Free Your Artist

Feburary 2002

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Quote | Visualization | Affirmation

"Love is like the clouds. You cannot touch the clouds but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers are to have it after a hot day. You cannot touch love either but you feel the sweetness that it pours into everything. Without love you would not be happy or want to play."

   —Annie Sullivan

Creativity Exercise — Sensuality

Do a common daily action and be aware of all your senses. Try putting on your socks. What color are they? What type of material, what weave? How do they feel on your foot, natural, bulky, smooth? If you crunch them in your fist, do they make a sound? How do they smell? New? Fabric softener? Earth? Feet? Touch your tongue to them for texture as well. Any taste? How far up your leg do they go? Do they feel good—warming your feet, making your legs feel elegant?

Or flossing your teeth. What do you hear? What do you feel before, during and after? How does the floss feel between your fingers, between your gums and teeth? Can flossing be a sensual experience? Run your tongue around your teeth afterwards, how does this feel?

Other actions: washing your hair, changing a lightbulb...PETTING YOUR CAT!

Describe a common action with your favorite medium. Be silly. If you're a performance artist, be dramatic, or mundane, or have your character have an epiphany while doing this. What would that epiphany be? How would it change their life?

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Affirmation

I am supported with love and inspiration by the Universe and in turn use my creativity and passion in expressing myself in new and unique ways.

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