Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity

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Quest Books, 16 déc. 2012 - 268 pages

Working and would-be writers, photographers, painters, journal keepers, sculptors, musicians, poets, and creative folk in every field will find inspiration and practical suggestions in this joyous book. This complete course in creative expression is based on Jan Phillips' smash "Marry Your Muse" workshops, and was chosen a Ben Franklin Award gold medal winner for 1997.

In Part One, the stirring affirmations of The Artist's Creed empower us to become more confident and productive. In Part Two, anecdotes, photographs, quotations to ponder, fun and effective exercises help us discover a deep and satisfying form of self-expression. In Part Three, the heartful stories of working artists inspire us to fall in love with the artist within

 

Table des matières

Committing to the Creative Journey
1
The Artists Creed
3
You Are Worth the Time
5
Your Work Is Worthy
13
You Have the Right
21
Becoming One with Life
27
Your Work Flows Like a River
35
What You Are Called To Do
43
Believing in the Dream
145
The Art of Activism
153
Stretching the Boundaries of Creativity
159
Eliminate Your Enemies
169
The Workplace the Wave and the InBetween
175
Jewels in Our Midst
181
Pass the Stardust Please
185
Passing the Stardust
191

The Time You Spend Creating Is Precious
51
What Matters Is the Newness
59
You Are Not Alone
65
As the Muse Gives So Does She Deserve
73
Staying on the Path
81
Letting the Heart Sound the Beat
83
Moms Advice
91
Giving the Artist Within Half a Chance
99
Start Anyway
105
Leaving the Chaos Behind
111
Keeping the Journey Mind
117
Going First
123
The Little Wise Ones
131
A Deeper Kind of Seeing
137
Sheila Bender
193
Judith Ann Benedict
199
Karen Elias
205
William F Farnan
211
Eryk Hanut
215
Shirlene Holmes
221
Sister Paula Matthew CSJ
227
Eunice Scarfe
233
Tammy TarbellBoehning
239
Cris Williamson and Tret Fure
245
Works Cited
253
Author Bio
256
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Jan Phillips is known internationally as a visionary thought leader, award-winning author and speaker. Her own quest has led her into and out of a religious community, across the U.S. on a Honda motorcycle, and around the world on a one-woman peace pilgrimage. Her workshops cover many facets of creativity, some sponsored by the International Women's Writing Guild, and her award-winning photographs and feature articles appear in national publications such as The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Utne Reader, and many other national and regional publications. She has spoken and presented multimedia works at the National Organization for Women convention and at dozens of universities and spent three years as a contributing artist and coeditor of the annual Women Artists Datebook In Praise of the Muse. Jan is the author of many books on spirituality and creativity.

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