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artist date

8/31/2015

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For my weekly artist date today, I visited the library to look at their collection of pop up books. It was so much fun to feel like a kid.
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Artist's Way to god, god, and more god

8/29/2015

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My fellow artists in my Artist's Way group know how much I despise all of the mentions of god in Julia Cameron's book. So one of them, sent me a particularly annoying quote so I then created this response and Photoshopped pictures.

"Praise be...I am merely a vessel–a holy tool. I am nothing. Hallelujah! Now, let us pray."
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Artist's way meeting: week 3

8/25/2015

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Recovering a Sense of Power

This chapter had some very powerful sections including one on Anger, but I especially found the section on Shame intense. I wrote a lot about growing up in a small town and feeling different that everyone, which resulted in me hiding my true self. My true self is creative, so in some ways, living there was killing my creativity. I missed one day on my morning pages and completed my artist date. I also wrote about some of the exercises such as listing five people I admire and the traits they possess that I can cultivate in myself.

Finally, there was a couple of sections, one which was entitled Synchronicity that I found outright insulting because of the author's statements about God. It lacked critical thinking skills and was filled with naivety.

My morning pages

Missed: 1 day
Written in AM: 3 days
Written in afternoon: 4 days
Written late night: 5 days
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Art studio work

8/25/2015

 
I spent a short amount of time today in my studio finishing my armature for one of the projects I am working on.
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collage day

8/23/2015

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Another day of collaging with six artists. There was some great things being created.
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My work
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Beginning stages of my work.
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Nikki's collage
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Nikki's finished collage
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Nikki's finished work
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Ken's collage
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Ken's collage
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Airy hard at work
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Mark's amazing art piece
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Stephen working
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Stephen's finished piece
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working in my art studio

8/14/2015

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Today I spent a long time working in my art studio. I started by organizing fasteners and then straight and safety pins.

Afterwards, I completed a head armature with more covered wire and then with black lace. It will get covered with broken mirror shards, but I still like to make my understructures look nice.
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creativity explored attended

8/13/2015

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Tonight I went to the opening at Creativity Explored. It was an exceptional show.
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Shu Hung Kee
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Charles Cruz
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Charles Cruz
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Vanessa Ruffin
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Charles Cruz
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Peter Cordova
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Anthony Gomez
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José Nunez
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artist's way meeting: week 2

8/11/2015

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Recovering a Sense of Identity

This chapter ended up lasting two weeks due to conflicts in scheduling. I missed one and a half days of morning pages and completed my artist dates. I particularly liked a couple of exercises such as making a list of imaginary lives, which included being a dollmaker, filmmaker, gymnast, etc. I also like figuring out where my wasted time goes and made a commitment to spend less time on Facebook.
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thoughts about the artist's way book

8/10/2015

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Lately, I have joined a group where we are working through "The Artist's Way" book. I spend quite a bit of time during my morning pages, complaining about the abundance of God bullshit and giving up your power to an invisible being or force. I take full responsibility for my creativity! I am proud of the hard work and time I dedicate to my art. I attribute my success to my continued focus and efforts. I am courageous, because there is not a safety net or nebulous guidance. 

Being a Humanist and Atheist, I continue to find the book challenging, but try to concentrate on the things I DO agree with.

Finally, I found this really cool post where they have rewritten the "Basic Principles".

http://taephoenix.com/2012/12/27/a-skeptics-guide-to-the-artists-way-core-principles/

​ORIGINAL
​1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.
​MODIFIED
​1. Life is a manifestation of creative energy that includes cycles of building and destruction.
​2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life – including ourselves.
​2. The innate urge to create is a healthy part of being human.
​3. When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator’s creativity within us and our lives.
​3. When we open ourselves to creativity, we embrace vulnerability, intuition, spontaneity and uncertainty. This leads us to greater happiness and peace.
​4. We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.
​4. Our lives are a manifestation of creative energy; it benefits us to align our own efforts with that energy for as long as we are able.
​5. Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.
​5. Creativity is a precious component of our whole selves. Valuing it is a gift to ourselves and leads to greater self worth.
​6. The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.
​6. It is our choice which parts of our nature to feed. The refusal to feed our creative nature runs counter to our well being.
​7. When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good orderly direction.
​7. When we open ourselves to being creative, we become aware of our ephemerality and yearn to use our time here well.
​8. As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.
​8. As we open ourselves to creativity, we will see powerful but subtle adjustments that lead to personal and artistic growth.
​9. It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.
​9. It is safe to open ourselves up to creativity, insofar as anything in life is truly ‘safe.’
​10. Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.
​10. Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a part of ourselves that we must listen to in order to value all that we are.
- written by Tae Phoenix
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working at my art studio

8/4/2015

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I spent a few hours today at my studio working on an armature for an upcoming sculptural project. Although, it will not ever be seen in the final piece, I really like the way it looks. I also disassembled an old art piece of mine.
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artist date

8/1/2015

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Today I visited SFAC Galleries to see the installation by Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor. It reminds me of my friend Rob Putnam's work.
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