is very important here.
timing is very important here.
A first draft is seldom
appropriately shown to any but
the most gentle and discerning
eye.
appropriately shown to any but
the most gentle and discerning
eye.
It often
takes
another artist
to see the
embryonic
is trying to
sprout.The
inexperienced
or harsh
critical eye,
instead of
nurturing
the shoot of art into being,
may shoot it down instead.
Take care of your newborn art,
give it a safe hatchery to grow
in. When those thoughts sneak
in
. . . “I know that work is good
. . . I thought that was good
work . . . Could I be kidding
myself? . . . Maybe that critic
is right . . . Why did I ever
have the nerve to think . . ?”
be firm with yourself and
refuse
to pick up the first doubt.
give it a safe hatchery to grow
in. When those thoughts sneak
in
. . . “I know that work is good
. . . I thought that was good
work . . . Could I be kidding
myself? . . . Maybe that critic
is right . . . Why did I ever
have the nerve to think . . ?”
be firm with yourself and
refuse
to pick up the first doubt.
Be vigilant. “Maybe that critic
was right . . .” and take
action: “You are a good artist,
a brave artist, you are doing
well. It’s good that you did
the
work . . .”
was right . . .” and take
action: “You are a good artist,
a brave artist, you are doing
well. It’s good that you did
the
work . . .”
Take to heart that the antidote
to shame is self-love and self-praise.
to shame is self-love and self-praise.
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