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May 2003
Feature Article:
Stages of Change
Books: James Pennybaker.
Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions
Lane Arye. Unintentional Music: Releasing Your Deepest Creativity
Energy Management: What's a Good Stress?
Links:
www.innovationtools.com
www.galleryguide.org
June 2003
Feature Article: Mapping your Workspaces
Books: The Breakout Principle. Herbert Benson
Fruitflesh. Gayle Brandeis
Energy Management: Steps in the Creative Dance
Links:
www.folkstory.com
www.nmwa.org
July
2003
Feature Article: Marketing or Feedback
Books: Prayers from a Non-Believer. Julia Cameron
Turn: The Journal of an Artist. Anne Truitt.
Energy Management: Quick Goal Choices.
Links:
www.artisthelpnetwork.com
www.artsjournal.com
August
2003
Feature
Article: Have it Your Way
Books: Bellwether. Connie Willis
No More Second Hand Art. Peter London.
Energy Management: Quick Goal Choices.
Links:
www.alexanderalliance.com
www.hilarypfeifer.com
September
2003
Feature
Article: Visual Journaling
Books: Spirit Taking Form: Making a Spiritual
Practice of Making Art. Nancy Azara.
How to Keep a Sketchbook Journal. Claudia Nice.
Learning and Teaching Mind Mapping. Nancy Margulies.
A Field Guide for Using Visual Tools. David Hyerle.
Energy Management: Using Both Sides of the Brain.
Links:
www.dailywriting.net/VisualJournal.htm
www.surfacedesign.org
October 2003
Feature
Article: Composing the Time of Your Life
Books:
Timeshifting: A revolutionary new approach to
creating time in your life. Rechtschaffen, Stephan.
1997
Thriving in 24/7: Six Strategies for Taming the
New World
of Work.
Helgesen, Sally.
2001.
Energy Management: The Forest and the Trees
Links:
www.simpleliving.net/timeday.htm
www.vikingop.com
November
2003
Feature Article: Working with Outer Critics
Books:
Making a Literary Life: Advice for
Writers and Other Dreamers. See, Carolyn, 2002.
Don't Take it Personally: The Art of Dealing
with Rejection. Savage, Elayne,
Energy Management: Tend and Befriend - The Woman's Stress
Response
Links:
www.apa.org
www.works-consulting.com
December 2003
Feature
Article: Those Tyrannical Visions of Sugarplums
Books:
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of
Discovery and Invention. 1996.
Robinson, Jo & Staeheli, Jean Coppock.
Unplug the Christmas Machine.
1991.
Energy Management:
Flow –
Getting in the Zone
Links:
www.touchdrawing.com
January
2004
Feature Article: Fresh Starts for the New Year
Books: Freedman, Neil. Focusing:
Selected Essays. 2000.
Kabat-Zinn, Jan. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in
Everyday Life. 1995.
Energy Management:
Multi-tasking Doubts?
Links:
www.handsofalchemy.com
www.umassmed.edu/cfm
February 2004
Feature Article: Do You Have Artist Identity Syndrome?
Books:
Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth.
1988.
Olsen, Marti. The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World.
2002.
Aron, Elaine. The Highly Sensitive Person. 1997.
Energy Management:
How Can I Go to the Opening When I Don't Like
Crowds?
Links:
www.fine-art.com
www.hsperson.com
March 2004
Feature Article: Balancing Act
Books: Domar,
Alice & Dreher, Henry. Self-Nurture: Learning to care for yourself as
effectively as you care for everyone else. 2001.
Murphy,
Bernadette. Zen and the Art of Knitting. 2002.
Gordon, Mary. Spending. 1997.
Energy Management: Role
Models: The Real vs. the Ideal
Links:
www.selfcareforwomen.net
www.artstaxinfo.com
April 2004
Feature Article: Beauty is truth, truth beauty...
Books:
Johnson, Steven. Mind Wide Open. 2004
O’Donohue, John. Beauty: the Invisible Embrace. 2004
Energy Management: Brain
Studies
Links:
www.imageandtext.org.nz
-
www.artlex.com &
http://en.wikipedia.org
-
May
2004
Feature Article: Night Vision
Books:
Tharp, Twyla. The Creative Habit. 2004.
