I am reading Simply Tuesday by Emily P Freeman. I love her podcast the Next right thing which is what brought me to her books. I read and I hear her voice in my head which is a very good thing. There is a soothing and calming effect of her voice which is wonderful. Many of the ideas she talks about hit home for me. She is a Christian writer and so some of the “God speak” I gloss over. It is a bit much for me in spots.
In the chapter titled Community and Competition, she has a delightful story about her reaching out for some fellow creatives to meet with. She was feeling lonely and wanted some connection with real people. She formed a small group of 3 and they are called The Artists Circle. They get together monthly at coffee shops or their houses and answer three questions:
What are you working on?
What is inspiring you?
Where do you need prodding?
This is appealing to me as such a delightful notion and I love the simplicity of the questions. These questions can also translate to so many areas. They immediately were written down into my notebook. The questions come from Todd Henry who wrote The Accidental Creative. They really hone into the springboards of a deep creative conversation.
I love when books and authors I love, recommend books and authors they love. I have a new rabbit hole to go down now and I couldn’t be happier. Plus I have new questions which always makes me happy!
Come back tomorrow! I will be reflecting on my 31 Story A Day challenge and what I learned.
Lovely post! I always love books that talk about creativity.
And the question : What is inspiring you? – has been keeping me real busy lately. As well for the first.
I want to live as much of a creative life as possible and the blogging is helping a bunch with that. As for inspiration, well I even dedicated an serie to it on the blog.
Thanks for writing this 🙂
Love,
Rose – http://www.rainbowsdreamcloud.com
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This sounds like such a good book! The Artists Circle is really cool idea and sounds great for creative inspiration and motivation. This is exactly the kinda book I would enjoy reading. Thanks for the recommendation Tammy! ❤ xx
Bexa | http://www.hellobexa.com
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So simple, but so helpful. Love those questions. I wish I had that group.
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Me too! I so want that group
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We should start one! Catherine, we can be the first two! Can I find your email on your website?
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Yes! I tried to send you an email, but it didn’t go. Try the contact form on my website and I’ll email you back.
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Message sent!
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This sounds great! I love those questions too. I think they’re really good to ask yourself for some self reflection as well as in a group. I also love it when you know their voice too, I think it makes a book so much more enjoyable x
Sophie
http://www.glowsteady.co.uk
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Yes! Thanks for commenting!
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