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Five ways to step outside the day-to-day life as a working original artist and look at the big picture of your creative dreams.
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What do you enjoy most about going on an Artist Retreat Day? For most of us
it's getting away from our "normal routine", having our creativity sparked by
new surroundings and having the luxury of "open time" to work on our creative
projects.
A retreat gives us the opportunity to step outside the day-to-day and look at
the big picture of our creative dreams. It gives us freedom from obligation and
responsibilities and guidance from a facilitator and/or our artist peers.
Here are five ways to bring some of these elements into your life EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
1. Call yourself an artist. Find a way to work it into conversations with
new people or join and get active in an association, discussion group or other
community of artists. Get used to fully claiming your identity as the creative
artist that you are.
2. Enjoy – and celebrate – something you've already completed. Savour it,
relish in it and accept it as a perfect expression of the "you" that you were
when you created it.
3. Let go of one of the obligations and responsibilities on your list today.
Delegate it, cancel it (respectfully and in a considerate way), reschedule it or
let it go.
4. Make use of the free space you've just created. Take a small step
towards making
your creative dream come true.
5. Change something in your routine. Take a new route, brush your teeth
with your non-dominant hand, get outside, eat your meals in a different chair or
change the location of something in your creative workspace.
Linda Dessau, the Self-Care Coach, helps
artists enhance their creativity by addressing their unique self-care issues. To
sign-up for one of her FREE Artist Retreat Days in July and August 2005, visit:
http://snipurl.com/artist_retreat
More from this author:
Everyday
Self-Care Quiz
7 Things Sapping
Your Creativity Right Now
Breathing out
Stage Fright
Check out these recommended resources:
In the Spotlight: Create a Calm and Confident State of Mind, Body, & Spirit While Speaking or Performing
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer
Stage Fright : Modernism, Anti-Theatricality, and Drama
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