Creative Life A thru Z ~The Beginning

Creative Life A thru Z

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Jean Hart, Artist, 

For those of you who are new to my blog. 

We are at week 15 N

You can start anywhere or at anytime. 

Here is the first Blog to introduce myself to you. 

https://jeanhartartists.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-creative-life-thru-z.html

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I love to hear from you and feel free to leave commits. 

Be Inspired,

~Jean 

Creative Life A thru Z ~ N is for Nurturing

Creative Life A thru Z

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 The Creative Life A thru Z

~W is for wonderful people in your life.

week twenty-three

I Remember , by Jean Hart 

"...Begin with life where you find it and make it better." Carter G. Woodson

There's a lot of talk going around about how to do self-love. 

It's true if you don't take care to take care of yourself you will eventually get drained, burned out, and possibly sick. 

I have found that sometimes I need to take a day off and just relax and catch up. 

On those days I have to unplug from all technology, even the TV for a time. 

I start simply by sitting still and letting my mind tell me all the things it's thinking about. 

I love to make lists, and this is when I make the most impossible lists of just everything I want to accomplish.  I call this active meditation. 

Art Journal: Light of Possibilities 

Get out your art journal, find a peaceful place to sit and, have something to drink that comforts you, light a candle or dim the lights.  We are going to meditate. 

1. Draw a circle in the middle of your page, then from that circle create lines to the outer edges, creating a sun and sunrays. 

2. Color the page with all colors of the rainbow. Color pencil works best for this project. 

3. Now it's time to sit. Set your timer for 20 mins. Sip your drink and just let your mind wonder, daydream and think of all the possibilities of the things you want to accomplish. 

4. For every idea you come up with, write it in the sunray, leave the next sunray empty. Going to the next thought, write it down. Moving across the page until every other sunray is filled in.  

5. After you have filled in the sunrays with ideas, fill in the next line of sunrays with an activity of how to start making this idea a reality. 

If any of those ideas sound like something you really want to pursue than start putting the goal and activity on your calendar.  

Witting Journal: I am letting the Star Shine

What does Lifestyle mean to you? 

After having some time to think about how you want your life to look, feel, and represent you.  Take out your journal and write exactly what you want. How close are you to living your lifestyle? Is there something you can do right now to help you live that lifestyle? Maybe there is something you could read to help you learn how to get there, or a new food you could try to help you become more conscious about good health. Could you visit a travel agency and collect brochures about places you would like to travel to. Just think not only about what you want but how to have your dreams too. 

N is for Niceties 

What comes to your mind when you say the word niceties? 

Just make a small list of what comes into your mind. Are there any that you could add right now to your life? 

N is for Novice

Creating a hobby. 

It's time to explore. 

Take the time to be a novice at something.

There is something so wonderful about learning a new hobby and being a novice at it. 

This is the time you can learn, make mistakes, and learn again. 

You are not the teacher, the expert, but the student. 

As always have fun with these activities. 

Like, follow me, share this blog, and join in. 

I would love to start having conversations about your ideas when you did one of the activities. 

Be Inspired, 

~jean 

Creative Life A thru Z ~L is for leave a little happiness wherever you go

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Creative Life A thru Z. 

L = Leave a little happiness

 wherever you go

Where do I get my inspiration????

From Life itself. 

But, there are times when I just can't think of a single thing to do or help myself get out of a slump. 

I made this little jar of 100 slips of Good Intentions. 

I read so much, I have joined so many clubs, and blogs. The information alone on Pinterest is exhausting sometimes. 

To help myself not waste so much time on the computer I came up with 100 things to do when I need inspiration. 

The only rule is, when I draw one of these slips out of the jar, 

I HAVE TO DO IT!!

This little slip is awesome!

One of my Assignments in the course 

"A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment",

 was to anonymously leave notes of encouragement wherever you go for someone to find and hopefully brighten up their day. 

