Looking forward to chatting on Zoom tomorrow!

I love the idea that your Artist Date was spent with orchids ❣️ How delightful and so good for your soul to connect with nature. Here in NH we have so much snow and more coming later today. It was just starting to melt. It’s that time of year when I really start needing to be outdoors and put my hands in the dirt. I might have to go visit a…

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@Isabelle

That sounds like a fun Artist’s Date! I love going to Ben Franklin, which is our version of Hobby Lobby (which we don’t have on the Island–and no Michael’s either). There’s another store right next door called Daiso that I also love. It’s Japanese, and has a ton of bright colorful unnecessary plastic shit I enjoy looking at…

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Hi @Isabelle

There is no rule about the morning pages except not to read them until you’re some distance into the class (which she mentions in the book when we get to that point) and if I recall correctly, that’s only if you want to. I don’t see any point in reading them afterward, especially since I jot down any important thoughts, ideas,…

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I started the Morning Pages last Sunday. I’ve been successful at getting them done first thing while having my first cup of coffee and toast. That time used to be spending time on checking the weather, my e-mails and Facebook. There’s been a situation at home that I’ve been struggling with. The Morning Pages have helped me to express them.…

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I had my first Artist date yesterday. I went walking around in the dollar store. Read some children books, had fun looking at Easter stuff and bought packs of bright colored gel pens. Since that wasn’t 2 hours long, I plan on watching a Disney movie this weekend when I am alone at home.

I’m good at doing the morning pages. It’s a task I can make myself do because it feels like important work. I’ve been doing them (badly) for years, and even though I butcher the process in many ways, I am very aware of how beneficial they are. The brain-drain clears my mind, and while the list-making habit I’ve added to the pages often…

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I’ve been doing morning pages consistently for years, but as I wrote in a reply to @Krys I’m pretty bad at it. I get distracted, so it takes longer than it should, and sometimes I just take stabs at it during the day until I’ve filled two or three pages. But honestly, it has mostly evolved into a long rambling moan about my never-ending…

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@Isabelle I’ve bought and used the workbook before. I still have it, and I got it out to look back over it. I like the fact that the tasks and check-ins are listed, with plenty of room for writing, and unlined pages make it easy to draw or make diagrams etc. There is some explanatory text lifted from the book, and I think there is also…

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I ordered the workbook from Amazon. I don’t know for sure if I needed it but I think it might be helpful for me to stay organized with my notes. I started the book last week. Just got to the page 38 with my first assignment of writing 3 pages starting tomorrow morning. I like the fact that I don’t have to reread what I wrote. I am planning my…

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Yay Krystyna! I am so happy that you are joining us!

@Krys I can’t thank you enough for giving me the idea of doing this course in the book club. The Artist’s Way course is life-changing, but a life-changing process is so easy to abandon if we don’t have the support we need to keep going.

I think that 30-minutes a day to write three morning pages is an aspirational goal I can’t attain, because…

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@Isabelle I know it’s exactly what I need too, so I’m so glad you’re on board! It’s not altruistic, it’s personal: I will show up for friends when I won’t show up for myself, so I need a group of likeminded people to keep me motivated. I know from experience that it’ll be transformational. Let’s do this!

No. One hour a day is NOT too much time to dedicate to some self care.

That said, The Artist’s Way says we should schedule two hours a week, I believe, just for ourselves. That task has been on my To Do list in my bullet journal since I mentioned this book in our meeting back in January!

That’s not to say that I haven’t taken some time for…

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This book sounds like it’s exactly what I have been looking for. What I need in my life. Learning how to declutter the chatter in my head will be amazing and rewarding I am sure. I feel that I don’t always have clarity with animal communication, removing blocks using tools I haven’t tried yet will be interesting and hopeful.

You really got me…

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JC says: “What you are doing is creating pathways in your consciousness through which the creative forces can operate.”

This is also important when we practice animal communication or energy healing: We have to be a clear channel through which creative energy can flow, and the same is true for telepathic, psychic, or healing energy.

But…

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Hey, Nancy. I’m so happy to see you here! I’m looking forward to reading Gabriel’s story and chatting with you about your books, your writing process, your cats…. Thank you!

I’m so excited to be your author guest! If anyone has questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me!

Hi Isabelle,

Thanks for your question! I wasn’t thinking we’d Zoom on Mondays, but that we’d do all the discussion in the forums. (I’m going to post some writing / thinking prompts as we go along.) But your question has made me wonder whether we should also do some Zooming for Book Club members too. Let me percolate on it.

Thanks!

Babette

I’m excited about this book club. Any Ideas what time is will be on Mondays?

I have exciting news! Our first book club will begin on Monday, March 3rd. Our featured author will be one of my fellow Diamond Heart Finalists, Nancy Herkness. We’ll have a month to read and discuss her book Royal Caleva: Gabriel, and we’ll do a live Zoom Q & A with Nancy on Friday, April 4th – be sure to mark your calendars (times will be…

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