I just had a lovely chat with Cindy O Leary who runs the Artful Journey retreats in the US. What a really nice lady. It was inspiring talking to her and also interesting to realise how she got to where she is now took her such a long time. Working with the bigger retreats, getting to know the artists she liked, and wanted to work with, that are the really good teachers. Again it seems that to know how the whole artists retreat thing works, is to go on lots of retreats.... which all seem to happen in America... I am not sure how to progress. I feel I do have the right skills to do it, but I certainly do not yet have the contacts... However, the idea of starting up as a group of friends maybe with a tutor or two to give some creative shape to the proceedings....
So inspiring and informative a chat. And she is so lovely. Made me just want to go on her retreat immediately. Dang. And made me think that organising a creative retreat really is something I want to do.
No Spend November - at the end of day one - I spent £3.26 on milk and £18.96 on postage. Postage was work / ebay so covered and the milk, kind of sort of necessary.... bit annoyed as could have used the soya. Am still on normal mode. Earnt £27 baby sitting. No other spending. WEll done me.
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