I have been doing this with my art note cards for years, and although I never sign the note I sure hope it puts a smile on someones face for that day. 

Give it a try. I would love to hear what you wrote on your slips of encouragement. 

As always, have fun with this and share, join in, comment, and like. 

Be Inspired,

~jean 

Creative Life A thru Z, L living in Awe

Creative Life A thru Z. L = La,La,Di,Da

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The Creative Life A thru Z

~L = La,La,De,Da!!

 Week Thirteen

L is for living in Awe

What is your biggest dream? 

Ohhh the living in Awe....have you ever dreamed so hard that life just had to happen that way? 

It is very possible to live like that. 

It is my belief that when you set out your dreams God hears them. 

Of course it doesn't happen as soon as you open your eyes...Oh no!! 

Can you imagine everything that has to be moved around and shuffled for your dream to happen. But, it will happen in Divine Timing. 

Write down your dreams, look at it often, write down an action plan, look at that too. 

Say in gratitude, thank you for this dream, this life, this adventure. Thank you for the dream, the plan, the life. 

Let's live in Awe, Let's live in gratitude. 
Need more inspirations, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkom22epPx8
watch the movie
Finding Nemo

Be Inspired, 

~jean  

Creative Life A thru Z. L = La,La,Di,Da

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The Creative Life A thru Z

~L = La,La,De,Da

 Week Thirteen

"Ever Since Happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you. ~Hafiz  

Lighten Up this week....Let's have some fun!

You know how much I love to daydream, so this week we are going to dream the big dreams....Let go and live leisurely!!

 One of the first things I did after I sat quickly with this daydreaming assignment was to get on YouTube and start traveling to all the places I want to see. The next thing I did was to start looking up recipes from all those places, after that it I asked Google to take me to the best spas in the world and I tried to create them in my own bathroom!!!

 I learned how to meditate with mantras and mudras and learned how to do yoga for my face!!

Of course you will have your own daydreams.   

What would you do if the limits were off your life?  

Yes, while your dreaming let's just take it to the top. 

Journal writing assignment: 

What would you do if you had a day that was made just for you? 

1. Get comfortable, put some music on,  light a candle, and close your eyes. Take three long deep breaths, in and out. Sit for 10 minutes and just daydream. 

2.. Write your dreams, this can be by lists, or paragraphs, or by a story.....

Art Journal Assignment:

How could I possibly have a week of L without doing LOVE?

1. Draw a Big heart on your page. 

2. Fill in the whole heart with designs, lines, circles, shapes, dots....whatever you want . 

3. Color it in. 

Assignment Two:

Once I started to think about the words of L, my list went off the page!!

L, is going to be my new favorite letter

1. Make a collage using the whole page with words that start with L. 

One of the things I look up when I travel to a new area is Labyrinths. I ask Google if there are any labyrinths in the place I'm staying or surrounding areas. 

You will be surprised where you find them and how common they are . 

jeanhartartists.blogspot.com/search?q=labyrinth

I found this one in Idaho Falls and used it for one of my assignments in Healing with the Arts. 

https://youtu.be/ZLU79o8T0NA

If you need more inspiration on how to live a life full to the top, may I suggest a movie. 
 "Auntie Mame" 

Here's a story about how to appreciate life .

As always have fun with this, share, like and comment. 
 Be Inspired,
~jean 

Creative Life A thru Z the big Question for K

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Question for 

week 12 

K is for Karma

Better Together, Jean Hart 

How has karma effected you? 

Some say karma doesn't come back to you until your next go around here.  

Some believe karma comes back to you now is better then later. 

Some just don't believe in karma. 

Others don't understand it. 

"Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results. "    

Sakyong Mipham

Here is a little story about karma....I was in the parking lot walking to my car. I looked down and saw a penny. Now those  of you who know me , know that I find money all the time, pennies, dimes, and dollars...I'm just  lucky that way.  I don't always keep these lucky pennies. No, sometimes I say a little prayer or wish with them and then throw them back so someone else can have good luck too.  So, on this day, I said my wish and prayer and threw the penny right over my shoulder......I hear "OMG did I just get hit by a penny!!!"

