Greetings, Soapboxers! We’ve got a few more tricks up our sleeves before we close out this year, but I’d like to take a minute to look toward 2019 and what lies ahead. What are your dreams for 2019? One of the tools we use in our Creative Accountability Groups is a mind map. Mind maps …
Map your dreams (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 015) Read More »
Join us for the next Artist Soapbox Creative Accountability Group! Facilitated by Mara Thomas and Tamara Kissane Join a small group of highly-motivated artists in a supportive environment and take regular action in your creative work. Set achievable goals, participate in a private Facebook group, and meet once weekly for 5 weeks. Consider the creative …
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Did you enjoy the Repect the Word podcast episode on Monday, and the infographic on Tuesday? Are you looking for more? Get inspired by 200+ responses from the July 8th gathering! Download the complete set of Respect the Work responses. Here are just a few examples: As an audience member, I respect the work by: Sending good vibes Giving notes …
The second installment of a multi-part series in which Tamara considers how we might love the artists we are and support the artists we love. A solo episode! What habits and practices can we cultivate to promote a culture of respect in the arts community? On July 8th, earlier this year, Tamara invited a group …
044: What I learned from 40 years of not being famous: PART TWO. Respect the Work. Read More »
Curious about a Creative Accountability Group? A few of our participants share their takeaways from the 1st ASBX Creative Accountability Group at the opening of this episode! Mara and Tamara reflect on the 5 weeks of topics covered, why a group setting can support the individual creative process, the balance of practical and woo, and …
Respect the Work: ASBX community input event! For artists and artist-supporters, this is an opportunity to come together in conversation about what it means to RESPECT THE WORK that we and other artists make. What does that respect look like, feel like, sound like? What more can we do? What kind of respect are we …
(Join our next Creative Accountability Group, beginning July 31st.) Greetings, Soapboxers! Please raise your hand if someone has ever told you, “Don’t be so hard on yourself.” Y’all. So many times. Over and over throughout my life. This phrase confounded me and angered me. I didn’t understand it. I passed it off as a cliché. An …
Ask WHY to create opportunities for compassion (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 011) Read More »
We are having such a tremendous experience with the first group, that we’ve scheduled another! Announcing the summer Artist Soapbox Creative Accountability Group Facilitated by Mara Thomas and Tamara Kissane Join a small group of highly-motivated artist/creators in a supportive environment and take regular action in your creative work. Set achievable goals, participate in a private …
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Greetings, Soapboxers! Next week, Tamara and I are launching our first Creative Accountability Group. I can’t wait! I’m already inspired by the statement these artists have made by signing up for this group: they have put Creative Resistance on notice. In his book The War of Art, Steven Pressfield posits that every artist is engaged …
Take your work seriously (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 010) Read More »
Greetings, fellow Soapboxers! I closed my last blog post of 2017 by promising to shift from creativity obstructions to creativity resources. Ready? Let’s clean house. I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to create when my space is busy and messy and uninspiring. I’ll admit it: I read “The Life Changing Magic …
Cleaning house (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 007) Read More »
