Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your CreativityQuest Books, 2012 M12 16 - 268 pages Working and would-be writers, photographers, painters, journal keepers, sculptors, musicians, poets, and creative folk in every field will find inspiration and practical suggestions in this joyous book. This complete course in creative expression is based on Jan Phillips' smash "Marry Your Muse" workshops, and was chosen a Ben Franklin Award gold medal winner for 1997. In Part One, the stirring affirmations of The Artist's Creed empower us to become more confident and productive. In Part Two, anecdotes, photographs, quotations to ponder, fun and effective exercises help us discover a deep and satisfying form of self-expression. In Part Three, the heartful stories of working artists inspire us to fall in love with the artist within |
Contents
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Becoming One with Life | 27 |
Your Work Flows Like a River | 35 |
What You Are Called To Do | 43 |
Believing in the Dream | 145 |
The Art of Activism | 153 |
Stretching the Boundaries of Creativity | 159 |
Eliminate Your Enemies | 169 |
The Workplace the Wave and the InBetween | 175 |
Jewels in Our Midst | 181 |
Pass the Stardust Please | 185 |
Passing the Stardust | 191 |
The Time You Spend Creating Is Precious | 51 |
What Matters Is the Newness | 59 |
You Are Not Alone | 65 |
As the Muse Gives So Does She Deserve | 73 |
Staying on the Path | 81 |
Letting the Heart Sound the Beat | 83 |
Moms Advice | 91 |
Giving the Artist Within Half a Chance | 99 |
Start Anyway | 105 |
Leaving the Chaos Behind | 111 |
Keeping the Journey Mind | 117 |
Going First | 123 |
The Little Wise Ones | 131 |
A Deeper Kind of Seeing | 137 |
Sheila Bender | 193 |
Judith Ann Benedict | 199 |
Karen Elias | 205 |
William F Farnan | 211 |
Eryk Hanut | 215 |
Shirlene Holmes | 221 |
Sister Paula Matthew CSJ | 227 |
Eunice Scarfe | 233 |
Tammy TarbellBoehning | 239 |
Cris Williamson and Tret Fure | 245 |
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Author Bio | 256 |
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