Now my question to you is....Was that good karma for me or bad karma for him? or vise a versa? 

Be Inspired, 

~jean 

The Creative Life A thru Z~K= Kick it UP

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The Creative Life A thru Z

~K = Kick it UP 

 Week Twelve 

Welcome, 

Key to your desires, Jean Hart 

If you have just joined me here at my Healing Arts Creative Life Journal, feel free to join in. You can start here or go back to the first week,"A". 

http://jeanhartartists.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-creative-life-thru-z-week-one.html

This is a work in progress and I add thing to it as I think of them. 

Kick it UP!

The season has changed here, it's Fall where I live . 

I love Fall, and I'm not sure why this is but September has always felt more like the beginning of a new year, not nine months into the year. Maybe it's because our schools start in September, and school has always been about newness and starting again. 

Do not underestimate the power of a routine!

Yes, I said routine. I know routines can be boring, however, with the best routines in place you can get a few things done on autopilot. 

On autopilot you can feel like your getting things done even on those days that you are just not feeling like getting out of bed. 

The best information I took away from the class,  Preventing Chronic Pain, was the acronym B.L.E.S.S.ME.

Which stands for Body, Lifestyle, Emotions, Social, Spiritual, Mind, Environment. 

If you can find time in your week to attend  to each one of these categories you will have a well balanced life. 

Activity for this week:

7 Day Challenge

B.L.E.S.S.M.E.

1. Go to your journals, assign each day of the week with one of the acronyms. 

2. Place it in your morning routine, or evening routine. Whenever you feel you have time to donate to this new activity. 

Having a good regiment for your own peace of mind is a blessing and takes discipline. 

Art Journals:

Kicking up your life means that you understand where your life is going. What you need, where you are going, Why, and with whom . 

1. Draw several a keys, your choice how many,  on card stock....make them all different styles and sizes. 

2. Trace them onto your journal page. 

3. Color them in with colored pencil. 

4. Next, give each key a goal, or activity, person, or place. ( think person, place or thing)

These keys represent your key events in your life. 

and the size of the key will give you the importance of these events to you.  

Writing Journal:

1. Look at your key drawing, start with the largest key. 

Write why this is so important to you. 

Is there something you can add to it to make it better, or change in anyway.  Are you happy that this key is the biggest thing that's KICKING UP YOUR LIFE. 

2. Do this with each key until you have written something for each key. 

As always, have fun with this weeks assignments. 

Like, Share, and comment. 

Be Inspired,

~jean 

Creative Life A thru Z~juxl puzzle

Creative Life A thru Z

J is for Juxl puzzles

This is my juxl puzzle for J

Words are powerful . Have you said something positive to yourself or others today? 

for intstuctions on how to draw a juxl puzzle go to my blog 

Creative Life A thru z

Week ll 

J is for Join IN 

This drawing came from my morning art journal. 

Once I had connected the lines, I could start to see a form take shape.

I used colored pencils to color her in and the beautiful girl you see here came to life. 

Words have some much power, be very careful what you say to yourself and others. 

This reminded me that it has been awhile since I looked up and wrote down affirmations. 

Today will be a good day to do that. 

Be Inspired, 

~jean 

Creative Life A thru Z ~J is for Join In

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~J is for Join IN

 Week Eleven

Join In and enjoy !

Join In, with Autumn just about here, I've been looking over the calendar for Fall events. This is the season when Festivals are everywhere .

I've been in the garden cleaning up the summer flowers and wrapping up the hoses. 

There's been a lot of talk about Nutrition around my house. Since we are coming to the end of Farmers Markets, I've been grabbing up all the fresh vegetables and fruits. I'm not saying I'm now a vegetarian, but my plate is about 3/4 vegetables these days. 

Fall is also a good time to think about joining a book club. 

