Comments on: {creating dreams come true} the awkward stage http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/ Helping you do "impossible" things with ease and joy. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: abccreativity http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3029 abccreativity Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:24:13 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3029 helen those are fantastic! scylliane that's fantastic! it's fantatic all around today. helen those are fantastic!

scylliane that’s fantastic!

it’s fantatic all around today.

]]> By: Scylliane http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3026 Scylliane Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:37:25 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3026 Hi Helen, I like the glowing colours of your "present" ! I post here just to say that I got accepted in the formation for art therapy. I'm so glad I wanted to share. It's beginning on the 15th of june. You never know what might happen when you take a course about making dreams come true ! Hi

Helen, I like the glowing colours of your “present” !

I post here just to say that I got accepted in the formation for art therapy. I’m so glad I wanted to share.
It’s beginning on the 15th of june.

You never know what might happen when you take a course about making dreams come true !

]]> By: Helen http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3014 Helen Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:27:23 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3014 Ohh my thoughts on this came out as artwork this week I believe in myself came out like this: http://www.redbubble.com/people/helenprints/art/5292096-1-present and 'I believe in my dreams' came out like this: http://www.redbubble.com/people/helenprints/art/5292072-1-i-believe-in-my-dreams I really enjoyed making them and got into the space of feeling it. :-) Ohh
my thoughts on this came out as artwork this week

I believe in myself came out like this:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/helenprints/art/5292096-1-present

and ‘I believe in my dreams’ came out like this:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/helenprints/art/5292072-1-i-believe-in-my-dreams

I really enjoyed making them and got into the space of feeling it. :-)

]]> By: abccreativity http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3008 abccreativity Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:03:38 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3008 lis - YES! everything has that stage. if we already knew how to do it in full force we'd be doing it. in order to start doing anything we're not currently doing we have to move through that awkward ugly duckling stage. i am seeing you creating really completely amazing workshops. lis – YES! everything has that stage. if we already knew how to do it in full force we’d be doing it. in order to start doing anything we’re not currently doing we have to move through that awkward ugly duckling stage. i am seeing you creating really completely amazing workshops.

]]> By: Lis http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3007 Lis Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:35:59 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3007 Your story reminds me of an A-HA I just had today: i do these postcard paintings for fun (places to use up bit of extra paint from bigger pieces, places to experiment with ideas and just be silly) and i had one that was very much an "intuitive" piece in that i just dabbed whatever paint color i had on hand. First stage, it looked ugly; a day or two later added more - still ugly; i kept going with it though and it was a practice of patience and trust in the process. Then I added another layer and the and message was revealed. My a-ha is that my art can and does have an ugly duckling phase and i just have to keep going! I've realized that right now the stage I am in is the gathering phase: exploring, experimenting, learning the process for myself and finding the tools that work ... and trusting it will all come together into a course or workshop i can teach ... yoga and creativity: strengthening the creative muscles and uncovering the authentic you. It is there ... but all in a gawky, ugly duckling phase. And i am okay with being where I am (is this my painted sheets period? I love it!) Your story reminds me of an A-HA I just had today: i do these postcard paintings for fun (places to use up bit of extra paint from bigger pieces, places to experiment with ideas and just be silly) and i had one that was very much an “intuitive” piece in that i just dabbed whatever paint color i had on hand. First stage, it looked ugly; a day or two later added more – still ugly; i kept going with it though and it was a practice of patience and trust in the process. Then I added another layer and the and message was revealed. My a-ha is that my art can and does have an ugly duckling phase and i just have to keep going!

I’ve realized that right now the stage I am in is the gathering phase: exploring, experimenting, learning the process for myself and finding the tools that work … and trusting it will all come together into a course or workshop i can teach … yoga and creativity: strengthening the creative muscles and uncovering the authentic you. It is there … but all in a gawky, ugly duckling phase. And i am okay with being where I am (is this my painted sheets period? I love it!)

]]> By: abccreativity http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 abccreativity Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:44:50 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3006 scylliane sounds like you're doing lots of great stuff - good for you! if you really want to be an art therapist and you know you'll be good at it, i think what other people think doesn't matter. you can find a way to do it! scylliane sounds like you’re doing lots of great stuff – good for you! if you really want to be an art therapist and you know you’ll be good at it, i think what other people think doesn’t matter. you can find a way to do it!

