Autumn Artist's Way: recovering your inner creativity

Join me on a transformational journey to rediscover your inner artist and bring more joy and creativity into your life. We will work together over Zoom in a Creative Cluster using Julia Cameron's best-selling book 'The Artist's Way' (available from online retailers) . This a space in which you will be held accountable for completing the weekly tasks and challenges.

Sharing the experience with others is much more likely to lead to successful completion of the whole 12 weeks than trying to go it alone so the course will be planned and facilitated and costs E200 in total.

I have completed The Artist's Way a number of times, alone, with groups, as a participant and a facilitator and always find something new to do or think about. Each completed cycle for me led to positive change: a move overseas, a new creative hobby, renewed motivation to write and the self-confidence to make other important decisions and changes in my career and personal life. Everyone is creative whether that's how you think about yourself or not and The Artist's Way is a truly unique experience that changes you in ways you won't be able to predict!

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From Julia Cameron's website
The morning pages and artist dates are required of everyone in the group, including facilitators. The exercises are done in order in the group, with everyone, including the facilitator, answering the questions and then sharing the answers in clusters, one chapter per week. Do not share your morning pages with the group or anyone else. Do not reread your morning pages until later in the course, if you are required to do so by your facilitator or your own inner guidance.

Avoid Self-Appointed Gurus. Each person is equally a part of the collective, no one more than another. There may be "teachers" or facilitators who are relied on during the twelve-week period to guide others down the path, who will also share their own material and take their own creative risks.

Listen. We each get what we need from the group process by sharing our own material and by listening to others. We do not need to comment on another person's sharing in order to help that person. We must refrain from trying to"fix" someone else. When listening, go around the circle without commenting unduly on what is heard. The circle, as a shape, is very important. We are intended to witness, not control, one another.

Respect One Another. Be certain that respect and compassion are afforded equally to every member. Each person must be able to speak his own wounds and dreams. No one is to be"fixed" by another member of the group. There is no one right way to do this. Love is important. Be kind to yourself. Be kind to one another.

Expect Change in the Group Makeup. Many people will – some will not – fulfill the twelve-week process. There is often a rebellious or fallow period after the twelve weeks, with people returning to the disciplines later. When they do, they continue to find the process unfolding within them a year, a few years, or many years later.

Be Autonomous. You cannot control your own process, let alone anyone else's. Know that you will feel rebellious occasionally – that you won't want to do all of your morning pages and exercises at times in the twelve weeks. Relapse is okay. You cannot do this process perfectly, so relax, be kind to yourself and know that even when you feel nothing is happening, you will be changing at great velocity. This change is a deepening into your own intuition, your own creative self so hold on to your hat!

adapted from:
https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/creative-clusters/