Oct

1

Cooking up Creativity

October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Cooking is one of the few creative activities that I engage in pretty much everyday. However, I realized recently that somewhere along the line I stopped giving cooking the respect it deserves.
I have always enjoyed cooking but I guess my children—over time—with their penchant for the bland and the familiar, ate away at […]

Jun

30

other-handed

June 30, 2007 | 2 Comments

[-journaling, c-mindfulness-]
Next time you are writing in your journal, switch the pen to your other hand and write.
I know. I know. You can’t write with your other hand. Never mind. Go on and do it anyway.
Writing with our non-dominant hand can have interesting results because it confuses our brain. Part of that protest […]

Jun

15

Leaving Leftism Behind

June 15, 2007 | 4 Comments

[-crackles!, c-mindfulness-]
by Nancy Waldman

I am in the process of writing an article on using the non-dominant hand in journaling as a way to reach the R-mind. In doing so, I decided that my icon and ’short-hand’ talk of R-mindfulness, based on Betty Edwards work regarding the use of brain hemisphere dominance to teach art, is […]

May

23

Problem-solving Drawings

May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-exercise, un-blocker-]

by Nancy Waldman

Do you feel creative but still have difficulty creating?
Is something holding you back but you’re not quite sure what or why?
Are you feeling blocked?
Do you feel that your output is a trickle instead of a flood?
Here is a exercise designed to explore these kinds of problems in a new way.
In Marks […]

May

18

contour drawings

May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-r-mindfulness, exercise-]
by Nancy Waldman

Before beginning your creative work for the day, try this as a warm-up. It is an excellent way to access your R-mind and to lift your awareness from everyday mode into a heightened realm.

This warm-up is a drawing exercise but it’s not just for visual artists. It will help no matter what […]

Mar

23

Personal Sacred Spaces

March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photo essay-]
compiled and written by Nancy S.M. Waldman

Creativity and Spirituality
are intertwined

Mar

20

Negative Space - a drawing tutorial

March 20, 2007 | 1 Comment

[-art, tutorial-]
Here’s a drawing tutorial for anyone who’s ever actually uttered the words, “I can’t draw a straight line” as well as for others who know they can, but who are out of practice.
HOW TO DRAW
by Nancy S.M. Waldman
Becoming aware of Negative Space will help you to be able to beautifully reproduce anything you can […]

Mar

16

Playing the edge . . .

March 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

[-essay, parenting-]
What do yoga, Carlos Castañeda and being a loving, effective parent have to do with knowing who and where and what you are? Read this great essay to find out.
Playing the edge, finding one’s spot and being one’s true self
by guest essayist, Joe McCarthy

I recently attended a four-class parenting seminar on Love and Logic, […]

Mar

2

Changing States

March 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-r-mindfullness-]
by Nancy S.M. Waldman
Ready?
Alter your brainwaves.
Begin.
Go on.
I’ll wait….
For many, the first and possibly only impulse upon getting instructions like that would be to start drinking or taking drugs, legal or otherwise.
But, to alter your way of perceiving the world without injesting something? Yes! It is more than just possible; it’s attainable.
But, why? Why […]

Feb

11

MetAphorism - Desktop Short-cuts

February 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-metAphorism, r-mindfulness-]

metAphorism is a word I coined to mean a simple, everyday thing, concept or event that points us in the direction of a deeper lesson.

metaphor - figure of speech giving an implicit comparison: this is that.
aphorism - concise statement of a truth or opinion.

by Nancy Waldman
The metAphorism
Desktop Short-cuts
The lesson
Knowing short-cuts to access […]

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