Johnson, Robert.
Inner Work: Using Dreams and Creative Imagination for Personal Growth and
Integration. 1989.
Energy Management: Active
Imagination
Links:
www.mageist.net
-
www.asdreams.org
June 2004
Feature Article: In Search of a Deadline.
Books:
Fritz, Robert. Creating. 1991.
Loehr, Jim & Schwartz, Tony. The Power of Full Engagement. 2004.
Energy Management: Pressure
vs. Momentum
Links:
www.PowerofFullEngagement.com
- www.artdeadlineslist.com
Feature Article: Summer
Rhythms
Books:
Louden, Jennifer.
The Comfort Queen's Guide to Life. 2002.
Lundstrom, Meg. The Power of Flow: Practical ways to transform your life
with meaningful coincidences. 1997. ’
Energy Management: Cycles
Links:
www.comfortqueen.com
www.robertfritz.com
August
2004
Feature
Article: Creating from Your Strengths
Books:
Seligman, Martin.
Authentic Happiness.
2002.
Bolles, Richard. What Color is Your Parachute - 2004 Edition.
Energy Management:
Creativity Itself as Strength
Links:
www.authentichappiness.com.
www.jobhuntersbible.com
September
2004
Feature
Article: Goal Setting from the Right Brain
Books:
Nemeth, Maria.
The Energy of Money. 2000.
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in
Women's Lives. 1985.
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. God in Everyman Reissue:
Archetypes that Shape Men's Lives. 1990.
Energy Management:
Links:
www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk
www.energyofmoney.com
October
2004
Feature
Article: Naps as a "soft addiction"
Books:
Wright, Judith.
There Must Be MORE Than This: Finding more life, love, and meaning by
overcoming your soft addictions. 2003.
Richardson, Cheryl. Take Time For Your Life. 1999.
Smolensky, Michael. The Body Clock Guide to
Better Health. 2001.
Links:
www.theremustbemore.com
www.cherylrichardson.com
November
2004
Feature
Article: Channel Surfing
Books:
Nolen-Hoeksema,
Susan. Women Who Think Too Much. 2003.
Cloth, Paper, Scissors. Magazine.
Links:
www.roches.com
www.lalasland.com
December
2004
Feature
Article: Self Coaching
Books:
Grant, Tony &
Greene, Jane. Coach Yourself: Make Real Change in Your Life. 2003.
Blanchard, Scott & Homan, Madeleine. Leverage Your Best and Ditch the Rest.
2004.
Links:
www.leverageyourbest.com
January 2005
Feature
Article: Going for the Happy in Happy New Year
Books:
Jamison, Kay
Redfield. Exuberance: The Passion for Life. 2004.
Baker, Dan & Staub, Cameron. What Happy People
Know: How the New Science of Happiness
Can Change Your Life for the Better. 2004.
Maisel, Eric. Fearless Creating. 1995.
Links:
www.howmuchjoy.com
www.painterskeys.com
February
2005
Feature
Article: Procrastination
Books:
Tracy, Brian. Eat
That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating. 2001.
Hoff, Benjamin. The Tao of Pooh. 1983.
Lively, Lynn. The Procrastinator's Guide to
Success. 1999.
Links:
www.ucalgary.ca/~steel/procrastinus
March 2005
Feature
Article: Finding and Expressing Your Voice in a Visual Medium
Books:
Kemp, Martin.
Leonardo. 2004.
Rilke, Rainer Maria. Rodin. 2004.
Links:
www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/
www.archipelagobooks.org
April 2005
Feature
Article: Distraction or Creative Gift?
Books:
Sark. Make Your
Creative Dreams Real. 2004.
Solden, Sari. Women with Attention Deficit Disorder. 1995.
Links:
www.singingquilter.com
www.additudemag.com
May 2005
Feature
Article: In and Out of the Comfort Zone
Books:
Weihs, Karen M. Out of My Mind: The art of creativity. 1999.
Solden, Sari. Nepo, Mark. The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an
Authentic Life. 2004.
