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The Artist’s Way

March 7, 2006

Beginners & Experts

Via Lifehacker, I’ve found a great new blog (as if I could keep up with those I’ve already found): Creating Passionate Users. It was a post there — How to be an expert — that gave me just that little push I needed to jump into the 30 Day Photo Challenge: … the research says… Continue reading

30DayPhoto, The Artist’s Way

beginner, creativity, expert, expertise, photograph, photography, The Artist’s Way, Writing
March 5, 2006

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 8: Recovering a Sense of Strength

First, a few links: I found this first one (a Yahoo group) because I got a hit from there; someone in the group linked to my very first post on The Artist’s Way: artistswayplay · The Artist’s Way Online Playgroup. Then I found a Flickr group! How could I have missed this? Flickr: The Artist’s… Continue reading

The Artist’s Way

abandonment, The Artist’s Way
February 28, 2006

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 7: Recovering a Sense of Connection

Last week’s topics included listening, perfectionism, risk, and jealousy. Risk is an interesting one for me. I realized quite young that I was risk aversive; I like comfort, and safety. I recognized that many people settle into a job or a place early on, get comfortable, and never move — physically, intellectually, emotionally, or spiritually… Continue reading

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harp, Jane Hirshfield, listening, Music, photograph, The Artist’s Way
February 27, 2006

Poetry

what is poetry for?this silence A reminder: Jane Hirshfield is engaged in a conversation about poems, poetry, and other matters at The Well. This conversation is open to the public, and you are invited. I’ve been reading Ted Kooser’s The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets. Yes, I’ve… Continue reading

Art, Blogging, Books, poetry, Poets, small poems, The Artist’s Way, Writing

Jane Hirshfield, poem, poet, poetry, Ted Kooser
February 26, 2006

Journals & Notebooks

Blue Dog asks: What do you write in? And many, many reply, with photos and thoughts on journaling and writing that are worth sharing outside the Blogging the Artist’s Way list, I think. So I have many links below the cut, and will add more as I find them. This gives me an excuse for… Continue reading

Critters, Memes, The Artist’s Way, Writing

Art, journal, notebook, The Artist’s Way, Writing

DISCLAIMERS:

Artificial Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. I believe writing is thinking, and I prefer to do my own. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

The Artist’s Way

Beginners & Experts

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 8: Recovering a Sense of Strength

The Artist’s Way ~ Week 7: Recovering a Sense of Connection

Poetry

Journals & Notebooks