Week Eleven: Recovering a Sense of Possibility
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Our Blocks Blasting Through…
The Artist's Way at Orr Street Studios
Blasting Through Blocks
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: Sleep
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: Retail Therapy
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: House Stuff
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: Video
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: Reading
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: The Internet
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: Relationships
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: Substances
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Blasting Through Blocks: Work
Going with our worksheet theme tonight, this too is a group-process document. Please write any strategies you use to keep yourself from blocking…
Our Blocks
Okay, group. We're in this together. Rather than individual worksheets, this is a group-process document. What follows is a list of blocks. Put…
Week Ten: Recovering a Sense of Compassion
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Creative U-Turn Deconstructing Laziness…
Enthusiasm!
Name ten things you are reliably enthusiastic about doing. Next to each one, note how often you do it. If that frequency is…
Deconstructing Laziness
Name 10 things you tell yourself you are lazy about doing. Now, let's call it FEAR that's keeping you from doing those things.
Creative U-Turns
In the space below, write, draw, diagram or cartoon a creative u-turn that still stings.
Week Nine: Recovering a Sense of Strength
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Filling the Form Educational…
Redirections
Think of a point in your life when you felt thwarted in some creative endeavor and were able to redirect your creative energies…
Educational Violations
In both The Artist's Way and Vein of Gold, Julia Cameron reminds us that schooling scars last a long time. Even if it's…
Filling the Form
What small things can you do this week that will move you toward one of your creative goals? Try for just one per…
Week Eight: Recovering a Sense of Connection
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Making Some Mantras Music…
Music to Inspire
Okay, so this chapter takes us into risk, jealousy, perfectionism, "getting it down" vs. "thinking it up." The Vein of Gold Kingdom of…
Making Some Mantras
We've talked about affirmations and I hope you all are finding them useful as tools. This exercise, drawn from several Vein of Gold…
Week Seven: Recovering a Sense of Abundance
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! The Life Pie Exercise…
Detoxing Our God Concepts
Julia invites us to spend some time in morning pages this week thinking about our god concepts: the god we believe in vs.
The Luxury of Making a Mess
What is it you're not doing because you don't want to clean it up? I recently realized that one of the ways I'm…
The Life Pie Exercise
Using the Life Pie diagram from chapter two, we are going to look at where your time and money go, then where you'd…
Week Six: Recovering a Sense of Possibility
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Playing the Fool Indirection…
Areas in which I Want Guidance from the Morning Pages
Complete this exercise as you're leaving class. Write or draw those things about which you want guidance and watch this week for how…
Too Nice!
Part of the Virtue Trap are those occasions when we are too nice. Sometimes we know then up front, sometimes only by the…
Indirection
As a freelance writer and editor, I am extremely familiar with the scenario Julia Cameron describes as, "...we shake the apple tree and…
Playing the Fool
One of the ways we limit ourselves and resist gifts from the universe is by resisting those chances we have to play the…
Week Five: Recovering a Sense of Integrity
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Out with the Old,…
The Big Check-In
You've now been following The Artist's Way for more than a month. What changes have you noticed? Anything dramatic? Maybe something more subtle?…
Reading Deprivation
(a.k.a. The Media Blackout)As everyone does the reading at a different point in the week, I'm not sure where you are in your…
Out with the Old, In with the New
By tossing the old and unworkable, we make way for the new and suitable.—Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way p. 83 List 10 things…
Week Four: Recovering a Sense of Power
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! What is Your Anger…
Growth
This week I will take care of myself by doing the following kind things for myself on each day: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday:…
Synchronicity
In the last month, I have noticed synchronicity in my life in the following ways: I have responded to these gifts from the…
More Detective Work on Shaming
My family believes creative people are... My friends believe creative people are... Honestly, I believe creative people are... I want to believe I'm…
What is Your Anger Telling You?
Since I began the Artist's Way class, I have been angry about the following: I'm wondering if my anger about those things might…
Week Three: Recovering a Sense of Identity
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Secret Selves Time Tracking…
Positive Boundary Setting Ideas
Positive Boundary Setting IdeasBrainstorm some ideas for how you can set positive boundaries around your time. These can be things to say ("Thanks,…
Time Tracking
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Secret Selves
We've looked at our imaginary lives, now let's look at our real ones, who's living inside us? What do they want? Do…
Week Two: Recovering a Sense of Safety
If you're missing this week or would like the in-class handouts in e-form, here they are. See you soon! Mythologizing Our Monsters Mythologizing…
Five Imaginary Lives
Five Imaginary LivesImagine you could do anything--anything. Not just a new career, but a new life in a wholly different time and place.
Editorial Letters or Cartoons
Editorial Letters and CartoonsFocus on one childhood incident where your creative self was thwarted by an authority figure. In the space below, write…
Mythologizing Our Champions
Mythologizing Our Champions Step One As a group, brainstorm some myths, legends, stories, folktales, soap-opera or comic-book narratives that might help us think…
Mythologizing Our Monsters
Mythologizing Our Monsters Step One As a group, brainstorm some myths, legends, stories, folktales, soap-opera or comic-book narratives that might help us think…
Creativity Contract
The Creative Contract I, ________________________________, understand that I am undertaking an intensive, guided encounter with my own creativity. I commit myself to the…
Basic Principles of the Artist's Way
The Basic Principles of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron from The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, p. 3
Worksheet 3: Brainstorming Artist Dates
Brainstorming Artist Date Ideas Bear in mind that the artist date ideas you'll get from Julia reflect her love of film and music.
Worksheet 2: Naming Your Higher Power
Naming Your Higher Power In The Artist's Way and Vein of Gold, Julia Cameron frequently refers to God or god. If you've got…
Worksheet 1: Identifying Your Censor
Identifying Your Censor In both The Artist's Way and Vein of Gold, Julia Cameron warns us to beware of our Censors. In the…
Artist Date Ideas
Artist Dates: A Listing of My Experiences and Plans When it comes to artist dates, Julia Cameron suggests that we think of mystery…
Advice on Morning Pages
Morning Pages: Some Advice I did regular morning pages from February of 2002-July of 2007. I got derailed by health issues at that…
Class Norms
The Artist's Way at Orr Street Norms From the parent page: On the Norms page, please note anything you'd like to see us…
Week One: The Basic Tools
If you've missed Week One or you'd like to try more of these in-class exercises at home, here are the files. On the…
2016 The Artist's Way
What is The Artist's Way?Alas, as much fun as it was to facilitate The Artist's Way at Orr Street in the summers of…