Feeling Aimless + Lost?
Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin

Feeling Aimless + Lost?

“There are some things that are just on repeat in life--like getting hungry, needing to move, wanting closeness + solitude. These things are not isolated experiences, but rather part of a bigger machine. So even though my impulse is always to resist and fight it, I'm trying to relax a little more each time I circle back around to this stage again.”

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Honesty
Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin

Honesty

To address our relationship with our creative self, we have to be able to be honest about how we relate presently, and all of the ways in which it is, perhaps, unproductive or without love.

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Self-Focus
Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin

Self-Focus

If I wasn't willing to do it for myself now, when would I ever be willing?  When will be the time that it will NOT feel selfish to focus on me primarily? In that moment, I saw the flaw in my thinking on this subject and I became willing.

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Intention
Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin Healthy Art Practice Marabeth Quin

Intention

Once I saw the flaw in this thinking, I was finally free to invest the time, money, supplies and love into the practice.  I intentionally redefined my job as someone who learns and studies, and therefore is constantly in a state of growth.  Now, I nurture my own development as a justified requirement of the job.

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