]]> By: Scylliane http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3003 Scylliane Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:55:07 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3003 Hello ! It's really interesting to read about you, Andrea, and how does you, creative dreamer, react and change your life. I didn't do something really creative the way I did before, I mean : no other page on my site for the time. But I managed to SEE the man I really wanted to see, the one who e-mailed me so gently, he was not as expected (much younger than me, in beginning of his study) but we're still in mail contact. I bought a brand new boardgame and have great joy playing against myself, I was so absorbed I discovered a new kind of meditation for me because each time I played I felt better after, and had great idea. I took the bull by the horn and read a book about pedagogy, because I'm bound to be a teacher for a long time and even though I don't like it, I have to be a better one. Maybe if I'm more invested the pupils will more cooperate. And, best of all, I decided to apply for a formation in art therapy to be a practioner in this field. It's what I like most and I really feel inside I have a jobchange to make. It will take four to five years. Many peoplen think I should not because teacher is such a secure job, but what means a secure job if you're not happy ! Others thought I would not be able to be an art-therapist because I'm too emotive. of course I am but I've learn to take distance with other's emotion. So for the first time in my life I decided to listen to my inner voice. I hope they accept me in the formation (per mail and internet) Hello ! It’s really interesting to read about you, Andrea, and how does you, creative dreamer, react and change your life.
I didn’t do something really creative the way I did before, I mean : no other page on my site for the time. But I managed to SEE the man I really wanted to see, the one who e-mailed me so gently, he was not as expected (much younger than me, in beginning of his study) but we’re still in mail contact.

I bought a brand new boardgame and have great joy playing against myself, I was so absorbed I discovered a new kind of meditation for me because each time I played I felt better after, and had great idea.

I took the bull by the horn and read a book about pedagogy, because I’m bound to be a teacher for a long time and even though I don’t like it, I have to be a better one. Maybe if I’m more invested the pupils will more cooperate.

And, best of all, I decided to apply for a formation in art therapy to be a practioner in this field.
It’s what I like most and I really feel inside I have a jobchange to make. It will take four to five years. Many peoplen think I should not because teacher is such a secure job, but what means a secure job if you’re not happy ! Others thought I would not be able to be an art-therapist because I’m too emotive.
of course I am but I’ve learn to take distance with other’s emotion. So for the first time in my life I decided to listen to my inner voice. I hope they accept me in the formation (per mail and internet)

]]> By: abccreativity http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-3001 abccreativity Mon, 31 May 2010 16:09:37 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-3001 lee ann i totally seeing you doing it all and even more! feithline i saw the photos of your new space - that's fantastic! meg you always know just what to say ;) sending lots of mindfulness vibes your way. lee ann i totally seeing you doing it all and even more!

feithline i saw the photos of your new space – that’s fantastic!

meg you always know just what to say ;) sending lots of mindfulness vibes your way.

]]> By: Meg http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Meg Sun, 30 May 2010 21:53:57 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-2996 Oh darling, if that bedlinen and I were both single, I'd propose! How cool is it that you were in a mag?! I'm so glad you've continued to pursue your creative bent despite challenges and are developing more amazing new things! You know, I bought some eyeshadow the other day just because of you. I shit you not. It doesn't look half bad either. My eyes have aged a lot with time and blehbleh so I have to do up my eyes very differently to how I did 10 years ago. It's like learning from scratch but I'm persevering each day and figuring out what lipstick works with what eye look and all that jazz. This means that the grocery delivery dude found me dolled up like a lard bun the other day when he arrived with my veggies. I'm sure he was wondering if I usually do Egyptian eyes just to work at home. Alone. With only the dogs for company. I was also experimenting with my hair and strappy heels that day so I'm pretty sure he thought I was a hooker. A VERY expensive hooker, of course! Awkward stage, indeed ;) This week I'm in recovery mode after 10 fairly grueling days with the gift of illness. My method of recovery will involve one word: gentle. This will run counter to my default Virgo recovery style of let's-catch-up-on-everything-in-one-day-and-exhaust-ourselves. So mindfulness is key at the Mouse House this week :) Happy week of creating, Andrea! <3 Oh darling, if that bedlinen and I were both single, I’d propose! How cool is it that you were in a mag?! I’m so glad you’ve continued to pursue your creative bent despite challenges and are developing more amazing new things!
You know, I bought some eyeshadow the other day just because of you. I shit you not. It doesn’t look half bad either. My eyes have aged a lot with time and blehbleh so I have to do up my eyes very differently to how I did 10 years ago. It’s like learning from scratch but I’m persevering each day and figuring out what lipstick works with what eye look and all that jazz. This means that the grocery delivery dude found me dolled up like a lard bun the other day when he arrived with my veggies. I’m sure he was wondering if I usually do Egyptian eyes just to work at home. Alone. With only the dogs for company. I was also experimenting with my hair and strappy heels that day so I’m pretty sure he thought I was a hooker. A VERY expensive hooker, of course! Awkward stage, indeed ;)
This week I’m in recovery mode after 10 fairly grueling days with the gift of illness. My method of recovery will involve one word: gentle. This will run counter to my default Virgo recovery style of let’s-catch-up-on-everything-in-one-day-and-exhaust-ourselves. So mindfulness is key at the Mouse House this week :)

Happy week of creating, Andrea! <3

]]> By: Feithline http://www.abccreativity.com/2010/05/30/creating-dreams-come-true-the-awkward-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Feithline Sun, 30 May 2010 21:40:23 +0000 http://www.abccreativity.com/?p=2741#comment-2995 I was so inspired by the tour of your new art space, that I reclaimed a very messy room in my basement and made it my own. Thanks. :) I was so inspired by the tour of your new art space, that I reclaimed a very messy room in my basement and made it my own. Thanks. :)

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