The Artist Way – Week 2 – Assignment 2~ PROTECTING MY CIRCLE~

List 5 Major Activities this WEEK:

1. History Segment outline
2. Afrolatino ENGLISH trailer
3. DOTR
4. Time with Lulu
5. Post Blogs

The assignment asks me to draw a circle… inside place topics I need to protect… INSIDE the circle write the names of those people I find to be supportive… OUTSIDE the circle those I must be self-protective from…

INNER CIRCLE
Courtney
Lulu
My sisters
Renzo
Vanessa
Lalita
Ely
Emma
Kelly
Writing sisters
People I haven’t met on Facebook & Myspace who have shown me love

OUTSIDE CIRCLE
Some family members
Naysayers
Negative people
Ignorant people
Racist people
Unloving people
Unkind people

I am asked to keep this SAFETY map near where I write my morning pages… and add to the inner and outer circles as NEED BE~

Let nothing stop you from creating~

To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information with. With our own eyes we see, and with our skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it our for herself or himself~ Quote by Sophy Burnham

and so it is~

The Artist Way – Week 2~ Assignment 1: POISONOUS PLAYMATES~

This week the process is about “Recovering a Sense of Identity… the essays and tools are aimed at moving you into…a self defined you…” Artist Way.

This week I am looking at my POISONOUS PLAYMATES…

These are people around us who help us stay blocked…keep us from reaching our goal… they get in the way of our creativity… since they aren’t creating they don’t get it when we are trying to…

The author talks about CRAZYMAKERS… they like drama… and want us to join them… they just don’t get it…

“Crazymakers are often blocked creative’s themselves… afraid to tap their own creativity…” Artist Way

“Your crazy maker is a BLOCK you chose yourself, to deter you from your own trajectory” Artist Way

It’s our own self-sabotage…

Week 2 – Assignment 1: make a list of 20…

20 THINGS I enjoy doing… / the last time I did the thing…

1. Writing / daily
2. Making love / NOT ANYONES BUSINESS
3. Time with Courtney / a few weeks ago
4. Laughing / this morning
5. Dancing / a week ago
6. Movies / Harry Potter movie July…
7. Dining out / last Saturday
8. Watching the sunset / in NYC before leaving for Bogotá
9. Listening to jazz music / in NYC
10. Folding laundry / last Sunday
11. Hanging with joe and fabi they are so much fun / august
12. Reading blogs / several months ago
13. Reading novels / reading Open Veins of Latin America
14. Playing uno / don’t remember the last time
15. Going to the beach / last time in Florida
16. Visiting DR / April 2009
17. Having great conversation / phone call with Lalita August
18. Meeting with the NYCLWG / several months ago
19. chillin with ely, V, emma or kelly in NYC / before Bogotá trip
20. Learning new things / daily


and so it is...

AFROLATINOS: THE UNTAUGHT STORY~

Please join us as we journey throughout Latin America learning about the HISTORY never taught to us~





IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO WRITE OUR HISTORY~ LETS TELL OUR STORIES~

In solidarity... with love... and in PEACE~

Alicia

AFROLATINOS: LA HISTORIA QUE NUNCA NOS CONTARON~

Por favor únase a nosotros en nuestro viaje por toda América Latina para aprender sobre la historia que nunca nos enseñaron ~



Es nuestra responsabilidad de PARA ESCRIBIR NUESTRA HISTORIA~


En solidaridad...con amor...y en la PAZ~

Alicia