I am going to start filtering some of my more private musings. Since blogger does not have a tool for that, you will need to visit my Live Journal and ask to be friended there. I will continue to post Daily Gratitude and other subjects here. There is also a FAQ for my Journal at the same link.
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| Monday, May 30, 2005 @ 09:01 boy managed to break through his block in the last few weeks. he's not writing any new pieces, but he's dedicated himself to publishing his existing books. he's spent hours learning to use Cafe Press's on-demand publishing, including many, many hours spent converting Myth of the One from Publisher to .pdf format. Once that's available online, he plans to work on getting it reviewed and press releases sent out to increase visibility and actually sell some copies. he has two other books and several marketing items he wants to set up on Cafe Press as well, but that would require a business account, so we're going to wait to see if he can sell a few books first, then expand. Yesterday, boy pointed out that I'm the one who helped him get past his block and he wanted to return the favor. I have spent months (years really) collecting materials to collage. I've also checked out a lot of books on techniques and ideas since I've been unemployed. Yet, I haven't made a single item. Oops. I did make two items awhile back. One was meant to test a technique (a tissue-paper collage on a glass jar) and the other was a mosaic, not a collage, to make a table usuable that boy wanted to throw out. The issue being that I can't seem to bring myself to just create, even though I have time and energy. I am locked in this friction where I know that going back to the 8 to 5 world in order to pay the bills is antithetical to everything I believe, but I have to do it. boy's argument was that if I'm feeling this friction, I need to exercise things I do believe in -- find ways to create the art I want to create -- and then find ways to generate income using those items and my talents as well as his. If our dreams are to become viable goals, I have to take steps in that direction and stop fantasizing. I took a career assessment last week as part of my outplacement services. My three highest "areas of interest" are Artistic, Literary (tied at nearly 100%) and Musical (at about 85-90%). Visual and performing arts, writing, and music. Imagine that. So I guess it's time to resolve to pursue those interests on a daily basis -- to move them from the realm of fantasy to reality -- to make my dreams into working goals:
I am considering creating a separate online journal to record my progress in these areas, or at least an offline notebook to chart my progress. I'm such a Virgo -- I like to see things checked off on lists and recorded for reference. I do have a private journal for my writing and maybe, someday, I'll make that public. I guess the important thing is to follow these goals and worry about how to share them later.
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