My take on the Jesse Reno Talk

I spent a goodly afternoon the other day, listening to podcasts and stuff.  One thing I found inspiring was discovering Derek Sivers.  He has this thing where he reads a book and underlines things that stand out as meaningful as he goes, then goes back and types up those notes, and keeps these as a record of what he learned from each book.  I like that. I read a lot of books and often write notes, but they are all dispersed and unfindable again.  I am not sure I will type them up in text files a la Sivers.  but maybe I could do it here.

So the next inspiring thing I cam across was a talk by Jesse Reno.  I haven't quite got to the end of it and I don't have time just now.  But I did write some notes.  I don't' think I can embed the video but here is the link.  I love his energy so MUCH! 

Here are my notes.  am making no apologies for there jus tbein random words and phrases.

devotions
tapping into your deeply rooted humanity
something to share
lessons about building a life
trust yourself
get back to your roots
get excited
have multiple points of reference

find what you like in your poress, make things personal.  choose things that are fun
I dont know.  I never know.  Its ok not to know

do FUN THINGS

paint with your hands, you'll expect nothing of yourself and everything will turn out much better than you thought.
I expect to make a mistake
paint over everything you don't like
I have a crazy experience
I just found it super theraputic
circles blobs whatever
I want that ENGAGEMENT
100 paintings
you gotta take the opportunities
I FELT it.  Engage with the emotional context.  Make people feel.  Art makes people feel. Feel it. 

I let the negative motivate me, I let the positive motivate me
Gus Fink
take notes as I paint.  I am so lot, I don't know.  Its ego free, super ego free,

Do something unbelieveable, something unimaginable and people pay attention,

go beyond imagination. I could tell you were serious.  Believe BEYOND RIGHT NOW.

You don't know what's going on. 

Things I need to do

For my creative business.

Get a new website with a blog on it, on Wordpress. Make it clear that i do portraits.
Spend some time going through the HSHB course with regard to this particular business.
Experiment with styles and framing to find the best fit
Experiment with the idea of empowering self portraiture and the possibility of doing a workshop on this
Set some time aside for this each week

its been a while......

Life  has been getting in the way again.  Doesn't it just do that.  But I did very much want to share that I have been PAINTING.  HURRAH!  at last.  AT LAST my studio got used for its proper function.  All that time since DWYL last year.   And finally I got my paint out and got stuck in.

Thing was,  at my new job, where we specifically help people find more time and space for the things they really want to do, we were discussing an exercise which is designed for the Planning Retreat being held in April, and of course it turned out that I was not the only one who was not actually doing enough of the stuff that made us come alive.  How ridiculous!  Its one of those things though, its so easy to do other stuff instead.  Or feel guilty about doing reading, or painting or baking or just taking a nice long hot bath and thinking, when there is so much to be getting on with.

SO the next day, it totally dawned on me, that instead of sitting down and getting sucked into admin.  I would not go near my computer.  I sidelined EVERYTHING else and got my paint out.  Got the canvases out and got into my painting clothes.

The morning flew by.  I was in my element.  And yes, a few things did not get done that day.  But it really didn't matter.  Nothing fell apart.

Sometimes you just have to prioritise what you find most deeply and personally valuable.  Otherwise it is never going to happen and years will go by and your dreams and your pleasures get to stay in the cupboard.  And that can just make you a bit cranky.


So, my sincere advice to you all, is to when you can, instead of being sucked into whatever chores or admin you feel OUGHT be done..... just don't.  Sweep away the guilt, and dive straight into whatever it is that makes YOU feel in your element.

more art please

I have been perusing my wishlists and so on and one thing i realise is that I need to make art more of a priority.  Its just not happening at the moment.  I know I have a lot of commitments.  But I need to create.

dreaming

of being and doing a workshop with Michele Cassou

"The creative painting work offers practical ways to dissolve creative
blocks and find inspiration so that, in a state of infinite possibility, art
becomes not a means to an end but a place we inhabit, a place to explore our
true selves and the mystery of our lives."