Jun

30

other-handed

June 30, 2007 | 8 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 [...]

Jun

27

a pcq-qcp: bedside essentials

June 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

[-quick tip, practice-] A Quick Creative Practice ~simple habits can have profound impacts~ Keep a tablet and a pen or pencil on your bedside table at all times! DREAMS If you wake with a dream still in reach, jot it down immediately. If you want to fall back to sleep, don’t worry about transcribing the [...]

May

27

Cross-pollination

May 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

[process, inspiration] Book box Originally uploaded by cramzy. A Good Sunday Morning in May to you all! The photo to the right is one from The Practically Creative Group on flickr. It’s posted by ‘cramzy,’ a wonderful fibre artist whose work has impressed me continually. Cramzy, also known as Emmy Schoonbeek, does all kinds of [...]

Feb

11

The Everyday Self-Review

February 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

by Nancy S.M. Waldman Julia Cameron, who wrote The Artist’s Way, calls this practice “Morning Pages.” Her recommendation is three hand-written pages of journaling FIRST THING every morning. It’s a great discipline and truly works to get the gears of creativity in motion. The idea is to write whatever comes out … free associating, without [...]

Feb

5

The Healing Journal

February 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-journaling-] by Nancy S. M. Waldman ‘journals’ © 06-07 nancy waldman Since 1999, when the Journal of the American Medical Association came out with the positive findings of a small study that looked at the therapeutic benefits of writing about one’s feelings, the field of therapeutic writing has spread into all aspects of physical and [...]