Rituals of Creativity™ Starts October 20

This is my friend's journal for the Rituals of Creativity™course we teach through Valdosta University. The course is being offered on October 20, in just a couple more weeks. Roberta and I are excited to teach this course again. To register visit our Rituals of Creativity™ Page

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Rituals of Creativity to be offered this Fall.

I'm sad to see the last week of class is coming to an end, but happy to announce we will be teaching the online course once again, October 20 - November 30.

Roberta and I had so much fun teaching this course over the summer. We had such wonderful creative students who participated and shared with others. All of us learned and were inspired. So much so that I continued in my journal and finished it!

Here's a couple of new pages:

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This really is a part of the creative process.  Often people do not try to create because they fear making mistakes.  But I have found and Vicki confirmed it is true for her also, that  some of our best ideas come from so called Mistakes.  And knowing which ones to keep to create art is not a talent…It is permission.

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This is so Awesome.  1766 Color wheel.  I love the idea that it is so old but very precise.  I wonder if someone did it by hand…?  Having made several color wheels over the years.  It is no easy task to get those intermediary colors.  Love it!

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Keeping the Fire of Creativity burning.

Today I am reflecting on how the Uranus/Pluto square energies are facilitating the digging up and then breaking up of the old.  It feels like a true alchemical experience on many different levels.

This year I especially want to regard appreciation and gratitude as a part of the daily "Rituals of Creativity". I know from experience that it is how we perceive and where our focus lies that will be where the energies one has to work with develop in to something manifest.  Something of beauty!

Therefore I want to do more of what makes my light shine so that others will be inspired to get creative.

It does not mean everyone needs to paint …. Creativity is within us and how we approach life will determine our joy.  Be creative in everything you do. Look at all sides and take the common ground.

Anything that we choose to be angry about will just about kill creativity.  I quit watching the so called news.  They are determined to stir up anger and separatism.

One can still see at a glance online what the world is facing.  For me choosing creativity is how I can make a difference.  It is a time of innovation and change and fighting only creates crystallization.  So as I shared my 2014 motto…"Be rebelliously creative!"  And be in JOY… CHEERS

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Studio Time!!! Creating Energy!

This is the corner of my studio.

Today I am going to start a project of creating the last 14 years of the "Color of the Year" tags.  Pantone anounces each year since 1999 a color that overshadows the fashion, design and make up world for that year.  Some years the color reflects th happenings of the times…the zeitgeist  so to speak.  Other years it appears the color is picked to lift spirits and or calm nerves!

So as I write the contents for a color class it is the vibration of color that is so facinating!  There is so much more to color than meets the eye and at different times in our lives we relate or perhaps reflect the color that is needed most.

I love all color but my personal favorite at this time is Turquoise.  In the past I have been in a brown phase, a purple phase, a red phase and if you live long enough you can observe why you choose your favorite colors at different times.  Too FUN NO FEAR

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Inspiration Tags…from "The Rituals of Creativity" course!

These are my Symbol Tags.  Each one has to do with the Universal symbol I most resonate with at this time.  It is the circle depicted in these tags.  The representations reveal the inner meanings for me and the circle is seen often and mostly in my art work.  So today I am utilizing these tags to remind me of why I choose the circle or it chooses me!

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Going up to the Studio!!! Another creative day. Thank you life!

Going Up to Paint…Studio is calling and I am listening…New ideas for some painting and overall just kicking off a great Sunday of creativity.  Let the muses in, pick a card, light a candle, music and bless the brushes, paints, crayons and any other medium that allows the interplay of imagination and joy!

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van Gogh 

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My Creative License never expires!!! And is good througout the Universe!

The first step….in the process!  Having a license to create.  "The Rituals of Creativity"  ….A six week  adventure into the Creative Process and finding your Passion!

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