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Thanksgiving - November 2002

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Quote | Visualization | Affirmation

Free Your Artist
"Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. Keep your self-confidence young, your hope young.

   —Luella F. Phean

Creativity Exercise

Exercise 1:
November: Deep blue sky, crackling leaves, the first snowflakes landing on
my tongue; the scent of turkey at Thanksgiving.

Those are the sensual images that come to my memory when I think of November.

What are the first ideas that come to you when you think November? Which of these have you never explored? Take the concept, gather inspiration from the CHANGING of this time of year and create!

Exercise 2:
Find a leaf. Is it dead and brown and missing pieces? Is it curled up in an odd design? Does it still have hints of color, or is it still fiery/gold with autumn color? What does it smell like? The tree? The puddle it fell in? The cigarette next to it in the gutter? Why did you choose THIS leaf? Why did it speak to you? Do you FEEL like this leaf? Dried up? Vibrant? Caught in the winds of change? Base your next work on the leaf. (Austrailian friends, is it new and green? Fully formed? etc.)

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Affirmation

As the season slows and changes and the year dies, I am conscious of the movement of inner creativity—changing and reforming into something new and unique.

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