Links:
www.heartmath.com
www.weihs.com
June
2005
Feature
Article:
Running a Household or Running Off to Dinner
Books:
McMeekin, Gail. The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women. 1993.
Robinson, Roxana. Georgia O'Keeffe. 1989.
Links:
www.pegseeger.com
www.reillyandmaloney.com
July
2005
Feature
Article: Growth Spurts
Books:
Burns, David. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. 1999
Vitali, Julius. The Arttist's Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion. 2003.
Links:
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/action_kidsart/112444
www.snac.ucla.edu/pages/Resources/Handouts/HOSelfTalk.pdf
August
2005
Feature
Article: Unique Patterns
Books:
Stevens,
Mark & Swan, Annalynn. de Kooning. 2004
Links:
www.slmm.org
www.touchdrawing.com
September
2005
Feature
Article: In the Grip
Books:
Williams, Heather C. Drawing as a Sacred Activity. 2002.
October
2005
Feature
Article: Where is Your Art Going?
Books:
Kimmelman,
Michael. The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa. 2005.
Links:
www.prosoponschool.org
and www.iconarts.com
www.google.com >
Images
November
2005
Feature
Article: The Right Tool for the Job
Books:
Kallos, Stephanie.
Broken for You.
2005.
Links:
www.rosebudus.com/ball
www.nomhrf.org
www.nojazzfest.com
December 2005
Feature
Article: Checking the Mail
Books:
Sollins, Susan. Art: 21. Art in the Twenty-First Century. 2001.
Storr, Robert. Art: 21. Art in the Twenty-First Century 2. 2003.
Sollins, Susan. Art: 21. Art in the Twenty-First Century 3.
2005.
Links:
http://conceptart.org/forums/;
http://accessarts.org/critique;
www.art- newsletter.com/forums
January
2006
Feature
Article: Slipstreaming Your Goals
Books:
Loori, John Daido. The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating your Artistic
Life. 2004.
Collins, Judy. Morning, Noon, and Night. 2005.
Links:
www.johndaidoloori.org
February
2006
Feature
Article: You Are Here . . .
Books:
Segal, Marci. Understanding and Inspiring: The Many Voices of
Creativity. 2001.
Links:
www.buffalostate.edu/centers/creativity/index.html
http://www.amcreativityassoc.org/
March
2006
Feature
Article: Mise En Place
Books:
Segal, Marci. Understanding and Inspiring: The Many Voices of
Creativity. 2001.
Lang, Cay. Taking the Leap 05. 2006.
Links:
www.artsystems.com
www.collectify.com
April
2006
Feature
Article: Getting Along with Your Tribe
Books:
Bradberry, Travis and Greaves, Jean. The Emotional Intelligence Quick
Book. 2005.
Links:
www.ndm.si.edu
https://www.pilatonthenet.com/360/pilat_ft/emotional.pdf
www.marketingartist.com
May 2006
Feature
Article:
The Back Story, by the Artist and the Viewer
Books:
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. (Complete). Leonardo Da Vinci and
Richter, Irma A. Oxford World’s Classics. 1999. Paperback.
Links:
http://www.worldstadia.com/ws/show-page.php?menuCommand=stadium&menuData=827
June
2006
Feature
Article:
Good Art, Bad Art
Books:
Smith, Constance. Art Marketing 101. A Handbook for the Fine Artist.
2004.Smith, Constance and Greaves, Susan. Internet 101 for the Fine Artist.
2004.
Talbot, Jonathan. The Artist’s Marketing and Action Plan Workbook.
2005.
Links:
www.jonathantalbot.com
www.annenilesdavenport.com
www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/509/168/
July
2006
Feature
Article:
A Sense of Possibility
Books:
Edwards, Betty. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. 1999.
and Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors”. 2004.
Nicolaides, Klimon. The Natural Way to Draw. 1964.
Links:
www.drawright.com
August
2006
Feature
Article:
A Sense of Possibility
Books:
Martin, Valerie. The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories.
Rucker, Rudy. As Above, So Below. A Novel of Peter Bruegel.
Links:
www.teamtechnology.co.uk/mmdi-re/mmdi-re.htm
September
2006
Feature
Article:
Mental Toughness
Books:
Orland, Ted. The View from the Studio Door: How artists find their way
in an uncertain world. 2006.
