1008 Paintings Project Update #4

January 12, 2010

Disorientation seems an apt painting to launch Update #4 on my 1008 Painting Project which finds me:

Up at midnight when I really want to be/should be sleeping
Very happy about how day #1 of the How to be a Gorgeous Genius retreat is going (I’m absolutely in awe of the people who trekked down to Mexico [...]

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Love. Create. Meditate. Update #3 from 1008 Paintings Project

January 1, 2010

Love. Create. Meditate.
That’s the shape my work and life are taking as I focus on my theme for this new year which is: 2010: Plenty Zen.
I’m living and working in paradise at the moment, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The glass heart in the photo is hanging in a gorgeous garden of hearts and color and [...]

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1008 Paintings Project Update #2

December 26, 2009

Today I’ll post without video, because my assistant is on vacation and I’m not yet savvy on how the whole video uploading thing works. It’s enough that I can even do rough editing and then send it to her.
So for now, you get a few pictures. Enjoy!
Progress report:
I’ve been painting my ass off. Happily. Now, [...]

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Where santa & the elves go after work…

December 25, 2009

These are all photos I took at a certain surreal experience in San Francisco last season. I’ll let them speak their 1000 words, and then come back and give the details.
enjoy! and feliz navidad!
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Strategic Planner Tutorial—Goal Setting for Creatives, part 3 of 4

December 25, 2009

In Part 1 of this series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I introduced the annual planning process I use to create and track my goals for the coming year. Out of this planning, I create my own Strategic Planner, which is a portable, visual booklet that serves as a beautiful and practical reference of the [...]

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1008 Paintings Project Update

December 18, 2009

Today I am attempting something new and scary: video updates of my painting progress shot in right in the studio. I’m brand new to taking and editing video, please excuse my rough editing.
I always appreciate the opportunity to visit artists in their work spaces, so this is my opportunity to reciprocate. Of course, if you [...]

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The Guts of the Strategic Planner—Goal Setting for Creatives, part 2 of 4

December 17, 2009

Pre-Flight Announcement
This post will make even more sense if you download the spreadsheet I’m referring to. Plus, the spreadsheet contains a bunch of specific details from my actual 2010 Strategic Planner. In case you want to know how much weight I’m planning to lose as a Health strategy….ugh. Or, if you’re curious how I’m going [...]

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Painting #2: Autoerotism (from 1008 Paintings Project)

December 15, 2009

Autoerotism is defined as, “sexual pleasure derived from one’s own body”.
“The term was invented by Havelock Ellis and is most frequently used as a synonym for masturbation.”
That’s all well and good, but what I find more interesting is how “automatic writing and drawing” show up on the top of the page.
And how creativity and sexuality [...]

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Painting #1: Anxiety (from 1008 Paintings Project)

December 14, 2009

Anxiety.
I love you anyway.
What is this anxiety? Probably a very good day to write about the Anxiety painting. Just writing this down dissipates the energy.
I am entering the anxiety. Not trying to avoid it.
There is always the urge to move away from uncomfortable feelings. Like in meditation, we are distracted by the uncomfortable physical sensations. [...]

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Goal Setting for Creatives: My 2010 Strategic Planner, Part 1 of 4

December 11, 2009

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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