I belong to several on line book clubs. I always enjoy reading the reviews and adding my own comments. 

Art Journal Assignment:

Juxl puzzle, Earth, Jean Hart 

Juxl Puzzles. 

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-and-Work-a-Juxl-Puzzle

  If you are in a group this is a fun way to create a co-art piece of artwork. Just start with one line and pass it to the next person, who draws one line, passes it on again until you have drawn all the lines. Continue with the connecting the lines and pass it on until the picture is complete. Then color it up any way you wish. 

Writing Assignment:

Joy, Joy, Joy....What does it mean? 

.

"a feeling of great pleasure and happiness."

"Don't cry because its over, Smile because it happened. "

Dr. Seuss 

1. Write what Joy means to you?

How do you get it?

Where does it come from?

When does it happen?

Why is it important? 

Music please!
Jazz music that is....

Have you listened to Jazz music? 

If not your missing out on some amazingly talented people. 

This is a little Ted Talk to explain the heart of Jazz music. 

How Jazz Wisdom Will Change Your Life | Niels Lan Doky | 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ee-XROfON0

Go to your source of music and switch it over to a Jazz station and listen, move, journal, or just BE with it. 
Some of my favorite Jazz musicians.
Melody Gardot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ee-XROfON0 

Start here and then just keep exploring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYGq-AA8Ksk

As always, have fun with this and join in, like, share, comment. 
Pass it on. 
Be Inspired,
~jean 

Creative Life A thru Z I is for Imagination

The Creative Life A thru Z 

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~I is for Imagination 

 Week Ten

I would like to express my gratitude to all of you who have joined me in this healing journey of creating a more creative life. 

It's been fun for me to come up with activities for each letter of the alphabet. I have so many ideas that they don't all make it on this blog but are written in my printed pages.  I'm sure by the end of this project it will all be filled with fun activities and helpful projects so everyone can live a greater expression of their own creativity. 

       I is for Imagination

" The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere." 

Terence McKenna

I love the idea of a golden pathway. 

Just like the Wizard of OZ walking on the yellow brick road. 

For me, it has been about curiosity, that is the seed of imagination. 

Asking questions begins a whole snow ball of ideas. 

Golden path to a new vision, journal page Jean Hart

Change.

 I've felt the strong sense of change since the Eclipses!! 

What has been happening for me is a lot of questions about my beliefs, my work, my life. 

It of course starts with what do you want your life to look like. 

How will you get there, and When. The When is important to me especially because I like deadlines. But, then again, maybe that's something I might think about changing. ....

Art Journal Assignment: 

What's on your Golden Path

1. In your art journal, arrange your page to make a golden path. 

It can be straight, crooked, up, down, across.  Anyway YOU want it. 

2. Next, create all the things you want to experience along your path.

3. Create landscapes, texture, people, places, things.

4. Let go and IMAGINE!!

Writing Journal Assignment:

"It's Here...!"

1. Complete this sentence. 

2. Write a page of what your imagination has brought to you on your Golden Path. 

3. The imagination works on all your senses, try to use words that help express the whole experience. The more verbs the better for this assignment. 

I is for Informed

 Change the channel, and watch something you have never seen before. 

This week, change how you get your information. 

Pick up a new magazine, new genre in books and movies. 

See if you can do this once a day for 7 days. 

I is for Ice Cream

Summers not over where I live. 

According to Baskin Robbins there is 31 flavors of ice cream.  I have yet to try them all. 

So, before the summer is over I plan on trying a few new flavors. 

How about you? 

Meditation is one of the purest ways for me to get in touch with my true self. 

Just before creating I sit in nature and be still. 

This helps me open my mind to all new ideas. 

Last week I went up to Lamoille Canyon for a last summer picnic. I made a video of sitting by the stream listening to the water. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmtu1hINgUY&t=23s

Please enjoy, relax, and 

As always, have fun with this. 

Be inspired, 

~jean