“Writers Block and the Other Complications of Writing”
Any writer will tell you, “Yes, I have had writer’s block or… It comes and goes, like my sciatica and arthritis on rainy days.” It doesn’t mean you’re not a serious writer, nor that you lack something. It could mean you need to carefully examine your approach to writing. I am mentoring-coaching a young writer these days and he was having “writer’s block” so I went to some sources to find simple answers and encourage him to self-exam this this thing we call “writer’s block” I found a great...
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“Every artist dips his brush into his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” -Henry Ward Beecher- What color has your brush dipped into with this new year’s beginning? I posted this on my facebook page close to the first day of January 2013. It spoke to me deeply when I first read it. I subscribe to the belief that we are all artists. Some of spend more time in the studio than others, but that does not qualify us as better artists, just more trained, more...
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Entry One: Living Creatively in a Dry Season I have been through one of the driest seasons of my life as an artist. I am not sure many know this… I have kept it to myself, save a few trusted artists experiencing a similar season and a dear husband. Now, work should not define an artist, but unfortunately it happens to be true with this artist. More recently, though, I have sensed the urge to move forward regardless. Move forward regardless. Did you hear that? Write, tell, memorize,...
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