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The image above of my work table shows a scene I cherish:
50 new paintings completed,
a stack of under paintings at the ready,
a brand new project journal to document the process,
(in background) huge stack of frames ready for sanding, priming, painting,
a full up project journal from the first seven months of the project, jammed with notes, [...]
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How To Finish What You Start, a.k.a Completion
Note: This article is Part 5 in a 5 Part series called Mini-Journaling to Max Your Creativity. Just tuning in? Start with Part 1 here, or just go back a read it later.
In Strive for Imperfection, we discussed how not completing things can be a form of perfectionism.
Here’s [...]
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Note: This article is Part 4 in a 5 Part series called Mini-Journaling to Max Your Creativity. Just tuning in? Start with Part 1 here, or just go back a read it later.
How hard do you try to get everything just right before you take action?
Do you abandon projects before you complete them?
Or do you [...]
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love vs. fear: the gloves are off!
Note: This article is Part 2 in a 5 Part series called Mini-Journaling to Max Your Creativity. Just tuning in? Get Part 1 here.
In Part 2, Fear Itself, I brought up a few points about our friend, Fear:
Fear stops us from doing, and then stops us from dreaming. [...]
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This week’s journal peek is brought to you from Cafe Los Cuiles in Oaxaca City, one of my favorite hangouts with good food, coffee, and a reliable Internet connection.
Since I spend long hours painting and writing alone in my studio, I like to take the opportunity to work in cafes whenever possible.
At Cafe Los Cuiles, [...]
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Today, despite still dealing w/a raging fever and the strange illness that has taken over my body with a vengeance (reported on in last post asking folks how they deal with setbacks), I have some happy news in the form of a visual journal peek.
Today is the last day of the 100 days my boyfriend [...]
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Recently I’ve gotten back into the habit of setting intentions on the new moon. It’s supposed to be time of strong energy for new beginnings.
The idea is that the intention you set at the new moon will come to fruition at the next new moon. So if you try this, and are working on your [...]
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A couple weeks ago, during a strategic planning review, I thought about setting a new, small daily action around creativity, which is one of my areas of focus.
The 1008 Paintings Project has been lurching along in fits and starts, and wondered if setting up some kind of daily action in this department would help smooth [...]
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For this weeks’ Journal Peek, I’ll take you inside the pages of my 2010 Strategic Planner. And in three more posts, I’ll share tips and techniques for making your Strategic Planner that you can use to make 2010 your best year yet.
Speaking of your best year yet, for the last five years I’ve been using [...]
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Add a quote or poem fragment to your journal
Visual Journal page by Lisa Sonora Beam: I Want To Unfold
“I want to unfold. Let nothing in me hold itself closed. For where I am closed, I am false.
I want to be clear in your sight.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke
Whether found in a novel, book of [...]
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Howdy! I’m Lisa Sonora Beam, author of The Creative Entrepreneur. I teach people how to get unstuck and use their creativity to make a living doing what they love. 
