The Artist's Way/The Creative Act - (Week 2) - Book Club Circle

Week 2 is about Recovering a Sense of Identity. We discussed our "Backlash People" aka the Poisonous Playmates and Crazymakers that we've encountered on our path and why it's crucial to avoid them. Julia Cameron's writings about "Attention" is so relevant to what we experience in an Information Age that is fighting for your attention. Julia reminds us that attention is currency and that we must have proper energy management as artists. We were reminded that going out in nature plays a big part in helping to reset the nervous system which Rick Rubin talks about his chapter, "Nature as Teacher" which is our reading homework for week 2. We closed this session with reviewing the "Rules of the Road", my favorite being number 5: "It's far harder and more painful to be a blocked artist than it is to do the work".

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