The Artist Way: Week One
When I first got The Artist Way I skimmed through it and was pleasantly surprised by all the cool stuff in it. I even got the title of this blog from one of the quotes that was used as a side note ("He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is enlightened" - Lao Tzu). Though for this week it was a little hard to find something we didn't cover in Actor's Instrument, I found particular enjoyment from the ones that were labeled "Time Travel" but I liked the "Imaginary Lives" one the most. As an artist and a maladaptive daydreamer, What Ifs are among my favorite things.
The Prompt was "If you had five other lives to lead, what would you do with them?...Whatever occurs to you, jot it down. Do not overthink this exercise." No Problem!
Definitely:
A Vestal Virgin
A fencer
A historian
A singer
Or a painter
That's fun in and of itself and all but the rest of it said "The point of these lives is to have fun in them-more fun than you might be having currently. Look over your list and then select one. Then do it this week. For instance, if you put down country singer, can you pick up a guitar?" And that's cool.
Sadly, the profession of Vestal Virginity is no longer in existence, though I think I'd be bomb at it. And to my knowledge there's no fencing club on campus. Which left me with the singer, painter and historian.
Well I can sing and paint pretty much anytime I want so it wouldn't be much of a change. With that I decided on historicism.
I didn't have the time or even the schedule to sit in a history class, though I should totally do that at some point. Thus, I let the internet guide me. I spent a good amount of time that day reading historical letters (shout out to my girl Vita Sackville West!), and mentally developing a very long argument as to why historians shouldn't shy away from retroactive diagnosis and modern queer terminology.
It was a nice little departure from my regular routine, and once I got fired up I had enough energy to finally take a pickaxe to my homework load. All in all a good time!
The Prompt was "If you had five other lives to lead, what would you do with them?...Whatever occurs to you, jot it down. Do not overthink this exercise." No Problem!
Definitely:
A Vestal Virgin
A fencer
A historian
A singer
Or a painter
That's fun in and of itself and all but the rest of it said "The point of these lives is to have fun in them-more fun than you might be having currently. Look over your list and then select one. Then do it this week. For instance, if you put down country singer, can you pick up a guitar?" And that's cool.
Sadly, the profession of Vestal Virginity is no longer in existence, though I think I'd be bomb at it. And to my knowledge there's no fencing club on campus. Which left me with the singer, painter and historian.
Well I can sing and paint pretty much anytime I want so it wouldn't be much of a change. With that I decided on historicism.
I didn't have the time or even the schedule to sit in a history class, though I should totally do that at some point. Thus, I let the internet guide me. I spent a good amount of time that day reading historical letters (shout out to my girl Vita Sackville West!), and mentally developing a very long argument as to why historians shouldn't shy away from retroactive diagnosis and modern queer terminology.
It was a nice little departure from my regular routine, and once I got fired up I had enough energy to finally take a pickaxe to my homework load. All in all a good time!
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