Tag: self-reflection
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artist’s way, week ten: the resolve of a new year…
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps it’s remnants of my suppressed pessimism, but I feel like I’m setting myself up for disappointment. They don’t work for me. I can’t simply implement drastic life changes overnight because a new year has begun. Presumably, very few people can. The arrival of a new year is, however,…
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artist’s way: week nine
In week nine, I was instructed to read my past eight weeks of morning pages. Therefore, I read many, many boring, repetitive and mundane details about my life (as well as how writing apparently makes me sleepy quite frequently). However, among my writings, I was able to discover numerous fascinating insights into aspects of both…
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artist’s way: week seven
My week-long Artist’s Way lessons seem to be taking longer than a week. I’m procrastinating, not sure why. It isn’t intentional. I could say my husband returning from a temporary duty tour earlier this month, we hosted a large welcome-back gathering for Thanksgiving preparations, my work schedule has been strange with the holidays, but ultimately—that is…
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artist’s way, week five: i love or would love
As an exercise in week five, Cameron instructs her readers to make a list of ten activities I love or would love to try but I’m not allowed. I feel this list is supposed to be sort of random, playful and exciting—listing items like sky-diving, learning to horse-back ride, join an improv group, a hot…
Carly Swenson | Intuitive Painter 