Sunday, May 28, 2006
Week One
The first week, called "Recovering a Sense of Safety" is about facing the monsters in our past and realizing our support system. I was never really discouraged from being creative, but I wasn't encouraged either. I didn't know I had any artistic talent until I was an adult. So my "monsters" were of my self-worth in general. I was supposed to focus on specific instances in my past, but I have very few memories of my childhood. Just bits and pieces, the occasional feeling. So relating any specific stories was a bit difficult. The people who've been the most supportive of me were more recent, so that was a bit easier. I wasn't a complete success with the morning pages my first week. This does leave room for improvement. I only managed to write them 4 out of the 7 days, which was more than I expected myself to be able to get up early for. My artist's date was a bit shorter than two hours, but I didn't weasel my way out and I didn't bring anyone else along. If my ISP will allow, I plan to post a little more often than once a week. Writing things out, both here and on paper, has and will make a huge difference.
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Sounds to me like you are on your way! I hope doing the pages and the dates and exercises work for you and help you as much as they have me!
ReplyDeleteI have a question that may seem kind of trivial, but it's driving me crazy. In the instructions, she says the morning pages need to be 3 pages long. Does that mean three pieces of paper front and back or 3 pages like in a book. I wasn't certain. I can only write 3 book pages in the half hour alloted. They are full notebook pages, but I feel like I'm cheating. Maybe I'm just being paranoid? :-) It's always the little things that throw me off.
ReplyDeleteBoth derianthi and I took it to mean three pages as in front of page, back of page, front of next page. One and a half pieces of notebook paper or whatever sort. We both use college ruled spirals. I sometimes write longer than half an hour and more than three pages if I feel I have a lot to say. But I never allow myself to stop until I have filled three sides of the pages. Even if I have to write lists of things I need to do, or stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds to me like you're doing exactly the right thing. Hope you'll have a chance to post and let us know how it's going for you.