Links:
www.flylady.com
October
2006
Feature
Article:
Mental Toughness II
Books:
Smith, Anna Deavere. Letters to a Young Artist. 2006
Berg, Elizabeth. The Art of Mending. 2004.
Links:
www.artsandcivicdialogue.org
http:/healthyartist.com
November
2006
Feature
Article:
Focal Points
Books:
Perrella, Lynne. Artists’ Journals and Sketchbooks: Visual Journaling
by 39 Artists. 2004.
Gregory, Danny. The Creative License. 2006.
Links:
http://painting.about.com/library/blveinac.htm
December
2006
Feature
Article:
Battery Chargers
Links:
www.nanowrimo.org
http://home.att.net/~kareyb/Journal-Quilts06.html
January 2007
Feature
Article:
No Pressure
Books:
Hodgkinson, Tom. How to Be Idle. 2006.
Links:
www.idler.co.uk
February 2007
Feature
Article:
Welcoming the Unthinkable
Books:
Cameron, Julia. Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance. 2006.
Links:
http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2006/05/ever_heard_of_t.html
March 2007
Feature Article:
Bring It On Home
Books:
Gould, Stephen Jay and Purcell, Rosamond Wolff. Crossing Over: Where
Art and Science Meet. 2000.
Links:
www.bennettbean.com/adirector.htm
April 2007
Feature Article:
Words and Pictures
Books:
Vreeland, Susan. Life Studies. 2005.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2004.
Links:
www.edwardtufte.com
May 2007
Feature Article:
Not Just a Pretty Picture
Books:
Duncan, David James. My Story as Told by Water. 2001
Links:
www.skagitcounty.net/museum
June 2007
Feature Article:
Discounted Strengths
Books:
Zelinski, Ernie J. The Lazy Person’s Guide to Success. 2002.
Links:
www.ComfortQueen.com
July 2007
Feature Article:
Hank
Williams to Michelangelo
Books:
Quinn, Robert. Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Accomplish
Extraordinary Results. 2000.
Links:
www.deepchange.com
August 2007
Feature Article:
Pushes and Pulls
Books:
Audette, Anna Held. The Blank Canvas: Inviting the Muse. 1993.
Links:
http://www.museonorberto.com
http://membres.lycos.fr/amerghada
September 2007
Feature Article:
Stopped but not Stuck
Books:
Bailey, W. H. Defining Edges: A New Look at Picture Frames.
2002.
Rich, Lani Diane. The Fortune Quilt. 2007.
Links:
www.ericmaisel.com
October 2007
Feature Article:
Meandering Paths
Books:
Cameron, Julia. Floor Sample. 2006.
Links:
www.eomega.org
www.soundstrue.com
November 2007
Feature Article:
Framing
and Reframing
Books:
Heath, Chip and Heath, Dan. Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive
and Others Die. 2007.
Links:
http://www.goldenpaints.com/justpaint/jp17article1.php
December 2007
Feature Article:
I Don’t Know …. Yet
Books:
Robinson, Jo & Staeheli, Jean Coppock. Unplug the Christmas
Machine: A complete guide to putting love and joy back into the
season. 1991.
Links:
http://www.annegeddes.com/
January 2008
Feature Article:
New
Year Wakeup Call
Books:
Brizendine, Louann. The Female Brain. 2006.
Links:
http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Brain
February 2008
Feature Article:
The Power of Naming
Books:
Godin, Seth. The Dip: The Little Book that Teaches You When to Quit
(and When to Quit). 2007.
Links:
www.surfacedesign.org
March 2008
Feature Article:
Spring
Patterns and Elements
Books:
Alexander, Christopher. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings,
construction. 1977.
Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. 1979.
Easton, Valerie. A
Pattern Garden:The Essential Elements of Garden Making.
2007.
Hemenway, Toby. Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture.
2000.
Links:
http://www.edwardtufte.com
April 2008
Feature Article:
Hard to Start, Hard to Stop
Books:
Freeman-Zachary,
Rice. The Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from Working Artists. 2007.
Links:
http://procrastinationblog.com/procrastination-quotes/ |